CanadaOct 03, 2025
Carney to return to Washington to meet Trump on trade talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday as trade negotiations continue.
It will be Carney's second visit to the White House since he became prime minister. The Prime Minister's Office says Carney's visit will focus on shared priorities in a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the United States.
Ottawa has been trying to find an off-ramp from Trump's sectoral tariffs, which are hammering Canada's steel, aluminum and automobile industries.
The Trump administration is also increasing duties on lumber
CanadaOct 03, 2025
International student Jatinderpal Singh from India sentenced to 11 years for trafficking fentanyl in Saskatoon
An international student Jatinderpal Singh from India has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty in Saskatoon provincial court to charges of drug trafficking and possessing the proceeds of crime.
Jatinderpal Singh, who came to Canada to study at a university in Ontario, said he turned to selling drugs in Saskatchewan in order to pay off his debts, according to the written decision by Saskatoon provincial court Judge Lisa Watson, who presided over Singh's sentencing.
Singh, 27, passed his first year of studies but couldn't complete his second year because he couldn't afford
CanadaOct 02, 2025
Charges Sworn in Alleged Theft and Sexual Assault
Charges have been sworn against a man following a Surrey Police Service (SPS) investigation into an alleged theft and sexual assault that occurred in the early morning hours of August 26, 2025, in the 9800 block of King George Boulevard, Surrey.
On August 26, 2025, at approximately 3:10 am, a man was walking in the 9800 block of King George Boulevard, Surrey when he was approached by a stranger, an adult South Asian male. During the interaction between the two, the stranger allegedly stole the man’s cell phone. A short time later, a woman was walking in the same area and was approached by
CanadaOct 02, 2025
Another CBSA inspection kiosk outage affecting some Canadian airports
The Canada Border Services Agency says there is another outage affecting its inspection kiosks at airports across the country.
Toronto Pearson International Airport says the outage is affecting Terminal 1 and Terminal 3, where passengers may experience longer wait times.
The border agency says it's working to resolve the issue.
This is the second CBSA inspection kiosk outage reported in the last few days.
An outage over the weekend caused delays at customs in some of Canada's busiest airports before it was resolved.
The CBSA has also said that it experienced technical issues earlier this week
CanadaOct 02, 2025
Niagara police arrest 30 people, lay more than 200 charges in drug investigation
Police in Niagara Region say 30 people face more than 200 charges after an investigation into an alleged drug trafficking and auto theft network.
Police say the investigation dubbed Project Road King began in August 2024 after the force's gang unit uncovered an alleged drug trafficking operation with ties to the region and multiple jurisdictions.
They say the force began investigating related criminal activity, including alleged auto theft, with help from several other police units including the RCMP.
Police say they executed 12 search warrants in Niagara, Hamilton and Toronto on
CanadaOct 02, 2025
Vancouver-area home sales up 1.2% in September, still below long-term trend
The Vancouver-area real estate board says September sales inched up from last year but remain well off long-term trends. Greater Vancouver Realtors says the 1,875 sales in the month marked a 1.2 per cent increase from last year, but the total was still 20.1 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average.
The association said last month's rate cut from the Bank of Canada, with another expected before the end of the year, could help give some lift to the fall market.
New listings in September totalled 6,527, a 6.2 per cent increase from last year.
The increased inventory brought total listi
CanadaOct 02, 2025
LeBlanc hopes for progress on sectoral deals before CUSMA review starts
The minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade says he's hoping to make progress on one-off, sector-specific tariff deals with the U.S. before the official review of North America's trilateral trade pact begins.
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said today Ottawa hopes to "make progress before" the formal Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement review begins next year, and "nobody has yet suggested" Ottawa should fold the sector-specific talks into the broader review.
He said Canada is still in discussions on dropping sector-specific tariffs that are putting pressure on Canadian
CanadaOct 02, 2025
Liberals roll out Defence Investment Agency to speed up military purchasing
Ottawa is launching a new federal procurement agency designed to overhaul and centralize how the military buys its equipment.
Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr, who will oversee the new Defence Investment Agency, says it will deliver equipment to the Canadian Armed Forces at a faster pace that will better meet its needs.
The Liberal government is tapping former Royal Bank of Canada executive Doug Guzman to manage the new agency, which will be housed within Public Services and Procurement Canada.
Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on the promise to reform defence procur
CanadaOct 01, 2025
Shooting at Montreal-area Starbucks tied to organized crime, minister says
Quebec's public security minister says authorities believe organized crime was behind a shooting at a Montreal-area Starbucks.
Ian Lafreniere says three people were shot around 10:30 a.m. at the Starbucks location in Laval, Que. On social media, Lafreniere said ``all indications'' point to the shooting being tied to organized crime.
Quebec provincial police have taken over the investigation from Laval police.
During a news conference, provincial police said the shooting could be tied to organized crime but wouldn't confirm.
Police have set up a security perimeter in the area