Canada & World

The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Jewish school in Montreal hit by gunfire, police say

Police say there are no suspects and no injuries after discovery of bullet holes

The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Asha Wheeldon, founder and CEO of Kula Foods is pictured in her office in Vancouver, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Black-owned business program takes aim at government, corporate contracts

Black Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Canada Society offers certification program

Asha Wheeldon, founder and CEO of Kula Foods is pictured in her office in Vancouver, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
A South Korean national flag flutters in the wind at the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country’s second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff Monday, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un’s hopes to operate multiple satellites to better monitor the U.S. and South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea flies trash balloons over the South as leader Kim doubles down on satellite ambitions

North Korea flew hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure toward South…

A South Korean national flag flutters in the wind at the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country’s second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff Monday, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un’s hopes to operate multiple satellites to better monitor the U.S. and South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Five more Ontario school boards and two private schools are suing social media giants Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo/Thibault Camus

Schools versus social media: More Ontario officials join legal fight

Suit alleges platforms negligently designed for compulsive use, have rewired way children think

Five more Ontario school boards and two private schools are suing social media giants Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo/Thibault Camus
A customer browses an aisle at a Metro grocery store In Toronto on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. As Canadian consumers have increasingly soured on the major grocers, the country’s competition watchdog has turned its sight on restrictive clauses in retail leases that it says are hampering competition in the grocery sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Canada’s grocery competition hampered by lease restrictions: experts

Property controls over who can operate nearby a major barrier to new stores

A customer browses an aisle at a Metro grocery store In Toronto on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. As Canadian consumers have increasingly soured on the major grocers, the country’s competition watchdog has turned its sight on restrictive clauses in retail leases that it says are hampering competition in the grocery sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
A tattered flag waves in the wind in honour of the victims of the April 6, 2018 bus crash that took the lives of 16 and injured 13, in Humboldt, Sask., Sunday, March 24, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matt Smith)
A tattered flag waves in the wind in honour of the victims of the April 6, 2018 bus crash that took the lives of 16 and injured 13, in Humboldt, Sask., Sunday, March 24, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matt Smith)
A man looks at the damage in Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Que., on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 after a tornado went through the prior evening.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Quebeckers recall scramble to safety as tornado touched down near Montreal

Tornado hit by Rigaud, about 60 kilometres west of Montreal, leaving trail of debris but no injuries

A man looks at the damage in Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Que., on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 after a tornado went through the prior evening.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne takes part in a news conference in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Dufresne and a government official are warning legislators to dramatically narrow the scope of a Senate bill proposing to block minors from accessing “sexually explicit material” online, warning it could apply to streaming services like Netflix. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Internet age verification law could apply to Netflix, privacy czar says

Officials weigh on legislation aimed at preventing kids from accessing ‘sexually explicit material’

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne takes part in a news conference in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Dufresne and a government official are warning legislators to dramatically narrow the scope of a Senate bill proposing to block minors from accessing “sexually explicit material” online, warning it could apply to streaming services like Netflix. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Pope Francis seen here in Myanmar in 2017 has accepted an invitation to visit Canada as a step toward healing and reconciliation. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis seen here in Myanmar in 2017 has accepted an invitation to visit Canada as a step toward healing and reconciliation. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Immigration Minister Marc Miller is lifting the cap on Palestinian who can be brought by relatives to Canada through a program that faces widespread criticism. Miller speaks during an announcement in the Foyer of the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Thursday, May 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canada raises cap on applications for Palestinians joining relatives

Palestinian Canadians have complained about inconsistent messaging and onerous requirements

Immigration Minister Marc Miller is lifting the cap on Palestinian who can be brought by relatives to Canada through a program that faces widespread criticism. Miller speaks during an announcement in the Foyer of the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Thursday, May 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Quebec provincial police are investigating after an entire herd of about 75 Black Angus cattle were allegedly stolen in the Eastern Townships region last week. A Surete du Quebec emblem is seen on an officer’s uniform in Montreal, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Cattle rustlers make off with entire herd of Quebec cows

About $200,000 worth of livestock represents a good portion of his savings and four years of work

