CANADA & WORLD NEWS

Questions swirl around decimated NDP in former British Columbia strongholds
VANCOUVER - Questions are swirling around the fate of the federal New Democrats in British Columbia, including the matter of leadership, after devastating election losses in the former provincial stronghold. The NDP emerged from Monday's election with ...
2h ago

Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath hospitalized after accident, her office says
HAMILTON - The office of Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath says she has been hospitalized after being injured in an accident. A statement issued late Tuesday says Horwath is awaiting surgery and may need to take a "short medical leave" to focus on rest and...
2h ago

A family of three migrants from Colombia among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - More of the dead are being identified in the attack where an after an SUV drove down a street crowded with people at a Vancouver festival. Police also say that 10 people remain in hospital, including a 22-month-old boy who is in serious con...
2h ago

Trump dismisses Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden's nominees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris. ...
5h ago

Liberal wins rural Newfoundland riding by 12 votes in federal election
ST. JOHN'S - A Liberal candidate won by just 12 votes in a rural Newfoundland riding that was among three white-knuckle Atlantic Canadian races in Monday's federal election. Anthony Germain said he was distracting himself with a game of Scrabble Tuesda...
5h ago

'A little bummed out': MP-elect Corey Hogan hoped for more Liberals in Calgary
CALGARY - Corey Hogan was bleary-eyed and a little nervous the day after winning the only Liberal seat in Calgary. Hogan, who was named a replacement candidate in Calgary Confederation a week into the campaign, said he has no idea what he's supposed to...
5h ago

Democrat lawmakers celebrate Carney's Liberal win as most Republicans remain silent
WASHINGTON - Democrat lawmakers in the United States applauded the Liberals' election win under Mark Carney on Tuesday - while most Republican lawmakers stayed silent about an election campaign that turned into a rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump's...
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CP NewsAlert: Liberals projected to finish just shy of majority in razor-close race
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority Liberal government. Elections Canada has nearly wrapped up counting all the ballots in what turned out to be a razor-close race that will leave the ...
6h ago

Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible
A judge has ruled that Pierre Ny St-Amand, 53, was not criminally responsible for the 2023 bus attack on a Laval, Que., daycare that killed two small children and injured six others. Superior Court Justice Éric Downs concluded Ny St-Amand was experienc...
6h ago

'Just destroyed': Three members of family from Colombia died in B.C. attack, says son
VANCOUVER - Alejandro Samper was getting ready for work on Saturday night when he received a call from his sister's fiancé about a "terrible accident," and he rushed to the scene of the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver. He soon learned that his sis...
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Ontario, Prairies blocked Liberals from an election-night majority blowout
OTTAWA - The Liberals rose from the ashes under Prime Minister Mark Carney in a stunning reversal of fortunes this year, but the party's failure to sweep many of the ridings it sought Monday night denied it a resounding majority mandate. A big part of ...
6h ago

Ottawa police report officer-involved shooting near downtown mall
OTTAWA - Ottawa Police say one of their officers shot a man downtown Tuesday afternoon after responding to a firearms call on a nearby street. Police said in a statement that at approximately 1:30 p.m. they responded to a firearms call in the Sparks St...
7h ago

With no leader or party status, NDP could hold balance of power with Liberal minority
OTTAWA - After a brutal election night Monday, the NDP finds itself without a leader or official party status - but with the prospect of holding the balance of power with a minority Liberal government. There is a "paradox" in the party's situation, sai...
7h ago

Bloc leader criticized by Parti Québécois as he promises to work with other parties
MONTREAL - Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet on Tuesday called for a "partisan truce" with other federal party leaders, even as he was accused by the Bloc's provincial cousins of putting the sovereignty question aside. One day after the fede...
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Canadians, world leaders congratulate Mark Carney and Liberals on election win
OTTAWA - Reaction is pouring in from across Canada and the globe after Prime Minister Mark Carney led the Liberal party to victory in Monday's federal election. It's the party's fourth straight election win, although it's still not clear if the Liberal...
8h ago

Elections Canada says more than 19.5M voters cast a ballot in federal election
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the federal election - more than 19.5 million people. While this election was widely expected to see increased turnout, it did not surpass the record set in March ...
8h ago

Festival suspect had mental health team, no sign he needed hospitalization: ministry
VICTORIA - The man accused of killing 11 people at a Vancouver festival was under the care of a mental health team, but there was nothing to indicate a change in his condition that warranted involuntarily hospitalization, British Columbia's Health Mini...
8h ago

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew congratulates prime minister on election night victory
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's premier congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election victory Tuesday, while also acknowledging that the fall of the federal NDP has made it a tough day for those who support orange. Wab Kinew said in a social media pos...
8h ago

'Reset button': Premier Moe says he'll work with Carney and push for economic change
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's willing to make a fresh start with Ottawa following Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal election win for the Liberals. Moe told reporters Tuesday a better relationship with the new government hinges on...
8h ago

Energy industry strikes hopeful tone after Liberal federal election win
The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors says both the Liberals and the Conservatives recognized the need to grow oil and gas development during the election campaign, which ended in a Liberal win.
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Alberta Premier Smith congratulates Carney, warns him against future 'hostile acts'
Smith is urging Carney to immediately reset the relationship with her province, accusing the Liberal Party of Canada of undermining Alberta's resource-based economy for a decade.
9h ago

