CANADA & WORLD NEWS

Raccoon rabies outbreak still growing, Quebec public health officials say
Public health officials from the Montérégie and Estrie regions told a media briefing on Thursday that rabies has a 100 per cent mortality rate in humans and animals once symptoms appear.
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Confusion spreads as Ottawa defends orders to surrender citizenship certificates
A number of people who received citizenship certificates under the new citizenship-by-descent law received letters from the federal government over the weekend demanding they surrender them.
21h ago

Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre
Police have said Jesse Van Rootselaar killed her mother and brother before going to the school on Feb. 10, killing five students and an educational assistant before killing herself.
21h ago

Grassy Narrows repeats call for Carney to apologize for comments made about protest
A Grassy Narrows First Nation woman who suffers from mercury poisoning repeated her call Thursday for Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize for saying he could "outlast" her during a March protest.
23h ago

Court hears Alberta separatist group's plea for stay of referendum petition ruling
A judge ruled last month that the Stay Free Alberta petition shouldn't have been issued and that Premier Danielle Smith's government neglected its duty to consult First Nations.
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US allows more than a dozen ships through to Iranian ports, lifting blockade under deal, Vance says
Vance said more oil is now flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. The Republican vice president said more than 12.5 million barrels went through the shipping channel Wednesday night.
Jun 18, 2026

Police in Laval warn of violent Pokémon crime wave targeting sellers on Marketplace
They say the suspects had allegedly posed as buyers and set up meetings with people who were trying to sell Pokémon cards and MacBook laptops on the online Marketplace platform.
Jun 18, 2026

In the news today: Gun control push, OPP officer funeral, Canada plays Qatar
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Gun control advocacy groups urge PM to implement long-awaited protection measure A women's advocacy organization and several groups that support gun control are ur...
Jun 18, 2026

World Cup fans in Vancouver get ready to paint the town red
VANCOUVER - Canada's World Cup campaign shifts to Vancouver today and fans are preparing to give them a home-turf boost at BC Place Stadium against Qatar. Canadian supporters group The Voyageurs will be staging a march along the so-called "last mile" t...
Jun 18, 2026

Gun control advocacy groups urge PM to implement long-awaited protection measure
The measure makes a person subject to a protection order - a legal order often issued in intimate partner violence cases - ineligible to hold a firearms licence while the order is in effect.
Jun 18, 2026

Radon in Newfoundland public housing a reminder of urgent national problem: experts
ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government recently found hazardous levels of a cancer-causing gas in some of its public housing units, prompting some experts to call for mandatory testing across the country. The Newfoundland and Labrador Ho...
Jun 18, 2026

Former Calgary leaders opposing police request to keep phones seized in investigation
CALGARY - The lawyer for former Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek is arguing police have no reason to hold onto her phone any longer as they investigate her and others for municipal corruption. "An admission that there is no timeline, that there's no capabili...
Jun 18, 2026

Former MP, MPP Han Dong to run for Toronto city council in Scarborough North
Former Liberal MP and MPP Han Dong says he's running for Toronto city council. Dong says in a social media post that he declared today to run for the ward of Scarborough North in the municipal election this fall. He represented the Ontario Liberals as ...
Jun 17, 2026

Premier Smith promises affordability payments of $100 for Albertans to combat costs
Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government is offering Albertans a payment of $100 to help pay their bills. She said the payment will be made instead of the province reducing its tax on gasoline at the pumps, redistributing what Albe...
Jun 17, 2026

IRCC pauses processing some citizenship by descent cases as department probes issues
OTTAWA - The immigration department says it has temporarily paused the finalization of some new citizenship by descent applications after "a few dozen" people were told their issued citizenship certificates must be surrendered pending a review. A state...
Jun 17, 2026

Alberta's Smith says it may be too late to put a question about coal to Oct. vote
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is suggesting it's too late to put an anti-coal mining petition question to a provincewide referendum this fall. Earlier this month, Alberta musician Corb Lund delivered what he said were more than 200,000 signa...
Jun 17, 2026

