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Provincial police divers recover body of crew member in Airmedic helicopter crash

Provincial police divers recover body of crew member in Airmedic helicopter crash

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police continued to search Tuesday for missing occupants of a helicopter that crashed in a lake on Quebec's North Shore last week.
Here's a list of May inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

Here's a list of May inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says.
Here's a list of May inflation rates for Canadian provinces

Here's a list of May inflation rates for Canadian provinces

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.5 per cent (0.4) — Prince Edward Island: 0.7 per cent (0.
Canada's next national census set for May 2026

Canada's next national census set for May 2026

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.
In the news today: Trump announces ceasefire in Iran-Israel war

In the news today: Trump announces ceasefire in Iran-Israel war

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump announces a ceasefire in Iran-Israel war U.S.
'Like my big brother': Survivor of Banff rockfall says friend who died saved him

'Like my big brother': Survivor of Banff rockfall says friend who died saved him

"It sounded like a thunderstorm."
Canada changes course, starts busing citizens out of Israel

Canada changes course, starts busing citizens out of Israel

OTTAWA — Ottawa has started offering buses to Canadians looking to leave Israel and the West Bank, along with those who manage to flee Iran — but few have taken up the offer days after Canada told citizens in the region to find their own way to neigh
Nigerian judge convicts man of sextorting B.C. teen who died by suicide

Nigerian judge convicts man of sextorting B.C. teen who died by suicide

RCMP are hailing the conviction and sentencing of man in Nigeria who tried to blackmail a Surrey, B.C., teenager by posting his intimate images online, saying "sextortions and fraud" will not be tolerated by society.
B.C. professor trapped in Iran says Canada has offered 'almost nothing' to help

B.C. professor trapped in Iran says Canada has offered 'almost nothing' to help

A British Columbia professor who is trapped in Iran said that federal officials told him there was "almost nothing" the Canadian government could do to help him and his family. Simon Fraser University engineering Prof.
Many heat records at risk as Ontario, Quebec battle scorching temperatures

Many heat records at risk as Ontario, Quebec battle scorching temperatures

TORONTO — Dangerously high temperatures persisted on Monday across much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec, as residents tried to keep cool under a lingering heat dome.