News from Canada

April 19th - April 25th, 2025

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Saturday/Sunday - April 19th - 20th

• Canada PM Carney vows deeper deficit to fund defence and infrastructure

• Carney pledges tax cuts, defense spending in Canada election platform

• ‘Feels empowering:’ New Canadians excited to cast ballots in federal election

• Canada has the critical minerals Donald Trump wants. So what should we do with them?

• Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

• ‘You, sir, are not a change’: Party leaders target Carney in final election debate

• Almost 2 million people voted on 1st day of advance polls: Elections Canada

• Car enthusiasts immersed in automotive history at Draggins car show

• New condo development excessively loud, nearby residents claim

• Toronto urges residents to cut night lights to save millions of migratory birds

• Extreme makeover: Macdonald Bridge to undergo ‘major’ 2-year revamp project

• Between Trump’s trade war and an election, Carney undergoes baptism by fire

• Retiring Conservative MP Len Webber makes good on promise to late wife

• Elections Canada says it doesn’t matter if Canadians use pens or pencils when casting ballots

• Opening week of Northern Super League gets positive reviews

• Fire breaks out on grounds of steel plant northeast of Montreal

• Suspicious fire at commercial mall in Hamilton causes $1million in damage

• Nova Scotia RCMP suspend search for child who went missing after falling in water

• Calgary Fire Department tackles early morning blaze at condo complex under construction

 

Monday - April 21st

• Carney ahead in polls as Canada enters last week of election campaign

• Trump’s tough talk might help Liberal Mark Carney win a full term as Canada’s prime minister

• Conservative Poilievre seemed poised to be Canada’s next leader. Then Trump declared economic war

• Canadian hockey fans conflicted over traveling to U.S. to see their teams in NHL playoffs

• Some migrants in Canada lose work status while applications languish

• Man critically injured in shooting with 2 Toronto police officers during traffic stop

• Want to vote early? Monday is the last day for advance polls

• ‘I’ll be the last man standing’: Tensions resurface in Nova Scotia elver fishery

• Canadian, global leaders remember Pope Francis as ‘world’s conscience’

• Halifax utility diverting millions of cubic metres of wastewater into harbour, basin

• Conservative candidate target of election ‘repression operation,’ task force says

• Support pouring in for N.S. family of missing 4-year-old in fishing tragedy

• Wildfire season is starting. How Canadian leaders plan to respond

• Family mourns tragic death of international student hit by stray bullet in Hamilton

• Trump’s steel, aluminum tariff impacts start to build 1 month in

• Canada election race tightens but Liberals still ahead in final week

• Broken BC Ferry leaves passengers stranded for hours in water off Horseshoe Bay

• Man, 46, found dead after limo catches on fire in Whitby, Ont

• Surrey’s 27th annual Vaisakhi Parade welcomes over 550,000

• Trump tariffs affect ag industry, including exempt products: CFA

• Wreck Beach drowning victim identified as 26-year-old international student

 

Tuesday - April 22nd

• Carney says if all goes to plan, he could balance Canada budget in 4 or 5 years

• Barrick Gold said to seek buyers for its last mine in Canada, Bloomberg News reports

• Many Canadian 'snowbirds' in US looking to pack up and fly north - for good

• Carney appeals for support in Quebec, promises protection from Trump

• Domestic extremists pushing ‘corrosive’ narratives in Canada’s election

• Conservative MP threatened with eviction notice from taxpayer-subsidized apartment

• Former Canada world junior players plead not guilty in sex assault trial

• Gamifying litter cleanup: How a new initiative in Ontario is turning trash into cash

• Bells toll, faithful gather in Montreal and Toronto to honour late Pope Francis

• Poilievre reveals platform, says government must ‘start pinching pennies’

• 2 people, including motorcyclist, killed in Easter weekend crashes in Nova Scotia

• Hudson’s Bay ends some workers’ commission pay amid liquidation

• Canada, U.S. stock markets rally as economic uncertainty persists

• Advance voting over last 4 days shatters records, Elections Canada says

• More doctors, easier licensing: Health ideas from Canada’s parties you may have missed

• Judge orders Ford government to pause Toronto bike lane removals for now

• Quebec declares end to measles outbreak after no cases reported for 32 days

• Whale Sanctuary Project in Nova Scotia renews bid to get two whales from France

• ANALYSIS: Pierre Poilievre would axe one of Parliament’s primary purposes

• About 30% of Canadians now say condos have lost investment appeal: survey

• WestJet announces weekly non-stop flight from Saskatchewan to Halifax

• Alberta camp aims to empower province’s next generation of tradeswomen

• Kelowna high school takes proactive approach as concerns grow over e-scooter safety

 

Wednesday - April 23rd

• Carney takes election campaign to British Columbia battleground

• Canadians Grapple with the Wide Impacts of U.S. Tariffs

• ‘People have almost died’: Soaring N.S. lobster fishing tensions revealed

• New Ontario Science Centre contract raises concerns for advocates

• This Nova Scotia restaurant says no more to tipping, paying staff $20 an hour

• ‘Vestige of their memory’: Hudson’s Bay war memorials need to be saved, lawyer says

• Markets see gains after Trump says he won’t try to fire Fed chair

• A new area code is being introduced in the Toronto-area this weekend

• ‘At a loss of words’: Wilton Littlechild speaks about Pope Francis’ death, says he was a friend

