Canadian News
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:27:04 EDTCouple airlifted from home as heavy rain triggers mudslide in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
Heavy rains battering B.C. caused a mudslide in Coquitlam Thursday, forcing one couple to be airlifted out, and triggered two evacuation alerts in the Fraser Valley, along the Chilliwack River.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:20:05 EDTAlberta’s 'Peterson law' leads lawyers' regulator to stop mandating Indigenous education course
The regulator for Alberta’s lawyers says it will no longer mandate Indigenous cultural competency training in advance of what Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calls the “Peterson law” coming into effect.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:53:44 EDTFriend of Sikh student killed on Alberta highway recalls deadly daytime shooting
Birinder Singh was driving down the highway, hoping to see Alberta’s Rocky Mountains for the first time, when a bullet from a passing vehicle ended his life.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:11:33 EDTOntario looks to ban reselling tickets for more than original price
The Ontario government is planning to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, according to a news release. The move comes years after the province scrapped part of an anti-scalping law in 2019.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:52:58 EDT2 men accused of fathering hundreds of kids banned from donating sperm in Quebec
Quebec's Superior Court has temporarily barred a man and his son from donating sperm after they were accused of fathering hundreds of children.
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:57:45 EDT7-year-old B.C. girl and her mother being held by U.S. immigration officials in Texas
Family and friends are expressing fears for a Penticton, B.C., woman and her daughter who have been detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and are currently in an immigration holding facility. Tania Warner — a 47-year-old who family say is legally i...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:50:02 EDTAlberta to close supervised consumption sites in Calgary, Lethbridge at end of June
Nearly five years after first announcing its plans to close the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, the Alberta government set a date to close the site later this year and replace it with services more focused on recov...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:00 EDTB.C. premier faces pressure over proposed changes to landmark reconciliation framework law
The NDP government is meeting with First Nations groups over the changes it plans to make to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA. Premier David Eby is facing pressure from Indigenous leaders to leave the law alone, and f...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDTCanadian company helping white supremacists fundraise from hateful livestreams
A Canadian streaming platform is helping white supremacists who have been kicked off mainstream social media continue to profit from hateful content, an investigation by CBC’s the fifth estate has found.
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:08:44 EDTBrandon Tobin killed his grandmother after a drug-induced seizure. A judge will soon decide his fate
Crown prosecutors are asking for a six-year prison sentence while the defence has countered with three to four, arguing Brandon Tobin didn't choose to kill his grandmother — he chose to use drugs, which led to her death.
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:41:33 EDTRCMP visit Edmonton offices of business at centre of Alberta health procurement probes
RCMP officers and vehicles were seen on Thursday at the west Edmonton offices of a businessman at the centre of multiple probes into the Alberta government's procurement practices.
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:12:03 EDTCoquitlam mudslide knocks out power as heaviest rainfall expected on parts of B.C.'s South Coast
Environment Canada says the heaviest rainfall from the "prolonged atmospheric river event" in parts of Metro Vancouver, the Sea-to-Sky region and western Vancouver Island is expected Thursday night into Friday morning.
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:00:00 EDTYukon premier tables $82M deficit budget, blames previous government's spending
When Yukon Premier Currie Dixon tabled his government’s first full budget on Thursday, he put it bluntly: the territory is spending more than it can afford, leaving it in a “dangerous financial position.”
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:07:00 EDTU.S. man with 'good intentions' sentenced for human smuggling across Manitoba border
A Manitoba judge has handed a U.S. citizen a nearly three-year prison sentence after he admitted to smuggling a man into Canada near the Emerson border crossing.
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:30:00 EDTN.L. government expropriated this family's home 14 years ago for a highway. It sold the land instead
Hannah and Cyndie Stapleton said they were gobsmacked to discover a new home is being built where their former home once stood — over 13 years after it was expropriated. Now, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Barry Petten says the departme...
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:15:24 EDTHamilton set to have AHL team again as New York Islanders plan affiliate's move from Bridgeport, Conn.
Hamilton is set to be home to an American Hockey League team again. The NHL's New York Islanders plan to move their feeder team in Bridgeport, Conn., to the Ontario city, pending approval by the AHL.
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:32:46 EDTNew trial ordered for former Quebec junior hockey player in sexual assault case
Quebec's Court of Appeal overturned Noah Corson's guilty verdict. He was orginally sentenced to two years less a day in prison for sexual assault of a minor under the age of 16.
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:30:00 EDTFrom Dhaka to St. John's, observing Ramadan is a labour of love for these friends
Observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in St. John’s, N.L. is a bit different than what this couple is used to back home in Bangladesh, but they’ve created new traditions with their children and friends — who they consider part of the fami...
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:57:18 EDT2 men deported over alleged roles in extortions targeting Edmonton's South Asian community, police say
Edmonton police along with federal law enforcement deported two men for their connection to extortion schemes targeting business owners in the city's South Asian community. Similar criminal schemes have seen businesses burned across Edmonton in recen...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:47:23 EDTAssaults, injuries and classroom evacuations: Alberta teachers detail violence in schools