WestJet says a "cybersecurity incident" is affecting access to some of its servers and software systems. The Calgary-based airline says its operations are nonetheless running safely, and they have not been affected by the incident. In a statement poste...

MONTREAL - Four major Quebec universities are proposing initiatives to make the province a landing spot for high-level researchers. A joint statement released today highlights a number of moves, including co-ordinated steps at the national level to att...

OTTAWA - Almost a decade after 24 Sussex Drive was abandoned as the official residence of the Canadian prime minister, taxpayers are still shelling out tens of thousands of dollars a year to maintain the vacant property, and the new prime minister has ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named quantum technologies as a priority topic for the G7 meeting in Kananaskis - placing the nascent tech centre stage at the summit for the first time. It's a move meant to showcase Canada's strength in the emergin...

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to arrive Sunday in Alberta for the G7 summit - his first visit to Canada since leaving in a huff seven years ago. Ottawa could use everything from golfing and creative scheduling to special cabinet orders to...

OTTAWA - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is visiting Ottawa today ahead of the G7 leaders' summit in Alberta. The summit starts Sunday against a backdrop of mounting tensions and violence in the Middle East triggered by Israel's attack on Iranian m...

QUÉBEC - The Quebec Liberals will choose their new leader Saturday afternoon at a convention in the provincial capital. Five candidates are vying to take the helm of the party, which is hoping to make a comeback after suffering crushing defeats in the...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Israel's defense minister warned Saturday that "Tehran will burn" if Iran continues firing missiles, as the two countries traded blows a day after Israel launched a blistering surprise attack on Iranian...

EDMONTON - Alberta's government announced Friday residents who are not immunocompromised or on social programs will soon have to pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In a late afternoon news release, the government said that since provinces took over respo...

VANCOUVER - The right of workers to strike and employers to lock them out should be preserved for the longshore industry in Canada, say labour experts tasked with studying the 2023 British Columbia port strike that froze trade worth billions for almost...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to greet world leaders when they arrive at the Calgary airport for the G7 summit. Leaders are expected to begin touching down Sunday for the three-day event in the Kananaskis wilderness southwest of Calg...

The Supreme Court of Canada says a British Columbia man convicted of sexual assault in 2022 should get a new trial because social media messages used as evidence against him were admitted to court without a proper hearing. The court says the ruling co...

SURREY - A series of reports of extortion from people and businesses in the South Asian community has prompted a wider investigation by police in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service says in a statement that it is working with provincial and nationa...

VANCOUVER - Short-term vacation rental platform Airbnb said Friday that "thousands" of reservations in British Columbia are at risk of cancellation, accusing the province of rushing out regulations as it cracked down on the industry. Alex Howell, Airbn...

A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden to New Hampshire Democrats last year was acquitted Friday of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate. ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran's nuclear and military structure Friday, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to assault key facilities and kill to...

OTTAWA - A regional chief for Anishinabek Nation says he briefed Ontario Provincial Police Thursday on what to expect when First Nations take to the streets to protest provincial and federal legislation aimed at fast-tracking major projects. Scott McLe...

OTTAWA - The federal public service shed almost 10,000 people last year, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada losing the most employees. The last time the public service contracted was in 2015, when the number...

VICTORIA - The interim leader of B.C.'s newest political party says it will raise issues other parties won't dare to touch. Dallas Brodie said these included the effects of the "reconciliation industry," electoral reform, and ending mass immigration, a...

Police in Surrey, B.C., are warning residents about hundreds of Hells Angels who have arrived in the city, saying they have a history as "perpetrators and attractors of violence." Surrey Police say officers monitored a large motorcycle procession Thurs...

OTTAWA - Anti-smoking groups are warning the Carney government that its legislation to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers could undermine health standards unless it's amended to add new safeguards. But Interprovincial Trade Minister Chrystia Free...

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is pushing its annual general assembly from July to September due to ongoing wildfire emergencies across the country. The decision to postpone comes as First Nations mount opposition to federal and provincial plan...

OTTAWA - The health minister is hoping to relaunch a federal task force responsible for providing health screening guidelines next spring, after an expert report said there is a pressing need for reform. The Task Force for Preventive Health Care provi...

TORONTO - As Dr. Theresa Tam prepares to leave her position next week, Canada's top doctor says it's more important than ever for Canada to stand up for science and combat disinformation. She's held the role of chief public health officer for eight yea...

A fire that has been burning out of control as it threatened Squamish, B.C., this week is expected to be declared "held" in the next couple days, a spokesman with the BC Wildfire Service said Friday. Rory Baldwin told a news briefing that crews expecte...

RIMOUSKI - The trial of a Quebec man accused of using his truck to kill three pedestrians heard from its last witness on Friday, with the jury expected to be sequestered by the end of next week. The defence's final witness at the murder trial of a Stee...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marines were seen standing guard outside a federal building in Los Angeles on Friday as they started operations after protests erupted last week over immigration raids. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling charges in a federal court in Tennessee. ...

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional. T...

Israeli leaders describe the attack as a pre-emptive strike to head off an imminent threat of Iran building nuclear bombs, but Iran maintains its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Fentanyl czar welcomes federal border bill Canada's fentanyl czar says the fight against the deadly opioid would get a boost from proposed new tools for law enfor...

The firefight on the Prairies wildfire front took a new turn Friday as officials in two provinces worked to support evacuees, while affected communities readied themselves to bring residents home. Earlier this week, Saskatchewan's government announced ...

OTTAWA - Canada's fentanyl czar says the fight against the deadly opioid would get a boost from proposed new tools for law enforcement in the Liberal government's recently tabled border bill. Kevin Brosseau, the federal point person on fentanyl, welcom...

LONDON - Two cellphone videos in which a woman says she's "OK with this" and that "it was all consensual" are not evidence that she actually consented to a series of sexual acts with five hockey players inside a London, Ont., hotel room, prosecutors ar...

OTTAWA - Canada is bringing the world to Alberta for the G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis. As summit host, Prime Minister Mark Carney can invite any leaders he chooses - even those from countries outside the G7 club - as he attempts to shape Canada's fo...

VANCOUVER - CN Rail warns flooding could have "catastrophic impacts" on cross-country services in legal action it has filed to force Parks Canada to consider a protective barrier for its main line through Jasper National Park. Canadian National Railway...

MONTREAL - In early 2002, Glenn Cowan touched down in Kandahar as part of the first wave of regular Canadian Army troops deployed to Afghanistan, serving in a U.S.-led brigade combat team. After joining Canada's elite special operations unit Joint Task...

A group of Canadian premiers appear to be setting high expectations as they pursue negotiations with American governors to mitigate the impacts of United States-imposed tariffs on their economies.

MONTREAL - After a drawn-out campaign overshadowed by upheaval in Ottawa and threats from the United States, Quebec Liberals will choose a new leader this weekend who they hope will revive the party from years of inertia. The Liberals suffered back-to...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo unexpectedly vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have required voters in the swing state to show a photo ID at the polls - a conservative priority across the country and something tha...

Two former members of the B.C. Conservatives who have been sitting as Independents for months say they are launching a new provincial political party. Dallas Brodie, the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, posted on social media Thursday that she is the inter...

EDMONTON - A former health-care agency leader is asking a judge to deliver a quick decision on her wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the Alberta government, but the province says it will push back. Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former CEO of Alberta Heal...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it is considering letting oil companies inject wastewater deep underground as a way to manage the toxic tailings that are accumulating in the oilsands. The idea is one of five policy recommendations being put forw...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on Thursday was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration ra...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged Thursday to carry on with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S. Hours later a judge directed the presiden...