Canadian News
Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDTTheir kids were exposed to carbon monoxide at a hockey rink. They're trying to prevent it from happening again
A group of Calgary parents is sharing their stories and concerns about the danger of carbon monoxide inside hockey arenas, after their own children were exposed to high levels of the odourless gas during a weekend tournament nearly two years ago.
Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDTCanada was prepared to send ships to Iraq in 2003 if UN approved action, records show
Canada, a notable objector to the 2003 Iraq war, was preparing to back the U.S.-led invasion by sending naval ships into combat if the UN Security Council gave the go-ahead, according to cabinet records.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:17:08 EDT85-year-old man killed by stray bullet inside Burnaby, B.C., home, investigators say
An 85-year-old man found dead in his Burnaby home is believed to be an innocent victim who was struck by a stray bullet, according to the Integrated Homicide Investigative Team (IHIT).
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:42:58 EDTCanada 'will NEVER be the 51st state. Sorry!': B.C. premier unveils new border welcome signs
B.C. Premier David Eby unveiled new welcome signs for U.S. border crossings at a Tuesday press conference, which he says reflect a message from his government: "Welcome to British Columbia, Canada. Strong, proud, and will NEVER be the 51st state. Sor...
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:59:59 EDT'It's been an absolute nightmare,' says man whose daughter was killed in Manitoba crash
Tom Borsa, whose 18-year-old daughter was among four people killed in a highway collision Sunday night, says "It's been an absolute nightmare."
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:41:53 EDTManitoba Labour Board orders striking Dynacare lab employees back to work
Hundreds of Dynacare workers are being ordered back to work by the Manitoba Labour Board, their union says.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:23:06 EDTHow are Trump’s Bombardier threats affecting Canada?
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Quebec-based aerospace company Bombardier would no longer be able to sell planes in the U.S. Shares in the company fell in early trading, but regained some of those losses later in the day Tuesday....
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:02:36 EDT'Get ready to come home,' Wakeham says to former N.L. residents searching for Churchill Falls jobs
A rally-like celebration of the prospect of jobs tied to the Churchill Falls and Gull Island hydroelectric projects ended with a call from Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham to trades workers who have previously left the province for work...
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:13:43 EDTSeparation making Alberta master of its destiny ‘a fiction,’ business leader says
With fewer than 45 days to go until the Alberta referendum, a provincial business organization has launched a new initiative intended to make the case for Alberta to remain in Canada.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:31:44 EDTNew investment into Mackenzie Valley Highway to employ all who are ‘willing, ready and able’
The road, named a project of national interest, would reduce reliance on seasonal transportation of barges and winter roads and has been poised as a project that supports national defence.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:24:52 EDTN.L. businesses looking elsewhere as retaliatory tariffs kick in on U.S. goods
Wide-sweeping retaliatory tariffs now in place on U.S. goods coming into Canada have two Newfoundland businesses wondering how it could affect business — while actively taking steps to ensure impacts are only minor.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:41:08 EDTWhere does the name Lake Ontario come from?
The name "Ontario" has deep roots in multiple First Nations languages and has survived hundreds of years of colonialism.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:08:52 EDTQuebec 'will use every tool available' to cope with trade war, Fréchette says
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette warned of difficult times ahead and called on Quebecers and municipalities to pivot away from American businesses and support the local economy, in a news conference Tuesday morning.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDTParents are pushing back on classroom screen time in a 'techlash' over too much technology in schools
A pushback is emerging against screen time in school and tech tools woven into education today, with some parents linking it to a range of woes, from waning student attention spans to data breaches that put student privacy at risk.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:56:54 EDTOtto Jelinek, Canadian figure skating world champion and Olympian, dead at 86
Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:51:29 EDTBear spotted in Edmonton was likely hungry for a pre-winter meal, experts say
A black bear has been spotted roaming the streets of northwest Edmonton and experts say the animal was probably simply in search of a pre-winter picnic in the city.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:00 EDT‘I need to know’: Alberta man retraces his steps after traumatic brain injury, waking from coma
When Stan Dworkowski awoke from an eight-day coma with 24 broken ribs and a fractured skull, he could not recall his own age or the faces of his closest friends. He is now retracing his steps, hoping to piece together the hours before he was injured.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:04:31 EDTDynacare lab workers on strike in Manitoba after contract talks hit impasse over wages: union
Some non-urgent diagnostic tests will be delayed for two weeks in Manitoba after Dynacare lab workers walked off the job across the province.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:36:59 EDTHome court, high hopes as Canada's men and women chase wheelchair basketball world gold
Canada's men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams hope home-court advantage can help end a lengthy world championship drought.
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:00:00 EDTAre La Loche and northwest Sask. ready for NexGen's uranium mine to bring an economic boom?
People in La Loche, Sask., and other communities in the northwest see a chance to build services and a quality of life that outlast the boom and bust cycles of a resource-based economy.