Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Judge to deliver ruling today in Frank Stronach's sexual assault trial An Ontario judge is expected to deliver her ruling today in the sexual assault trial of bill...

TORONTO - An Ontario judge is expected to deliver her ruling today in the sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach. Stronach, who is 93, pleaded not guilty to 12 charges stemming from alleged incidents that took place decades ago ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved an amended environment assessment certificate for block-caving at the Red Chris Mine, the same site where three workers were trapped last July. The copper and gold mine in northwestern B.C. is al...

OTTAWA - As the House of Commons rose Thursday for its summer break, the federal government touted all the legislation it passed over the preceding months, while the opposition Conservatives maintained not enough got done. The House of Commons passed 2...

MONTREAL - Black employees of the Montreal police force have sent a letter to management saying some have concerns about going to work after the dismantling of a patrol unit over serious allegations of racist misconduct. The letter was dated June 14, t...

MONTRÉAL - A Quebec think tank says the province's housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and negatively affects school dropout rates. On Thursday, the Observatoire québécois des inégalités published the third instalment of a study analyzing t...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney appears untroubled by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent claim that the United States would "do better without" the North American free trade pact. "It's no secret the president in recent years has not been the big...

OTTAWA - The immigration department says it's working "as quickly as possible" to resolve questions about citizenship by descent claims - even as some claimants say they did everything Ottawa asked them to do. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Cana...

EDMONTON - The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith's office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in poverty, drugs and violence. Bruce McAllister, in a post ...

OTTAWA - Ruby Sahota, the secretary of state for combatting crime, told the House of Commons this week that people who fired shots recently at synagogues were hired and paid by a "foreign entity." She suggested the shooters were recruited online and sa...

OTTAWA - A Canadian was shot and killed at a South African wilderness park on Wednesday in what authorities said appears to be an accident. The South African Police Service said a 69-year-old Canadian man asked a park guide whether his gun was real, re...

OTTAWA - Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies abroad in forced labour and environmental degradation by shutting down an office meant to probe those reports. "The government is turning its ...

QUÉBEC - Montreal's business community is coming together to sweeten the pot in the city's bid to host a multinational defence bank, offering several floors in a planned downtown tower for the highly sought-after headquarters. A consortium of three com...

EDMONTON - A judge has reserved her decision on whether to set aside a ruling that quashed an Alberta separatist group's referendum petition, but says she has some concerns with parts of last month's judgment. The ruling in question found that the Stay...

VANCOUVER - The federal and British Columbia governments have announced billions of dollars in combined investments to spur housing development and update infrastructure, including building a new high school in Tumbler Ridge, the site of a mass shootin...

OTTAWA - A Grassy Narrows First Nation woman who suffers from mercury poisoning is insisting that Prime Minister Mark Carney apologize for saying he could "outlast" her during a March protest. At a press conference on Parliament Hill on Thursday, Chris...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have wrapped up a spring sitting in the House of Commons that stretched over six months and saw the Liberals use their new majority powers to limit debate and push through contentious legislation. Prime Minister Mark Carn...

MONTRÉAL - Montreal-area police are warning the public about a rash of violent crimes targeting sellers of Pokémon cards and MacBooks. Laval police say they arrested 10 young men, aged 16 to 18, on June 9 and June 11. They say the suspects had allegedl...

OTTAWA - The federal fiscal watchdog says Ottawa's plan to roll out automatic tax filing could see Canadians who normally don't file their tax returns get thousands of dollars in owed benefits annually. The federal government announced a plan in the 20...

MONTREAL - The son of former Quebec premier Jean Charest will be running for the Liberals in the fall provincial election. Antoine Dionne Charest was formally nominated Wednesday night in the Verdun riding in Montreal, with his mother and Liberal Lead...

Here are the latest developments from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. All times Eastern: 10:56 p.m. Luis Romo scored in the 50th minute to lead Mexico to a 1-0 win over South Korea. The victory allowed Mexico to win Group A and become the first team to advanc...

TORONTO - A 19-year-old outstanding suspect in the U.S. consulate shooting in Toronto last March has been arrested, police announced Thursday, as officers continue to investigate a pattern of shootings across the city allegedly orchestrated by gun-for-...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Gun control advocacy groups urge PM to implement long-awaited protection measure A women's advocacy organization and several groups that support gun control are ur...

VANCOUVER - First came the feast, as Canada's World Cup team gorged on goals against Qatar in BC Place Stadium. Then came the party. Fans at the arena in Vancouver and at watch parties across the country erupted after Thursday's historic 6-0 win, the f...

OTTAWA - A women's advocacy organization and several other groups that support gun control are urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to fully implement a key facet of firearms legislation passed 30 months ago. The measure makes a person subject to a protec...

ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government recently found hazardous levels of a cancer-causing gas in some of its public housing units, prompting some experts to call for mandatory testing across the country. The Newfoundland and Labrador Ho...

Former Liberal MP and MPP Han Dong says he's running for Toronto city council. Dong says in a social media post that he declared today to run for the ward of Scarborough North in the municipal election this fall. He represented the Ontario Liberals as ...

TROIS-RIVIÈRES - Police are investigating after an Islamic culture centre northeast of Montreal was vandalized overnight. Mohamed Toubal, president of Centre Culturel Islamique de la Mauricie, says people who showed up for morning prayers found rocks a...