Category Archives: Canada
Former B.C. lawyer admits to killing client, but claims manslaughter, court hears
VANCOUVER - A former lawyer from Kamloops, B.C., accused of first-degree murder in the death of his client admits to killing the man but says it should be manslaughter, his lawyer told the court on Mo...
Oct 06, 2025
Quebec and Alberta united in pushing back against Ottawa, Premier Danielle Smith says
MONTREAL - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Monday that her province and Quebec are united in their desire to resist federal overreach, as she pushed for closer economic ties between the provinces....
Oct 06, 2025
Alberta teachers say strike aims to fix crisis, Smith says province wants to bargain
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta teachers union said Monday the provincewide strike by thousands of members is about drawing a line in the sand on underfunding and overcrowding that has become so eg...
Oct 06, 2025
Three men arrested, charged in extortion shooting in Surrey, B.C.: police
SURREY - Two police organizations have announced charges against five men in connection to separate extortion cases in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service announced on Monday the arrest and charges...
Oct 06, 2025
Airport warns about catfishing as people arrive to meet loved ones who don't exist
ST. JOHN'S - The head of a central Newfoundland airport is warning the public after staff noticed an increase in people who appear to have been victims of a manipulative scheme known as catfishing. Re...
Oct 06, 2025
Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says
OTTAWA - Ottawa ordered companies to pay almost $5 million in fines in the last fiscal year for failing to comply with the rules for temporary foreign worker permits, new government data shows. A new ...
Oct 06, 2025
Chief justice says rule of law, judicial independence protect Canada from autocracy
OTTAWA - While Canada is not a superpower in the traditional sense of the word, it's "certainly a democratic superpower," Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Monday at a ceremony to open the Supreme Cou...
Oct 06, 2025
Premature baby boy abandoned on porch of home on Montreal's South Shore
LONGUEUIL - Police say a premature baby boy was abandoned Sunday night outside a home on Montreal's South Shore. Longueuil police say someone left the boy on the porch of the home at around 11 p.m., r...
Oct 06, 2025
In the news today: Alberta teachers set to begin strike today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Classes suspended in Alberta as provincewide teachers strike set to begin today Some 51,000 members of the Alb...
Oct 06, 2025
'An open nerve': Israelis, Palestinians mark two years of the Gaza war
OTTAWA - Two years into the war in Gaza, the conflict continues to spread anger, frustration and pain across Canada, while Israelis and Palestinians fear the region will never exit the cycle of violen...
Oct 06, 2025