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Global Affairs Canada says it is aware that two Canadian citizens have been detained in Israel following their involvement in a flotilla to Gaza. The Global Sumud Flotilla is a pro-Palestinian fleet o...
The Canadian Press Oct 05, 2025
VICTORIA - Engineer Jashan Bains is the first to spot a black dorsal fin cutting through the water. "Whale, one o'clock," he says. It's a September morning on board the Hecate Sentinel, a 20-metre lon...
The Canadian Press Oct 05, 2025
OTTAWA - A century and a half ago, it had only six judges, no permanent home and a less than onerous workload. The Supreme Court of Canada is tracing its storied history, and somewhat humble beginning...
The Canadian Press Oct 05, 2025
EDGEWOOD, B.C. - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says an ostrich that was part of a B.C. flock that was recently issued a last-minute stay of a cull order by the Supreme Court of Canada has died. ...
The Canadian Press Oct 04, 2025
MONTREAL - Shirley Pien spends a lot of time in Cabot Square, a park in downtown Montreal where many homeless people gather. The woman works as health navigator for an Indigenous-led health clinic in ...
The Canadian Press Oct 04, 2025
The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation is "making a mockery of the collective bargaining process" with its latest contract offers. In a statement released Friday, the un...
The Canadian Press Oct 04, 2025
ST. JOHN'S - Residents of a small but busy community in eastern Newfoundland reelected its all-women council this week with a near-perfect voter turnout. The few eligible voters who didn't cast a ball...
The Canadian Press Oct 04, 2025
Kiki Klassen started the Lucky Duck Mail Club not long before last year's Canada Post strike and spent about five hours driving around communities neighbouring her St. Catharines, Ont., home deliverin...
The Canadian Press Oct 04, 2025
OTTAWA - As Indigenous Peoples marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this week, they also had to confront a persistent problem: public figures claiming the history of residential school...
The Canadian Press Oct 04, 2025
LONGUEUIL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen has spent two-and-a-half years preparing for his upcoming trip to the moon and back, and he's loved every minute of it. "I know that after I launch and com...
The Canadian Press Oct 04, 2025