• Jury begins deliberations in trial of pair accused of killing OPP officer

• Frank and Oak closing all remaining stores, selling intellectual property

• Speed, red-light cameras catching dozens of police cars in Ontario city

• Manitobans advocate for change on Earth Day

• Poilievre vows more power for police to end homeless ‘tent cities’

• New app helps support patients looking to fill IVF treatment gaps

• Tax refunds are arriving and Gen Z are the most likely to invest it: survey

• N.S. cuts contract with agency that runs restorative justice program in Halifax

• Judge orders Air Canada to pay passengers $10M in damages after class action

• How a business on the border line is seizing opportunity in a trade war

• Voting by mail? Some Canadians should return their ballot in person now

• RCMP resume search for missing 4-year-old in Nova Scotia with drones

• Ontario takes control of school board over finances, launches investigations into others

• Jagmeet Singh tells Alberta voters that NDP will be there ‘to fight for you’

• As tariffs from U.S. and China bite, Canadian agriculture needs help: CFIB

• Advance polls smashed records. What days and provinces saw the most votes?

• Quebec not ruling out expanding religious symbol ban to daycare and college workers

• Hudson’s Bay will liquidate last 6 remaining stores, court filing says

• Family of Manitoba woman who died waiting for surgery pleased with proposed law’s progress

• Trump says 25% auto tariffs ‘could go up’ for Canada ‘at some point’

• Quebec won’t drop legal alcohol limit despite fourth coroner’s recommendation

• Man missing, mother and infant rescued, after boating accident near Victoria

• Alberta woman shares expensive, ‘devastating’ fertility journey in hopes of helping others

• Former BC Liberal premiers endorse opposing election candidates in Kelowna

• B.C. pilot tells remarkable survival story after small plane crash off Mexico

• Saskatchewan health care workers rally for wage increases

 

Thursday - April 24th

• Chaos as man shot to death at major airport

• Days to Canada election, Trump says country would cease to exist if not for US

• Canada decides what happens to auto sector, not Trump, says Carney

• Trump re-emerges as a factor in Canada election as polls tighten

• Trump’s trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada’s election

• What to expect in Canada’s federal elections

• What have been flashpoints in Canada-US relations?

• $145K Italy trip ‘symbolic of deeper structural problems’ at Ontario school board

• Montreal family wants answers after loved one dies following police intervention

• Hudson’s Bay can auction off royal charter, art and artifacts, judge rules

• Man shot dead by police after ‘dispute’ at Toronto Pearson airport

• ‘I’m hoping the polls are wrong’: Conservatives in GTA fear Liberal win

• Trump says baby bonuses are a ‘good idea.’ Can cash boost birth rates?

• Montreal buses remove ‘Go! Canadiens Go!’ after language watchdog complaint

• Grand chief requests halt to auction of Hudson’s Bay items linked to First Nations

• What is ‘stagflation’? A closer look at the economic ‘double kiss of death’

• Legault government wants to link doctors’ pay to their performance

• Ontario’s unemployment rate jumps to 7% even as ‘moderate’ job creation continues

• Trump drags Canada into U.S.-China trade war, claims fentanyl still flowing

• After Trump revives 51st state rhetoric, party leaders stress ‘not ever’

• B.C.’s Best Bird winner is announced for 2025

• New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador sign agreement to knock down trade barriers

• Quebec court overturns out-of-province tuition hike

• Judge weighs sentence for Quebec man found in contempt for swastikas outside his home

• ‘Elbows Up’: BodyBreak’s Hal and Joanne teach an exercise for the times

• District makes funding plea as Surrey schools run short of paper

• How federal parties’ promises to cut development fees could impact Calgary

• Interior Health Authority CEO Susan Brown announces retirement in 2025

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Friday - April 25th

• Canadians put off by Trump’s bluster and border arrests are booking far fewer US visits

• Canada February retail sales fall 0.4%; seen up 0.7% in March

• Canada's main election contenders raise investor hopes of pro-business era

• Quebec family speaks out after convicted murderer seeks appeal

• Are we in a recession? Don’t trust lipstick and underwear sales as a gauge

• How will Canada’s major political parties deal with Iran?

• 20th alleged Iran official caught in Canada as campaigns explain how they would deal with Tehran

• ‘Be on guard’: OPP documentary warns parents about dangers of online sexual assault

• Ontario-born cardinal among conclave to select Pope Francis’s successor

• Is Trump trolling Canada with 51st state attacks? ‘No I’m not,’ he says

• Why are more young Quebec voters leaning Conservative?

• Hudson’s Bay liquidation begins at final stores with markdowns of up to 70 per cent

• Canadians see U.S. relationship as just as bad as with Russia: survey

• Americans ‘invade’ Nanaimo this weekend after viral TikTok invite

• Elections Canada will let some ridings count advance ballots slightly early

• Hudson’s Bay artifacts should be given to the public: Wab Kinew

• Quebec government says ‘Go Habs Go!’ expression is part of province’s identity

• Why filing your taxes last minute in Canada could be risky this year

• Ottawa bus crash inquest coming to a close, jury to consider recommendations

• NB Power says third party report found no significant errors in power bills

• Poilievre schedules rally in Carleton amid reports he could lose his seat

• Jagmeet Singh seeks to hold Prairie seats as election campaign enters homestretch

• Ontario touts success of 24/7 construction, says Gardiner ahead of schedule

• Canada election race enters final days with leaders sticking to strengths

• Spring cleaning? Watch out for hantavirus

• For the 1st time, B.C. judge awards custody of family pet in divorce case

• Calgary students participate in election education initiative with Student Vote Canada