VANCOUVER - An outdoor adventure group says a member who died after trying to rescue a companion on one of Metro Vancouver's tallest mountains was a visitor from China, whose family now faces "enormous" medical bills. The Pacific Northwest Outdoor Asso...

OTTAWA - Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target. Elections Canada's advisory committee of political parties says voters will have to write...

NEW YORK - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released flight data and radio transmissions of the final three minutes of the fatal Air Canada flight at New York's LaGuardia Airport Sunday night. The information indicates that a fire truc...

QUÉBEC - Quebec's minister of health and social services has tabled a bill to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill aims to overhaul Bill P-38, or the Act respecting the protect...

OTTAWA - The head of the union representing 55,000 Canada Post workers is calling for the employees to reject a tentative contract agreement in a vote this spring, even though a majority of the national executive board recommend that the deal be accept...

VICTORIA - Vessels will have to steer one kilometre clear of endangered southern resident orcas under newly proposed federal regulations that are being applauded by commercial whale watchers. Erin Gless, executive director of the Pacific Whale Watch As...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala tabled on Tuesday the provincial budget for 2026-27. Here are some highlights: - The provincial sales tax is to be removed, as of July, on all food at grocery stores. Basic groceries are already exempt. ...

A Yukon non-profit says the federal government is wrongfully dragging its feet on reconsidering a decision to cut funding for a program that delivered nutritious meals to hundreds of First Nations children in rural areas of the territory. The Yukon Fi...

OTTAWA - More than a year after the Liberal government launched a review of plans to buy a fleet of F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, even the competition doesn't know when exactly Ottawa will reach a final decision. Prime Minister Mark Carney op...

OTTAWA - A federal union is warning the Canada Revenue Agency's decision to get rid of drop boxes as a method to file taxes will reduce access to services for hundreds of thousands of Canadians. The agency said earlier this month it will stop accepting...

OTTAWA - The Quebec government is urging the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold a controversial secularism law, arguing that the Constitution allows the province to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case revolves around the law, ...

OTTAWA - Pride festivals are seeking $3 million annually from Ottawa to fill a funding gap left by corporations pulling back funding amid a backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion programs. "We are seeing corporate sponsors pull back their investme...

OTTAWA - Age restrictions on using social media accounts and AI chatbots are among the topics up for debate when Liberal party grassroots gather next month for their national convention. There are 24 different policy resolutions that are on the agenda ...

A heli-ski company in northwestern British Columbia says one of its guides is undergoing surgery in Vancouver after surviving an avalanche on Sunday that killed three skiers, and the company has halted service until further notice. Michael Brackenhof...

Canadian sport needs an overhaul, and it starts with the federal government. That was the conclusion of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission's final report released Tuesday. The Canadian sport system is broken, fragmented and unsustainable, said Li...

Canada's justice minister is brushing aside calls from four premiers to start appointing judges at the provincial appeal and superior court level that are pre-approved and recommended by their governments. "We're not contemplating a sea change in the m...

OTTAWA - British Columbia Premier David Eby is considering amendments that would weaken the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, after two recent court decisions siding with First Nations under the law's current wording. Amen...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Aviation experts to probe Air Canada flight after fatal crash at LaGuardia Airport Aviation experts have arrived in New York City to probe how an Air Canada flight...

NEW YORK - A fire truck had been cleared to cross a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport only 20 seconds before it collided with an Air Canada jet, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday of the fatal flight's final moments. Two pi...

VICTORIA - Style advisor Dale Olsen says he doesn't distinguish between party colours, but he doubts British Columbia Premier David Eby is well qualified to act as the fashion police. Eby thrust political attire onto the agenda this month when he dress...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government laid out a provincial budget Tuesday that promises savings for snack lovers, many homeowners and young people who ride buses. As of July 1, the province plans to remove the provincial sales tax from food and beverages...

After the fatal Air Canada plane collision at a New York City airport on Sunday, travellers may experience an initial spike in anxiety that for some could reinforce existing concerns about flying, one Canadian psychology expert says. Two pilots were ki...

KITIMAT - Police say three heli-skiers were killed on Sunday when they were caught in an avalanche north of Terrace, B.C., on a deadly day in the province's backcountry that also claimed the life of another skier in a separate slide near the Alaska bor...

WASHINGTON - A British Columbia company has been sanctioned by the United States over its alleged ties to fundraising for the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. Seven Seas for International Trading and Logistics is among a network of 16 companies a...

OTTAWA - Gun owners have reported more than 51,000 firearms to the federal government with one week left to go in a program to provide compensation for banned guns, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Monday. The figure is well short of the...

OTTAWA - As investigators pore over the site where Air Canada Flight 8646 crashed on Sunday night at LaGuardia airport in New York City, a review of publicly available air traffic control radio transmissions offers a glimpse into what controllers were ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said public servants have corrected information the government tabled in Parliament that suggested he did not "proactively" raise human rights or foreign interference during his visit to Beijing. "The parlia...

OTTAWA - Canada can protect rules-based international trade and resist pressure from superpowers by working more with the Americas, shoring up supply chains and strengthening economic ties, Costa Rica's trade minister said on a recent visit to Ottawa. ...