Tag Archives: National

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Manitoba town to evacuate due to wildfire The northern Manitoba town of Lynn Lake has issued a mandatory evacu...

OTTAWA - A group of Canadian academics is calling on the federal government to speed up approvals of student visas for Palestinians after two students who were accepted at a Canadian university died b...

SURREY - Two suspects have been arrested in British Columbia in an investigation into widespread extortion of South Asian business figures, crimes that police and politicians say reach back to India. ...

OTTAWA - The City of Ottawa has converted unused office space in a downtown building into transitional housing for 140 asylum seekers - just blocks from Parliament Hill. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says it's...

Mounties say a out-of-control wildfire that has triggered evacuations near Lytton, B.C., was caused when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer in a "tremendously unfortunate" incident. Staff Sgt. Kris Clar...

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her daughter in a field in Ontario last month has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm. The 34-year-old woma...

OTTAWA - The head of an organization representing automakers said he's "cautiously optimistic" after meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney to urge him to repeal the electric vehicle sales mandate. C...

OTTAWA - The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa's recently announced spending plans - which include a much bigger defence budget - will drive its deficits markedly higher in the coming years. In a ne...

Bomb threats early Thursday resulted in temporary disruptions and control tower evacuations at some airports across Canada, officials said. Airports gradually returned to normal operations after Nav C...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $5.9 billion in May as gold exports climbed higher. The result compares with the record trade deficit of $7.6 billio...