Celebrated Canadian poet Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of Carson's "bold and inventive oeuvre." A poet, essayist, classical scholar and translator, Carson is renowned as a maste...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Government to exclude people who suffer solely from mental illness from access to MAID The federal government faces criticism from many groups after announcing Wed...

The B.C. Conservatives will spend their second consecutive day campaigning in Surrey, a critical battleground in the provincial election. The Conservatives say interim leader Lorne Doerkson will be in Surrey to make a policy announcement a day after be...

OTTAWA - Canada's oil and gas sector accounted for a lower level of emissions in 2025, despite boosts in production, while the country's overall emissions ticked up thanks to increased reliance on natural gas to heat homes. Those are among the findings...

Social media and other companies must be held accountable to report conversations about causing harm after an FBI complaint detailed extensive online conversations involving the Tumbler Ridge shooter as she planned her deadly attack, NDP Leader David E...

OTTAWA - The Conservative party's proposal to extend federal relief on diesel fuel was voted down in the House of Commons today. Global prices for diesel and gasoline have spiked since the spring as the war in Iran has disrupted fuel shipments from the...

This week, media headlines and social media posts claimed a Canadian woman was approved for medical assistance in dying because she lost her ability to cook. The claim stems from an opinion article written by two Canadian psychiatrists who recount the ...

OTTAWA - Private businesses in Canada are being encouraged to sign a declaration committing to strengthening their relationships with Indigenous Peoples and communities. The Corporate Declaration was developed by multiple companies and private entities...

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a woman at the heart of a defamation case brought by author and former University of B.C. professor Steven Galloway says her defence no longer includes an assertion that he sexually assaulted her. Arden Beddoes instead said t...

EDMONTON - Canada's defence minister came to Alberta Wednesday to highlight the billions of military dollars being spent there, with less than two weeks to go before Albertans vote on whether it's time to quit Confederation. David McGuinty, with Albert...

WASHINGTON - Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers has broken with U.S. President Donald Trump over his trade war with Canada as the Republican faces a tight race in a state hit hard by the tariffs. In a campaign ad posted on social media Wednesday, Ro...

OTTAWA - Canada's industry minister said Wednesday the U.S. owner of Stelco Holdings Inc. cannot use the trade war to justify cutting jobs it committed to when it bought the Hamilton, Ont.-based steel plant, particularly when the head of the Ohio-based...

FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - Researchers in Washington state say a Southern Resident killer whale that suffered multiple reproductive losses in the past has been seen again with a dead calf off British Columbia. The Center for Whale Resea...

OTTAWA - On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a deadly terrorist attack on Israel which left 1,200 people dead, and Israel responded with a war that local health authorities say has killed about 75,000 people in the Gaza Strip. Here's what Canadian politici...

OTTAWA - Canadian Justice Minister Sean Fraser and Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced two major decisions for the "path forward" in medically assisted dying on Wednesday. Fraser said the government has decided not to proceed with expanding MAID ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Anniversary of Gaza war marks 3 years of pain for Canadians with ties to Middle East For Edmonton mother Salomy Abusalim and her 10-year-old son, Rashid, the anniv...

OTTAWA - A Canadian gun control group says FBI documents filed in a Washington state court about the murders in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., reveal the gaps in federal government laws and shows what needs to be done to protect others from such mass killings. ...

The leaders of the two largest political parties in British Columbia were in the election battleground of Surrey on Wednesday pitching plans for businesses and the economy as the campaign reached its halfway point. New Democrat David Eby promised loans...

OTTAWA - Edmonton mother Salomy Abusalim is running out of excuses to give her son when he asks why his dad is still in Gaza. "This is killing me as a mom. I can't keep going on, lying to him," said Abusalim, whose husband has been trapped in Gaza due ...

MONTREAL - "Slowpoke" is a suitable name for Quebec's only working nuclear reactor. It only produces about 20 kilowatts of thermal energy, or enough to power six or seven toasters. But scientists and administrators at Polytechnique Montréal hope the r...

OTTAWA - Security guards searching bags before bar mitzvahs. Students who hide their Star of David necklaces for fear of being attacked. Synagogue services that start with staff pointing out where the emergency exits are. In the three years since Hamas...

OTTAWA - The federal government will not allow people suffering solely from a mental illness to access medical assistance in dying, but it does plan to decriminalize advance requests for people who are at risk of losing their capacity to consent. Justi...

Officials in northwestern Ireland say they're working to recover a large Canadian buoy that floated across the Atlantic Ocean and washed up on a coastal island. A news release from Mayo County Council says the mariner marker, weighing in at roughly 3.5...

SEATTLE - A complaint by the FBI against James Bryant in U.S. district court provides extensive new allegations about the mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where eight victims died on Feb. 10, 2026. FBI special agent Joseph Rico swears in the compl...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane "clipped" an Air Canada aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday. The aviation agency says the incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. local ti...

VANCOUVER - Author and former UBC professor Steven Galloway says he was "shocked" to learn he was being accused of sexual assault, and believed he had split amicably after an affair with the former student making the allegation. Galloway told a B.C. S...

OTTAWA - Quebec Sen. Richard Martel is back in the opposition caucus after joining the Conservative Senate group today. Sen. Leo Housakos, the opposition leader in the Senate, says Martel is a "natural fit" in a statement issued today. Martel left the ...

EDMONTON - Leading figures in the push for Alberta separation are celebrating the election of Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. Jeff Rath said Tuesday that St-Pierre Plamondon's election victory could change the political dynamic of Ca...