OTTAWA — There are 25 Canadians now missing in Nepal following flash floods that swept through an area along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday.
The Nepal tourism board lists the Canadians among more than 660 foreign nationals missing, and Nepal police report hundreds more local residents are... Read more
TORONTO — A small subset of private career colleges in Ontario has led explosive growth in the number of people receiving student financial assistance, new data shows, and the association representing the sector itself has raised concerns.
The number of students receiving grants and loans through... Read more
DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories... Read more
Premier Scott Moe is jacking the price of U.S.liquor with a tax that mirrors U.S. tariffs... Read more
Sarah Mills says the U.S. trade war continues to expose the fact that provinces and territories act like independent nations. If we are to win the battle with the United States, that needs to change.
The Mills Minute is a daily commentary heard... Read more
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Closing arguments are set for Thursday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three young children in a case that has drawn attention to postpartum mental health.
Proceedings are expected to resume around 9 a.m. in Plymouth... Read more
8:30 –Candace Laing, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, joins Evan to look at what the escalating trade war and Canada’s counter-tariffs mean for businesses already dealing with months of uncertainty. Does Ottawa’s response strike the right balance between standing up to... Read more
The City of Prince Albert has been ordered to pay $130,000 after admitting to a violation of provincial safety regulations in an incident which left a worker badly injured in 2024.
According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, the city pleaded guilty to a single... Read more
QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette is expected to trigger the start of the provincial election campaign today.
The Coalition Avenir Québec leader will meet with Quebec’s lieutenant governor after meeting with cabinet in Quebec City.
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Canada-U.S Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the United States has confirmed that Canada’s protections of language and culture won’t be the subject of future trade actions.
LeBlanc made the announcement on social media, saying Canada looks forward to “further constructive U.S.... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation... Read more
“We’re going to kind of sneak into the fence.”
Dan Flegel said it with the ease of someone who has done this once or twice before.
The buildings that make up the Claybank Brick Plant have deteriorated badly enough that the public can no longer walk through them as they once did.
But Flegel has a... Read more
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
Ottawa tweaks tariff reprisal after industry input
Canadian businesses continue to weather U.S. President Donald Trump's latest duties while they await the planned reprisal from Ottawa to take effect.... Read more
MONTREAL — Charles Milliard heads into Quebec’s Oct. 5 provincial election leading the Liberal party as it tries to rebuild from a poor 2022 showing and scandals surrounding the previous leader. Milliard, who has never held elected office, became leader in February 2026 by acclamation after Pablo... Read more
MONTREAL — Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has led the Parti Québécois back from the brink since becoming leader in 2020. Now, the former lawyer is at the head of a party that is topping the polls going into the fall elections and has won four straight byelections.
Age: 49
Hometown: Trois-Rivières, Quebec... Read more
MONTREAL — Quebecers are heading to the polls in early October, after eight straight years of Coalition Avenir Québec governance. Here are some of the issues that could dominate the campaign.
1. Sovereignty
The Coalition Avenir Québec's win in 2018 was seen as a new chapter for a province that was... Read more
MONTREAL — Former political commentator Éric Duhaime has led the Conservative Party of Quebec for five years. Duhaime has never held a political office, and the Conservatives did not win any seats at the last general elections, despite collecting close to 13 per cent of the popular vote.
Age: 57... Read more
MONTRÉAL — Ruba Ghazal is entering her first campaign as spokesperson for of Québec solidaire. She’s at the head of a brand-new slate, as veterans Manon Massé and Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois have been replaced by Ghazal and Sol Zanetti. The party has a male and female spokesperson instead of a leader,... Read more
OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to meet with his Indian counterpart in Toronto today.
Champagne and Nirmala Sitharaman, India's minister of finance and corporate affairs, will have a private meeting before taking part in a joint press conference and a discussion about... Read more
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her technology minister are set to take part in a virtual town hall tonight about developing artificial intelligence data centres in the province.
It's the third of four town halls the government has organized to tell Albertans about its approach to... Read more
MONTREAL — Christine Fréchette heads into the Oct. 5 provincial election after spending a few months serving as Quebec premier and leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec. She succeeded party founder and former premier François Legault in April.
First elected to Quebec's national assembly in 2022,... Read more
OTTAWA — Canadian businesses continue to weather U.S. President Donald Trump's latest duties while they await the planned reprisal from Ottawa to take effect.
Late Wednesday evening, Finance Canada issued a statement saying it had been receiving feedback from Canadian industries and is making some... Read more
The first conviction under FWRISA has some experts saying there is a larger pattern of employers abusing foreign workers programs.
Regina city council has voted 6-4 to approve a change to the Brandt deal for REAL that will allow... Read more
2:05 – Starting Lineup
Sam Elimus has been moved to the 6-Game Injured list. The Toronto Blue Jays couldn’t beat the Royals last night. Canada’s journey at the Little League World Series continues. WHL training camps are now open. And the U.S. Open are getting a... Read more
Saskatoon City Council approved the Climate Action Strategy Aug. 26.
It’s a 25-year framework that will guide Saskatoon as it... Read more
A plan to temporarily remove 25 benches from ... Read more
GRANDE PRAIRIE — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to see Canada "double down" on diplomacy efforts with U.S. officials and avoid any further escalation of the trade war between the two countries.
Smith says she doesn't think Canada could win the dispute through force and that it'll... Read more
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Shemar Bridges.
The wide receiver was back at practice for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, preparing for an Aug. 15 game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders after dealing with an injury all season.
... Read more
Regina police responded to a weapons offence involving a taxi passenger on Aug. 25, after a similar incident in Saskatoon the week before.
On Aug. 25 at around 9:50 p.m., the... Read more
VANCOUVER — A leader in British Columbia's forestry sector is voicing support for Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States despite reported concessions on lumber tariffs in a scuttled deal.
Kim Haakstad, president of the BC Council of Forest... Read more
OTTAWA — "WE DON'T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!" U.S. President Donald Trump's social media post this week was a continuation on a theme he's maintained throughout the trade war: that his country doesn't need anything from Canada.
Experts — and exports — say that's not the case.
Ontario Premier Doug... Read more
Three firearms were seized after a traffic stop in Prince Albert on Tuesday afternoon that led to multiple firearm-related charges.
A... Read more
Dolly Parton’s death has left fans and colleagues reminiscing about the beloved legend, including those whose encounters... Read more
The B.C. Conservatives came within three ridings of victory in the 2024 provincial election, winning 44 seats.
But since then, the party's caucus has been thinned by a quarter, amid differences over its ideology, and questions about its direction under both former leader John Rustad and new leader... Read more
The Prime Minister has said the counter-tariffs soon to be laid on a large list of American goods are meant to be a response to the... Read more
PRINCE ALBERT — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province will impose a reciprocal tax on American alcohol.
He says starting Sept. 8, Saskatchewan will impose the 50 per cent fee.
"It will be good for our Saskatchewan producers with domestic and local sales," he told reporters Wednesday in... Read more
Battlefords RCMP are asking the public to report any sightings or information about 23-year-old Tristan Honch Rosendahl.
Rosendahl is wanted on an aggravated assault charge stemming from... Read more
OTTAWA — New child protection measures Meta has promised as part of a massive legal settlement in the United States won’t be implemented in Canada.
A spokesperson for Meta says the changes to its Facebook and Instagram platforms announced today are specific to the United States.
Meta reached a... Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney was elected on a platform to stand up to the United States on tariffs, and diversify trade so Canada is no longer as dependent on the U.S. as it has been.
Carney said on Saturday, hours after he suspended trade talks with the United States, that the U.S. had made... Read more