VANCOUVER - The World Cup spotlight falls on Vancouver today after years of buildup, as Australia takes on Turkey at BC Place Stadium. The city's preparations for what's billed as the world's biggest sporting event will finally be put to the test in th...

MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada on Saturday denounced alleged discriminatory and racist behaviour by a Montreal police unit toward residents, saying it highlights the persistence of systemic racism as an investigation into 16 police o...

Ghana's government says it's planning legal action over Canada's decision to deny the visa application of a member of its national soccer team awaiting a rape trial in London. Midfielder Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to the allegations, which da...

OTTAWA - Earlier this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney and MPs from other political parties came together to raise the Pride flag on Parliament Hill. But an advocacy group that helps LGBTQ refugees come to Canada and the U.S says the federal government...

DUBLIN - Canada and Ireland have agreed to work together on key issues like artificial intelligence, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology and food security, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in Dublin Saturday. During a press conference with Ireland's head...

MONTRÉAL - Two Montreal police officers have been suspended and 14 others reassigned following allegations of discriminatory and racist behaviour toward citizens. In a statement to the media, Montreal police say the officers involved are from Station ...

TORONTO - Two men from Germany have been arrested after police officers were assaulted at Toronto Stadium ahead of a World Cup match between Canada and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Police say they responded to an altercation in the stands on Friday afternoon. T...

OLIVER - A young bear in British Columbia's Okanagan had to endure several days with a stove pipe stuck over its head before conservation officers were able to remove it. The Conservation Officer Service of B.C. says residents in the area near Oliver f...

TORONTO - In many ways, a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina felt like a victory for Canada on a historic day for the host side at the FIFA World Cup on Friday. An upset loss was a real possibility for the Canadians as they couldn't convert despite m...

At watch parties on opposite sides of Toronto, soccer fans cheered in turn for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Canada as the two teams kicking off the World Cup on Canadian soil ended the game with a 1-1 tie. Deena Subramani, a fan who watched the game at the...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Supreme Court has found that the City of Victoria did not go beyond its authority by passing bylaws restricting overnight camping in some city parks. Three homeless petitioners sought to quash two bylaws passed by the city in 2024 ...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's big moment on the World Cup stage was still a day away, but fans at the PNE Amphitheatre brought energy to spare on Friday as they watched Canada's debut match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto. And the packed amphitheatre, ...

OTTAWA - The United States Army National Guard has shelved an annual Canada-U.S. summit of military officers. Canada's Department of National Defence confirms the meeting of the Army Reserve General Officers Advisory Board was put on ice and says the n...

FREDERICTON - When 24-year-old Alice Carrier told ChatGPT that she had to die to stop the pain she was feeling, the chatbot allegedly appeared to agree. "If someone else told me everything you just did," says a message from the chatbot, "how long they'...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's decision to extend a tariff offset program for some U.S. steel imports fails to encourage domestic manufacturers to diversify away from the United States, the head of the Canadian Steel Producers Association said. The horizontal tarif...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has announced $100 million in federal funding to support Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. She unveiled the funding in Paris, where western leaders are meeting to discuss mounting cha...

OTTAWA - The federal government tabled a bill Friday to change the way Canada bars imports of products made with forced labour following an American tariff threat. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was in Paris with Prime Minister Mark Carney as the...

TORONTO - The historic first FIFA World Cup match on Canadian soil saw thousands of excited soccer fans fill Toronto Stadium on Friday as Canada came away with a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Bosnians got their goal in the 21st minute on Jov...

VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says the province's spring power demand is expected to hit historic highs due to both the arrival of warm weather and consumption linked to the FIFA World Cup. The province's electric utility says in a statement that British Columb...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been leading the charge in the Trump administration on the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which has seen its opening delayed at the request of the United States, a White House official said Fri...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick must be able to perform their functions in both official languages. In a 6-3 decision released Friday, the court said appointing a lieutenant-governor who can'...

Here are the latest developments from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. All times Eastern. 12:10 p.m. Police detained two people while investigating the possible theft of equipment from an England team vehicle in Kansas City, Missouri. The incident occurred las...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... PM Carney in Paris to meet with French president ahead of G7 summit Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Paris, where he is set to meet with French President E...

PARIS - Canada and France will deepen their defence and industrial co-operation through a new general security of information agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in Paris on Friday. Carney made the announcement in a joint statement alongside Fre...

TORONTO - The search for a suspect in a shooting at the U.S. Consulate continued Friday, a day after a Toronto police officer was shot dead in a raid related to the incident. Const. Marc Pinizzotto was fatally shot at a fourth-floor apartment building ...

TORONTO - A sombre police procession brought the body of an Ontario police officer killed in the line of duty this week to Thornhill on Friday morning ahead of his funeral. Lights flashing, the Ontario Provincial Police motorcade carrying the body of C...

VANCOUVER - Shaun Riddell is "over the moon" - figuratively, if not quite yet literally - since his Langley, B.C., firm was named among three companies hired by the Canadian Space Agency to lay the groundwork for human and robotic missions to the lunar...

The mother of a British Columbia teen who died by suicide after being relentlessly tormented by a cyberbully says proposed federal legislation tackling online safety would have helped her daughter and will help save lives. Carol Todd's daughter Amanda...