Voters in Vancouver have elected Pete Fry as their next mayor. Fry, who ran with the Green Party of Vancouver, says he will put partisan politics aside and steward a city council that works for all Vancouverites.
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday said four members of the Canadian armed forces had died after a 'violent, fast-moving fire' swept through a military base in Wainwright, Alta, the day before.
Emergency vehicles, the day after a serious incident that resulted in a fire caused deaths and injuries, in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, October 18, 2026. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Firefighters continue to work on hot spots, the day after a serious incident that resulted in a fire caused deaths and injuries, in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, October 18, 2026. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Defence Minister David McGuinty says there have been deaths and injuries after a fire broke out Saturday at a military base in Alberta. McGuinty had few other details to share but he says the situation is unlike any other in recent memory.
The RCMP says it has laid charges against two of its own officers after a man from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, died in their custody last year.
An RCMP logo is seen on the shoulder of a superintendent during a news conference in St. John's, N.L., on Saturday, June 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Calgary police say three people were killed and several were injured in a fiery crash Thursday on a busy north-end street that left two city transit buses on fire. Police Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward said it appears to have begun after a transit bus slammed into a car that then hit other vehicles. The bus then bounced off that crash, hit a second bus that hit three more vehicles.
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Tim Hodgson, Canada’s minister of energy, announced $100-million in support for Nova Scotia’s Wind West offshore energy project on Oct. 15, 2026, in Dartmouth, N.S.
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