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Groundhog Day 2026: Willie, Fred, but not Sam to make predictions on spring’s arrival
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
HALIFAX — One of Canada’s most famous groundhogs will not be making a prediction on the arrival of spring today, due to a forecast that calls for yet another winter storm in her home province. Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and Fred la Marmotte were all set to emerge from their homes Monday, and according to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What to expect as businessman Frank Stronach stands trial on sexual assault charges
By Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2026
TORONTO — The man long touted as one of Canada’s great success stories is set to stand trial in Toronto this week, as the first of two cases accusing Frank Stronach of sexual offences against several women over decades begins. Stronach, the founder and former head of the auto parts giant Magna International, faces a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montrealers protest Trump immigration crackdown, call out Canadian ‘complicity’
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
MONTREAL — Demonstrators gathered in Montreal on Sunday to protest the immigration crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, calling out ICE tactics as well as Canadian “complicity” in them. Under crisp blue skies, scores of protesters assembled outside the U.S. Consulate downtown amid widespread outrage over the killing of two American citizens by federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
SURREY — The Surrey Police Service says three men have been arrested after an early-morning shooting Sunday believed to be related to extortions. Police said officers were on patrol in the city’s Crescent Beach neighbourhood just before 4 a.m. when a call came in about a shooting and small fire outside a home near 132 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands rally in Toronto to support Iran uprising, call for regime change
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
TORONTO — Thousands gathered in Toronto on Sunday to show support for the Iranian people as a deadly uprising sweeps through the Middle Eastern country. Protesters took to Sankofa Square to demand the fall of the Islamic regime, one of multiple protests in Toronto and across the country over the past several weeks. Countrywide protests ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives, Poilievre seek to carry convention momentum back into Parliament
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
OTTAWA — Political analysts say the federal Conservatives and leader Pierre Poilievre have momentum coming off a unifying convention in Calgary but the party still has a hill to climb in Parliament to one-up Prime Minster Mark Carney and the Liberals. The Conservatives wrapped up their three-day national convention yesterday that saw Poilievre easily passed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dawson Creek RCMP announce charges against three people in 2023 homicide
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
DAWSON CREEK — Police in Dawson Creek, B.C., say three people have been charged with first-degree murder more than two years after a 37-year-old man was found dead in a vehicle on New Year’s Eve in 2023. Dawson Creek RCMP say Robert Girbav, 37, was found dead inside a truck by officers responding to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal demonstrators protest Trump immigration crackdown at U.S. Consulate
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
Demonstrators are gathering in downtown Montreal to protest against the immigration crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis and other American cities. Protesters are assembling outside the U.S. Consulate on Saint-Catherine Street in the wake of the killing of two American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis in the past few weeks. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at events in January 2026
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
A look at news events in January 2026: 1 – Global Affairs Canada said it wasn’t aware of any Canadians among those killed or hurt in a deadly Swiss bar fire. Police said about 40 people died and roughly 115 were injured when flames tore through a New Year’s celebration in the Alpine resort of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Earliest launch date for Artemis II set for Feb. 8 after cold weather delay: NASA
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
The earliest possible launch date for the Artemis II rocket to carry Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the moon is scheduled for Feb. 8. NASA said cold weather and winds that blew through Florida and the Kennedy Space Center in the last several days led to the adjusted timeline. They said the adjustment will position ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: minister
By Canadian Press on February 1st, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal housing minister says he wants to ramp up the lagging pace of homebuilding in some provinces by bringing developers off the sidelines and into Ottawa’s affordable housing projects. Gregor Robertson also said in an interview that the feds’ new Build Canada Homes agency is working on getting Canadian banks and pension ... Read More »
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