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Canada’s next national census set for May 2026
By Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The next Canadian census will be held in May 2026. The federal cabinet has issued an order fixing the date for the census and the questions it will ask. The last census was held in 2021 and was the first to be held during a pandemic. It collected data on the population, including ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Convicted killer, 62, escapes from Archambault Institution in Quebec
By Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2025
MONTREAL — Correctional Service Canada says a convicted killer has escaped from a prison in Quebec’s Laurentians region. Staff discovered Richard Plourde was missing from his minimum security unit at about 11 p.m. Sunday. The 62-year-old was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder at Archambault Institution. He has a fair complexion, brown eyes and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. professor trapped in Iran says Canada has offered ‘almost nothing’ to help
By Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2025
A British Columbia professor who is trapped in Iran says he’s been told by officials there’s “almost nothing” the Canadian government can do to help him and his family. Simon Fraser University engineering professor Simon Jannesar says in an email that communications are extremely limited and Canadian authorities don’t seem to have a plan to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Orcas use kelp tools to groom and bond off B.C.’s coast, study suggests
By Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2025
In pricey spas, kelp facials and body wraps can set the esthetically inclined human back hundreds of dollars. But in the Salish Sea off British Columbia, southern resident killer whales are also using the sea plants for what scientists suspect are grooming purposes. Researchers who have spent years studying the endangered whales say higher quality ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Carney in Brussels for EU-Canada summit
By Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2025
BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Mark Carney began official events for his four-day trip to Europe Monday by visiting a military cemetery in Belgium before a meeting with European counterparts at the EU-Canada summit. Carney said on social media Sunday he was in Brussels to launch “a new era of partnership” between Canada and the European ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Carney in Brussels for EU-Canada summit
By Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney in Brussels for EU-Canada summit Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Belgium today, where he will visit a military cemetery before meeting with European Union leaders at an EU-Canada summit. Carney said on social media Sunday that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Carney in Brussels today for EU-Canada summit
By Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2025
BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Belgium today, where he will visit a military cemetery before meeting with European Union leaders at an EU-Canada summit. Carney said on social media Sunday that he was in Brussels to launch “a new era of partnership” between Canada and the European Union for the benefit of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heat warning still in effect as Ontario and Quebec battle scorching temperatures
By Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2025
TORONTO — Much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec will continue to bake in high temperatures Monday and Tuesday as a heat dome lingers over the region. Environment Canada issued a heat warning for the area on Saturday, saying hot and humid conditions will likely continue until Wednesday. In Toronto, the agency says the city saw ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iranian Canadians and others watch and worry after U.S. strikes on nuclear sites
By Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2025
Iranian Canadians and Jewish groups turned worried eyes to the Middle East on Sunday, as U.S. strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites raised fears of escalating violence. Nimâ Machouf, a member of a Montreal Iranian women’s association, said family members in Iran are living “from one bomb to another.” “I’m very worried because this will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!John McCallum dead at 75: A political veteran of ‘good humour and grace’
By Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — John McCallum, a former Liberal cabinet minister and a mainstay of 21st century Canadian politics, has died at age 75, his family confirmed on Sunday. A statement said McCallum passed away peacefully Saturday surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, their three sons and six grandchildren. Prime Minister Mark Carney ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Receiver planning sale of Yukon gold mine involved in contaminant release disaster
By Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2025
The court-appointed receiver of a Yukon gold mine that suffered a catastrophic heap-leach facility failure last year says it plans to sell the mine and will be seeking approval within the week to start the process. In its fifth receiver’s report issued earlier this month, PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. says it will seek court approval for a ... Read More »
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