The metal-clad portable classrooms are arranged in a semicircle on a snowy sports field at Tumbler Ridge Elementary. It's a 15-minute walk from the community's secondary school, where five students and a teacher's aide were shot dead about three week...

OTTAWA - As Ottawa refuses to say exactly how many Canadian troops are in the Middle East, experts are questioning the government's claim it has had no role in the American attack on Iran. Here's what we know about Canada's involvement in the war launc...

MONTREAL - A group representing Quebec's dairy industry says it's eyeing a special designation - similar to the one applied to Bordeaux wine or champagne - for the squeaky cheese curds best known as a key ingredient in poutine. The Conseil des Industri...

Federal Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the CEO of OpenAI has agreed to take several actions to bolster safety, including providing a report outlining the new systems the firm is developing to identify high-risk offenders and policy ...

WASHINGTON - A judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered refunds for companies that paid tariffs that were later struck down by the United States Supreme Court. In a 6-3 ruling last month, America's top court concluded it wa...

A Quebec student pilot will head to court this month after his plane crashed during a "solo flight" with a friend as a passenger. Jean-Frédéric Pinard-Decelles, who was 30 years old at the time, was charged with criminal negligence and dangerous drivin...

OTTAWA - Canada's position on the war in Iran has been from the outset one of supporting the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. But in recent days, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called on all sides to respect interna...

VANCOUVER - Myles Gray had injuries that "looked like a hanging" when he died following an altercation with Vancouver police, a paramedic told a hearing into the actions of seven officers. Scott McEwen told the inquiry by the Office of the Police Compl...

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by a fired B.C. health executive to seek employment insurance benefits, nearly five years after he lost his job for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. Donald Sturgeon was the...

VANCOUVER - Clad in colourful regalia and intricate masks, the Dancers of Damelahamid perform an art form that was once outlawed in Canada. Now, 75 years after the end of the potlatch ban that forbade Indigenous cultural and artistic expression, the...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is filling the gaps left in his apologies to colleague Coun. Sean Orr, who he falsely accused of distributing illegal drugs after being shown a photo that he didn't verify. The mayor's office said Sim's apology has b...

SUMMIT LAKE - Police say two people are dead after a semi-truck went off an embankment along the Alaska Highway north of Prince George, B.C. Northern Rockies RCMP say they received an automated crash detection notification early Tuesday morning in the ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday Canada supports U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran "with regret" - making him just one among many world leaders struggling in recent days to respond to a volatile new conflict. In Australia for a diploma...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is urging U.S. states along the West Coast to fall in line with the provincial government's decision to adopt permanent daylight time. Premier David Eby announced Monday that the province will spring forward one last time t...

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is calling for better mental health support and resources for people who apply for medical assistance in dying, in response to the case of a 91-year-old Montreal-area man who died by suicide last year shortly after his MAID ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday pitched Canada to a German audience as a reliable energy supplier in a period of global uncertainty. Poilievre was in Berlin as part of a trip to Europe that has seen him meet in recent days wi...

Social media posts last month claimed Toyota had decided to move an auto manufacturing plant from Huntsville, Ala., to Ontario. The company says the claim is false. The claim originated from online accounts that appear to generate their content using a...

TORONTO - The lawyer representing Frank Stronach says she plans to seek a directed verdict on charges related to two of the complainants in his Toronto sexual assault case. Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh told the court Wednesday that the motion - which a...

TORONTO - Nancy Saunders says her son Ben Brennan accomplished so much in his short life. He was an exceptional musician, loved writing and was a freelance recording engineer, she said. Brennan played in bands across Canada and toured Europe. He studi...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada is pursuing multiple options to help more than 2,000 Canadians who have requested assistance to leave the Middle East, as some Canadians in the region are calling on the government to do more to...

The daughter of a Canadian woman killed in a bus crash in the Dominican Republic says her family is still searching for answers three days after the incident that left another Canadian dead and 13 others injured. Amanda Fullerton of Lockport, Man., sai...

OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada warns new players in global debt markets aren't as closely monitored as traditional banks, which could drive new risks in a period rife with uncertainty. Governor Tiff Macklem is in Toronto on Wednesday speaking ...

CANBERRA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada can't rule out military participation in the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Speaking to reporters at a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra, Carney...

CANBERRA - Canada and Australia have a "rare" ability to help convene a coalition of middle powers because their allies know they can be trusted, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a speech to Australia's Parliament on Thursday. Carney's words built on...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Anand to speak at Ottawa defence conference Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to speak at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute's annual gathe...

MONTREAL - Every Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m., Charlie Whitley closes his vintage clothing store in Montreal's Mile-End neighbourhood and feels frustrated. He wants to stay open later, but that would be against the law. "It doesn't make any sense," ...

Soon after Rhiana Stryd moved to the scenic lakeside Village of Granisle in British Columbia's northern Interior in the fall of 2024, she says she began noticing her parents' health going downhill, while she was vomiting every day for months. Stryd sa...

OTTAWA - Some of Canada's renewable energy organizations are applauding commitments Ottawa signed with India this week to advance development of solar, wind and hydrogen power. Prime Minister Mark Carney spent four days in Mumbai and New Delhi, a trip ...