Quebec provincial police are investigating after an entire herd of about 75 Black Angus cattle were allegedly stolen in the Eastern Townships region last week. A Surete du Quebec emblem is seen on an officer’s uniform in Montreal, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
A home damaged by a storm the night before is seen, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Pryor, Okla. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
A home damaged by a storm the night before is seen, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Pryor, Okla. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
Richard Robertson, B’nai Brith Canada Director of Research and Advocacy, holds up an Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents in Canada during a press conference in Ottawa on Monday, May 6, 2024. B’nai Brith Canada flagged the issue of AI-generated hate content in a recent report on antisemitism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

AI-created hate content surfacing ‘more and more’ on the web, experts say

UBC prof says hate groups ‘historically early adopters of new internet technologies and techniques’

Richard Robertson, B’nai Brith Canada Director of Research and Advocacy, holds up an Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents in Canada during a press conference in Ottawa on Monday, May 6, 2024. B’nai Brith Canada flagged the issue of AI-generated hate content in a recent report on antisemitism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his trade and industry ministers say Canada is investigating the notion of hiking tariffs on imported electric vehicles from China following a massive tax hike by the Americans earlier this month. Leapmotor vehicles are parked outside a showroom in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Caroline Chen

Canada mulls Chinese EV tariff following U.S. move

Teslas coming into the country come from a manufacturing plant in Shanghai

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his trade and industry ministers say Canada is investigating the notion of hiking tariffs on imported electric vehicles from China following a massive tax hike by the Americans earlier this month. Leapmotor vehicles are parked outside a showroom in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Caroline Chen
A panel of United Nations experts say Canada is failing to ensure equitable justice, citing trial delays and problems with initiatives meant to lower the rate of Indigenous people behind bars. A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) sign is seen in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canada lacks proper oversight, safeguards for people behind bars: UN experts

Experts say Canada has issues with trial delays, number of Indigenous inmates

A panel of United Nations experts say Canada is failing to ensure equitable justice, citing trial delays and problems with initiatives meant to lower the rate of Indigenous people behind bars. A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) sign is seen in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to France next month for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Trudeau and the Prime Minister of France Edouard Philippe take part in a wreath laying as part of the D-Day 75th Anniversary Canadian National Commemorative Ceremony at Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, Thursday, June 6, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to France next month for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Trudeau and the Prime Minister of France Edouard Philippe take part in a wreath laying as part of the D-Day 75th Anniversary Canadian National Commemorative Ceremony at Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, Thursday, June 6, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
People rally on Parliament Hill on an International Day of Action to Search the Landfills, in Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The remains of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and another woman named as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, killed by an alleged serial killer, are believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Who is Buffalo Woman? Serial killer trial hears of efforts to identify victim

The unknown woman was last seen outside a Winnipeg Salvation Army in March 2022

People rally on Parliament Hill on an International Day of Action to Search the Landfills, in Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The remains of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and another woman named as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, killed by an alleged serial killer, are believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
RCMP escort evacuees from Fort McMurray, Alberta past wildfires that were still burning out of control Saturday, May 7, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Leaders must disaster-proof Canada’s hospitals against climate change: experts

Floods, fires, heat waves all increase emergency needs, while also threatening services

RCMP escort evacuees from Fort McMurray, Alberta past wildfires that were still burning out of control Saturday, May 7, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a black-legged tick. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-CDC via AP

As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north

Canada becoming increasingly friendly to diseases such as malaria, dengue and Zika virus

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a black-legged tick. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-CDC via AP
While Canada remains one of the top donors in foreign aid, nearly one-fifth of the spending goes toward refugees and Ukrainians within Canada, which analysts say reflects a turbulent period in geopolitics. Emergency food is distributed by World Food Programme (WFP) and World Relief in Kulbus, West Darfur, Sudan, in a March 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, World Relief
While Canada remains one of the top donors in foreign aid, nearly one-fifth of the spending goes toward refugees and Ukrainians within Canada, which analysts say reflects a turbulent period in geopolitics. Emergency food is distributed by World Food Programme (WFP) and World Relief in Kulbus, West Darfur, Sudan, in a March 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, World Relief