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Eight backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) - Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead and 1 remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California, officials said, making it the deadliest avalanche in the U....
Feb 18, 2026 Snow covers a street sign on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 in Truckee Calif. (AP Photo/Brooke Hess-Homeier)
Ottawa extends express immigration entry to researchers, military applicants
Immigration Minister Lena Diab is adding three new permanent residency streams to Canada's express entry program that cover a variety of professions, including researchers and military personnel. The ...
Feb 18, 2026 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta's platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Meta's CEO is expected to answer t...
Feb 18, 2026 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux leaves Conservatives to join Liberal caucus
Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux has crossed the floor from the Conservative party to join the Liberal caucus. Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement on social media this morning, saying he is honou...
Feb 18, 2026 Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A robotic dog made in China gets an Indian university kicked out of an AI summit
NEW DELHI (AP) - A private Indian university was booted from a top artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi on Wednesday after one of its staffers displayed a commercially available robotic dog mad...
Feb 18, 2026 People visit Galgotias University stall at AI summit ahead of an eviction order issued by Indian authorities, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo)
Prime Minister Carney returning to B.C. one week after mass shooting
Prime Minister Mark Carney is returning to B.C. today less than a week after he attended a vigil honouring the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. While in B.C., the prime minister will ...
Feb 18, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks while attending a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting, in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Carney rolls out plans to build up domestic defence sector, add 125,000 jobs
Canada has failed both to adequately fund its military and to build up the domestic defence industry, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday as he rolled out an ambitious new plan to grow the defence...
Feb 17, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney stands with Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan (centre left) and Minister of National Defence David McGuinty at Fort York Armoury in Toronto on Monday, June 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
As portables arrive in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., expert says feeling safe a priority
The co-founder of a group that supports victims and their families after mass shootings says a top priority when bringing students back to school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is to make them feel safe agai...
Feb 17, 2026 The memorial for the victims killed in a mass shooting, is seen in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Mass killer was 'hunting' in Tumbler Ridge school, RCMP says
Officers from the five-person RCMP detachment in Tumbler Ridge arrived at the community's secondary school on Tuesday to sounds of fire alarms and a voice yelling from a window that the shooter was up...
Feb 13, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney place flowers at a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting, in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Feb. 13, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Complainant cross-examination set to continue in Frank Stronach's sex assault trial
The sexual assault trial of businessman Frank Stronach is expected to continue in Toronto today with the cross-examination of the first complainant testifying in the case. The complainant told the cou...
Feb 13, 2026 Frank Stronach arrives at a Toronto Court on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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