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Strong winds leave thousands in the dark in Central Canada, Maritimes
MONTREAL - Strong winds put electrical grids to the test across Central Canada and the Maritimes on Tuesday, with Quebec particularly hard hit by the massive gusts. At their peak, the outages affected...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Mar 17, 2026

Anand says Canada's focus in Iran war is on unblocking Strait of Hormuz
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Tuesday that she agrees with Prime Minister Mark Carney that the United States' attack on Iran violates international law - and so does Iran's blo...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Mar 17, 2026

Israel seeking 'significant change' to how Canada tackles antisemitism
OTTAWA - Israel is pursuing a sweeping diplomatic and public relations campaign to convince Canada to change the way it tackles acts of antisemitism. From the office of Israel's president down to its ...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Mar 17, 2026

In the news today: Tackling antisemitism, Soaring fuel costs, N.B. budget
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Israel seeking 'significant change' in how Canada tackles antisemitism The highest levels of the Israeli gover...
Canadian Press Mar 17, 2026

Israel seeking 'significant change' in how Canada tackles antisemitism
OTTAWA - Israel is pursuing a sweeping diplomatic and public relations campaign to convince Canada to change the way it tackles acts of antisemitism. From the office of Israel's president down to its ...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Mar 17, 2026

Sailors visiting Vancouver brag of catching hundreds of crabs, investigation underway
VANCOUVER - Fisheries officials say they are reviewing a video showing crew on a large ship boasting about catching hundreds of Dungeness crabs while visiting Vancouver - and appearing to break numero...
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Mar 17, 2026

Why it could take years to trace the Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican
OTTAWA - More than 60 Indigenous items repatriated from the Vatican are now back on Canadian soil - but their journey home is just getting started. Experts and elders are now working to trace their or...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Mar 17, 2026

B.C. legislator says Lapu Lapu survivors don't want festival as anniversary looms
VICTORIA - A member of British Columbia's legislature who was at the scene of last year's deadly ramming attack at the Lapu Lapu Day festival is calling for this year's event to be cancelled, saying t...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Mar 16, 2026

Canada Soccer unveils new World Cup jerseys, gets funding for youth initiatives
TORONTO - When a young soccer player asked Jonathan Osorio if Canada was going to win the men's World Cup, his answer was direct. "Yes," said Osorio during a question-and-answer period Monday at a chi...
John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press Mar 16, 2026

'Where is the justice?' No charges three years after Old Montreal fire killed seven
MONTREAL - Three years after his daughter and six others were killed in a building fire in Old Montreal, Zafar Mahmood says he can't believe the case has not been solved. "Where is the justice? Why ha...
Erika Morris, The Canadian Press Mar 16, 2026










