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CP NewsAlert: Task force launched to tackle extortions, shootings in B.C.
SURREY - The British Columbia government and RCMP have announced a provincial task force dedicated to investigating a spate of extortions and violence aimed at the South Asian community. Public Safety...
Sep 17, 2025
Carney argues his government still has fiscal anchors after PBO raises concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted Wednesday his government does have fiscal anchors after the interim parliamentary budget officer raised concerns about government transparency. Jason Jacqu...
Sep 17, 2025
MPs observe moment of silence for Ken Dryden in House of Commons
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament honoured former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden in the House of Commons on Wednesday with tributes and a moment of silence. Dryden also served as a member of Pa...
Sep 17, 2025
Ex-swim instructor at N.S. youth corrections facility facing 66 sex-related charges
HALIFAX - A 75-year-old former swim instructor is facing dozens of charges related to alleged sex crimes against 30 youths at a Nova Scotia corrections facility between 1989 and 2015, RCMP say. Staff ...
Sep 17, 2025
Montreal police resolve cold case from 2008 using genetic genealogy to ID killer
MONTREAL - A long-standing cold case was cracked using genetic genealogy to identify the man who killed a Montreal woman in her apartment in 2008, police said Wednesday. Catherine Daviau, 26, was kill...
Sep 17, 2025
Champagne says it's 'sad' the U.S. 'turned its back' on Canada with tariff war
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday it's "sad" that the U.S. "turned its back" on Canada by starting a trade war that is now forcing Ottawa to "reinvent" the national e...
Sep 17, 2025
Carney argues his government has fiscal anchors after PBO raises concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney insists his government does have fiscal anchors after the interim parliamentary budget officer raised concerns about government spending. Jason Jacques told a House...
Sep 17, 2025
Details coming soon on gun buyback program: minister
OTTAWA - The public safety minister says details on the Liberal government's gun buyback program will be released within the next couple of weeks. Gary Anandasangaree says the government will provide ...
Sep 17, 2025
Climate change made Atlantic Canada heat wave at least 10 times more likely: ECCC
Human-caused climate change made a record-breaking heat wave in Atlantic Canada far more likely, federal climate scientists said Wednesday, as they released a new analysis of 10 of Canada's hottest he...
Sep 17, 2025
Canada says Israel's 'horrific' Gaza City offensive puts hostages in greater danger
OTTAWA - Ottawa is calling Israel's latest ground offensive in Gaza City "horrific" and says it's making the release of hostages still held by Hamas less likely. Israel escalated its bombardment of th...
Sep 17, 2025
