Category Archives: National News

Multiple suspects charged in dark web drug trafficking network: Ontario RCMP
Mounties in Ontario have made seven arrests in what they say is one of the largest known dark web drug trafficking operations in Canadian history. The RCMP says the investigation began after a "takedo...
Canadian Press Sep 25, 2025

Tariffs, government spending, gas prices — what's driving inflation right now?
OTTAWA - MPs returned to the House of Commons earlier this month to confront an old problem - inflation - which is now being driven by new forces. Many consumers are still reeling from the decades-hig...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Sep 25, 2025

Canadian virus research hub in Saskatoon turns 50 amid concerns over U.S. funding
SASKATOON - One of Canada's premier vaccine centres celebrates its 50th birthday this week, but researchers say it comes amid unease over U.S. policy changes and funding cuts that threaten to upend th...
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press Sep 25, 2025

Federal inmate expected to plead guilty today to killing serial killer Robert Pickton
MONTREAL - An inmate accused of killing notorious serial killer Robert Pickton in a prison attack last year is expected to plead guilty today. Martin Charest was charged with first-degree murder in Ju...
Canadian Press Sep 25, 2025

India's new top envoy in Canada starts term as signs emerge of a thaw in relations
OTTAWA - India's new high commissioner to Canada officially started his job on Wednesday at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, following a series of high-level visits by Canadian officials. "We're g...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Sep 24, 2025

16 hospitalized, 105 sickened in pistachio-linked salmonella outbreak
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says the number of people confirmed sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios has risen to 105. The outbreak update issued Wednesday reports 2...
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press Sep 24, 2025

Offer for Alberta teachers includes same pay with COVID shots, voting starts Saturday
EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Wednesday it had struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide, though the proposal is largely the same as the province's...
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press Sep 24, 2025

Former bank employee faces charges after allegedly accessing prime minister's data
OTTAWA - A former Royal Bank of Canada employee faces criminal charges after allegedly accessing the personal information of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ibrahim El-Hakim, 23, of Ottawa, is charged wit...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Sep 24, 2025

Canada's mayors, councillors want fast-tracking of projects that fight climate change
MONTREAL - More than 250 elected officials across Canada have signed onto a campaign calling on the federal government to prioritize major infrastructure projects that help in the fight against climat...
Stéphane Blais, The Canadian Press Sep 24, 2025

CFIA prepares for cull on B.C. ostrich farm after outbreak of avian influenza
Officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are preparing for the cull of about 400 ostriches on a British Columbia farm following an outbreak of avian influenza first detected in the herd last...
Canadian Press Sep 24, 2025
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