Category Archives: Canada

Murderer who reportedly kissed prison manager allowed to return to minimum security
PORT COQUITLAM - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a first-degree murderer be moved back to a minimum-security prison after he challenged his transfer to a higher-security institution for allegedly k...
Aug 07, 2025

Israel losing Canadian hearts and minds as poll shows growing outrage over Gaza
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Israel is losing the battle for hearts and minds in Canada, with more Canadians now reporting their sympathies lie with Palestinians due to moral outrage over the war in G...
Aug 07, 2025

Time to move forward on national agency to fight forest fires, chiefs say
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action. The organization's president wants ...
Aug 07, 2025

New N.S. wildfire rules that ban on activity in woods prompt confusion, frustration
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is getting a flood of feedback from people expressing confusion and frustration over new wildfire rules that forbid spending time in the woods. There are more than...
Aug 07, 2025

Poilievre says of B.C. Premier Eby that 'one man can't block' pipeline proposal
CALGARY - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canadians, including British Columbians, want a new oil pipeline and Premier David Eby can't be allowed as one man to block the project. Poilievre s...
Aug 07, 2025

CP NewsAlert: B.C.'s 2024 deficit comes in under forecast at $7.3B
VICTORIA - British Columbia's final deficit for the fiscal year has come in at $7.3 billion, $564 million lower than the original projected number in Budget 2024. The final deficit is also about $1.8 ...
Aug 07, 2025

Quebec minister disappointed after race considered in reduced sentence for Black man
A Quebec minister says he is disappointed a judge gave a Black man a reduced sentence for a drug trafficking crime due to his race. Christopher Skeete made the comments after the judge in a Longueuil ...
Aug 07, 2025

Climate change major driver of surging algae levels in Canada's lakes: study
TORONTO - A study of dozens of Canadian lakes suggests global warming is the major driver of surging algae levels, raising questions about the health of a sizable chunk of Earth's freshwater as temper...
Aug 07, 2025

New Ontario measles cases down to single digits for the first time since January
TORONTO - Health officials in Ontario are reporting that the number of new measles cases are down to the single digits for the first time since January. That's based on weekly data release by Public H...
Aug 07, 2025

Ontario First Nation asks for halt to Ring of Fire mining development
TORONTO - An Ontario First Nation that has worked toward road access to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire on its traditional territory is now asking the courts to prevent the provincial and federal govern...
Aug 07, 2025