Rise in school violence across Nova Scotia leads province to update code of conduct
HALIFAX - In response to a spike in school violence across Nova Scotia in recent years, the provincial government has released an updated code of conduct to guide teachers, administrators and students. On Tuesday, Education Minister Brendan Maguire cal...
10h ago

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre loses his long-held seat in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will not have a seat in the next Parliament after a stunning upset by his Liberal opponent, raising questions about his ability to continue as party leader and the role he will play when the House of Common...
11h ago

Doug Ford says he is focused on post-election unity, after MP accuses him of sabotage
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the day after the federal election that he wants to focus on unity, refusing to shoot back at a rant from a Conservative MP calling the premier a "problem," an opportunist and a Liberal "hype man." Jamil Jivani,...
11h ago

CFIB to work with new government and opposition in dealing with tariff battle
CFIB president Dan Kelly said it was good to hear both Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre pledging to work together to address the threat of U.S. tariffs in a minority Parliament.
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Trump signs executive orders to give automobile industry some tariff relief
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday that he said will give some temporary relief to an automotive industry besieged by multiple tariffs that have caused anxiety and concern throughout the deeply integrated North Ame...
12h ago

Trial continues for 5 former members of Canada's world junior hockey team
Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in connection with an encounter at a hotel room in the city in 2018.
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In the news today: Canada will have to wait on final election result
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada will have to wait on final election result Elections Canada says it has decided to pause counting of special ballots until later Tuesday morning. A handful...
17h ago

Liberals projected to finish just short of a majority after very close election race
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority government after a very close general election race that left the Liberals just three seats shy of a majority. Just before 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Elections Canada showed the Liberals projected to...
17h ago

Judge declares accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash not criminally responsible
LAVAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has declared a man not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023. Justice Éric Downs on Tuesday accepted the joint conclus...
17h ago
CP NewsAlert: Jagmeet Singh to step down as NDP Leader after losing seat
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh says he will step down as the leader of the NDP as soon as new interim leader is chosen. Singh conceded defeat in his British Columbia riding of Burnaby Central and the party is at risk of losing official party status. The Cana...
21h ago
CP NewsAlert: Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May is projected to win her B.C. seat
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May will be re-elected in her Vancouver Island seat of Saanich - Gulf Islands. The Canadian Press
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CP NewsAlert: Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault defeated in Quebec riding
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault has been defeated in the Montreal riding of Outremont. Liberal cabinet minister Rachel Bendayan is projected to win the seat for the fourth time. Th...
22h ago
CP NewsAlert: Carney projected to win the Nepean riding in Ottawa
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Prime Minister Mark Carney has been elected in the Ottawa riding of Nepean. The Canadian Press
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CP NewsAlert: Bloc Leader Blanchet has been re-elected in his Quebec riding
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has won his Quebec riding of Beloeil-Chambly. The Canadian Press
23h ago

Teacher, Realtor, and five-year-old girl were among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - Tributes and condolences are coming in for the 11 people killed in a vehicle ramming at a Vancouver festival on Saturday. Here is what we know about some of the confirmed victims so far: KIRA SALIM Salim was a teacher-counsellor at Fraser ...
Apr 29, 2025

Suspect in Vancouver festival tragedy is brother of 2024 killing victim
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police have confirmed that the suspect in Saturday's deadly ramming attack that killed 11 people in the city is the brother of a man who died in an unrelated killing last year. Thirty-year-old Adam Kai-Ji Lo - who has been charged...
Apr 29, 2025

S&P/TSX composite up on federal election day, U.S. stock markets mixed
Canada's main stock index saw a modest uplift Monday as the federal election campaign came to an end, while U.S. markets were mixed ahead of earnings reports from tech heavyweights. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 88.08 points at 24,798.59. "Wh...
Apr 28, 2025

Quebec's failed auto insurance digital shift could cost $500M, inquiry hears
MONTREAL - A public inquiry examining a failed digital shift by Quebec's automobile insurance board heard Monday it could end up costing the province nearly half a billion dollars more than initially planned. Alain Fortin, Quebec's interim auditor gene...
Apr 28, 2025

Trump says Canada should become U.S. state as president weighs in on Canadian vote
Canada was an early target of Trump's trade war and has been the subject of a long list of complaints coming from the White House about everything from defence spending to trade deficits.
Apr 28, 2025

Ontario looks to speed up judicial appointments, add more judges to courts
TORONTO - Ontario is set to introduce legislation this week that would speed up judicial appointments, add more judges to the Ontario Court of Justice and create new prosecution teams, the government announced Monday. The changes include a new pool-bas...
Apr 28, 2025

Voters go to the polls today after a 35-day election campaign packed with promises
The Liberals have seen a massive rebound since the start of the year, with most polls suggesting they lead the Conservatives - who were favoured to win a majority while Justin Trudeau was in power.
Apr 28, 2025

Trial set to begin in former world junior hockey players' sexual assault case
The charges against the players relate to an encounter that took place in the city in June 2018, as many of the team's members were in town for a Hockey Canada gala.
Apr 28, 2025

In the news today: 17 remain in hospital after B.C. festival attack
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... 17 remain in hospital after B.C. festival attack An organizer of the Filipino festival in Vancouver that was devastated by a "meaningless tragedy" says there are ...
Apr 28, 2025

Father, mother, five-year-old daughter, killed in Vancouver attack, leave son behind
VANCOUVER - Richard Le sent a text to his 16-year-old son on Saturday at about 8 p.m., saying he and the teen's stepmother and little sister would soon leave the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver. Instead, Le, his wife, Linh Hoang and their five-year...
Apr 28, 2025