Smith tells First Nations chiefs to 'check themselves' over treason accusation
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday that a group of Indigenous chiefs need to "check themselves," after they accused her of potential treasonous activity for calling a separation vote. The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs, representing First Nations...
Jun 17, 2026

Police ethics commissioner reviewing Montreal racism allegations
MONTREAL - Quebec's police ethics commissioner says it is reviewing a complaint about serious allegations of racism and misconduct by Montreal police officers filed by a civil rights advocacy group. The Red Coalition asked the commissioner to investiga...
Jun 17, 2026

Environment groups suing Ottawa over projected missed emission targets
OTTAWA - A group of climate advocates is suing the federal government, saying recent policy changes have put it off track to meet Canada's legislated emission reduction targets. An application for judicial review filed on Monday asks the Federal Court ...
Jun 17, 2026

B.C. Energy Minister Dix announces upgrades to multiple hydro dams
The B.C. government has launched an upgrade on the provincial hydro system in an effort to increase the power supply by another seven per cent. Energy Minister Adrian Dix announced the improvements on Wednesday, two days after saying the government was...
Jun 17, 2026

Federal Reserve policymakers show support for rate hikes as Warsh reins in guidance
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet almost half the central bank's policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year. The unexpectedly aggressive tilt toward higher rates would di...
Jun 17, 2026

Trump says he would 'rather not' have CUSMA, offers conflicting message on its future
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would rather not have the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement in place and offered a confusing message on the trade pact's future. "We do better without that agreement," Trump told reporters in F...
Jun 17, 2026

Conservative MP's bill on intimate partner violence becomes law
OTTAWA - Canada will take a harder stance on intimate partner violence after a Conservative MP's private member's bill became law Wednesday. The Criminal Code will soon be updated to allow the killer of an intimate partner to be charged with first-degr...
Jun 17, 2026

Muslim cultural centre in Trois-Rivières, Que., vandalized overnight
TROIS-RIVIÈRES - Police are investigating after an Islamic culture centre northeast of Montreal was vandalized overnight. Mohamed Toubal, president of Centre Culturel Islamique de la Mauricie, says people who showed up for morning prayers found rocks a...
Jun 17, 2026

Pro-separation sign campaign grows from one to three amid standoff in Alberta town
TABER - The controversy over a town billboard urging Alberta leave Canada has now mushroomed into three signs. The man behind the campaign says town officials who demanded he remove the first sign appear to be backing down. "They've gone to ground," Co...
Jun 17, 2026

Candice St-Aubin named interim commissioner of Indigenous languages
OTTAWA - A senior federal bureaucrat has been named the interim commissioner of Indigenous languages. Candice St-Aubin, a senior assistant deputy minister of strategic policy with Indigenous Services Canada, will serve in the role for 90 days or until ...
Jun 17, 2026

Qatar fans hit Vancouver, their chartered flights and 5-star hotels paid for by king
VANCOUVER - They arrived in Vancouver on a free flight chartered by the Emir of Qatar and are staying at a five-star downtown hotel. Mohmoud Alban, 30, said his "king," Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, picked up the hotel tab too, for him and other Qa...
Jun 17, 2026

Quebec bar to hold summit ahead of election on erosion of trust in institutions
QUÉBEC - Warning about the public's growing skepticism toward institutions, Quebec's bar association says it will hold a summit on the rule of law ahead of October's provincial election. The summit, described as the first of its kind in Quebec, is exp...
Jun 17, 2026

Vast majority of British Columbians support local water restrictions, poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new poll released Wednesday suggests 90 per cent of people in B.C. support local water restrictions. Leger surveyed 1,512 Canadians between June 12 and June 15, including 206 residents of British Columbia. The poll cannot be assigned a margi...
Jun 17, 2026

'Electrical non-compliances' found at B.C. waterpark where kids were burned
CULTUS LAKE - The agency that oversees safety at B.C. amusement parks says investigators have found "electrical non compliances" at Cultus Lake Waterpark where a group of 12 schoolchildren suffered electrical burns on Monday. Technical Safety BC, whic...
Jun 17, 2026

'Electrical non-compliances' found at B.C. waterpark where kids were burned
Technical Safety BC says in a statement that the park's owner will need to fix "all hazards" before reopening, and while the closure may be disappointing for families, safety is the top priority.
Jun 17, 2026

Canada's spy service received judge's OK to target malware-infected devices
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service obtained a judge's permission to disrupt cyberthreats from foreign adversaries who infected digital devices with malware. A Federal Court ruling made public this week says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service request...
Jun 17, 2026

Lawyers say language change in First Nations water bill looks to shield government
OTTAWA - Two lawyers say the blurring of language on the right of First Nations to clean drinking water in a new bill serves as a shield for the federal government as it argues against that right in court. Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty ...
Jun 17, 2026

Nova Scotia hacker convicted of fraudulent impersonation handed conditional discharge
HALIFAX - A judge has handed a Nova Scotia man a conditional discharge after he was convicted of hacking into a provincial government employee's social media account and posting an antisemitic message that led to her firing. A provincial court heard th...
Jun 17, 2026

Quebec-based RCMP officer charged with uttering threats against U.S. President Trump
MONTREAL - The RCMP say one of their officers in Quebec has been charged with threatening U.S. President Donald Trump on social media. In a news release, RCMP say Evenson Dumerlus, 34, of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., is facing one count of uttering thr...
Jun 17, 2026

Saskatchewan Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall to resign before fall sitting
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall says she plans to resign her seat in the House of Commons at the end of the summer. Wagantall, who has represented the riding of Yorkton-Melville since 2015, previously said she would stay on until the next ele...
Jun 17, 2026

Georgia Republican legislative leaders reject governor's call for 2028 redistricting
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Gov. Brian Kemp's call to redraw congressional and legislative districts during a special session, citing concerns about moving too quickly after a U.S. Supreme Court decisio...
Jun 17, 2026

More Canadians now report being affected by extreme weather, poll suggests
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians reporting having been directly affected by extreme weather events has increased since a year ago, a new poll suggests. An online poll by Leger of 1,512 Canadians from June 12-15 indicates 30 per cent of respondents said...
Jun 17, 2026

Quebec Mountie charged after allegedly threatening Donald Trump during 2025 G7 summit
According to the RCMP, Evenson Dumerlus, of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, allegedly shared the comments on his Snapchat account while he was working security at the G7 summit in Kananaskis in 2025.
Jun 17, 2026

Groups launch constitutional challenge of Safe Third Country Agreement
OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada and the Canadian Council for Refugees have filed a new Federal Court challenge to the constitutionality of the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S. that says refugees must claim asylum in whichever country th...
Jun 17, 2026

Senior Cuban diplomat says Havana ready to fight U.S., praises Canadian aid
OTTAWA - Cuba is prepared for a fight with the United States and is praising Canada for its humanitarian aid, says a senior diplomat visiting Ottawa from Havana. "We would never want a conflict with the United States but we are very conscious about the...
Jun 17, 2026

U.S. Homeland Security secretary calls out 'fracturing' relationship with Canada
WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the "fracturing" relationship between Canada and the United States needs to be restored to ensure security in both countries, making the claim that pressures on Mexican cartels have fo...
Jun 17, 2026

Mayor of Lunenburg, N.S., banned from taxi service after alleged late-night fracas
LUNENBURG - The mayor of a tourist hot spot on Nova Scotia's southwestern coast has been banned from using a taxi service in the community for allegedly being involved in a drunken, late-night confrontation with a driver. The Town of Lunenburg, a UNES...
Jun 17, 2026

Safety board report says Titan submersible operated with no federal oversight
Transport Canada knew the uncertified vessel was operating out of St. John's, N.L., but the department did not oversee those operations, leaving its occupants at risk, the investigation concluded.
Jun 17, 2026

Committee set to recommend against allowing MAID for mental illness in report today
The Liberal government isn't saying if it will act on a parliamentary committee report that's expected to recommend against making people with mental illness eligible for medical assistance in dying.
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