Artificial intelligence combined with wearable technology has the potential to improve safety among people recovering from a stroke, suggests a study from researchers, including a team from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Gustavo Balbinot, an assistant professor in neurorehabilitation, said the research op...

FLINT - Just north of downtown Flint, Mich., a two-story red brick building known as Factory One sits as just one reminder of the rich history here of the American automobile industry. The factory, the birthplace of General Motors, still stands as a beacon of innovation in the Michigan city where the number of autowork...

U.S. President Donald Trump and his punishing tariffs got top billing in the federal election again Friday, as the third week of campaigning drew toward a close.Liberal Leader Mark Carney left the campaign trail for the third time to return to Ottawa for a meeting with his cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations fol...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minim...

MONTREAL - The sexual assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will resume next week after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal of the scope of questions his lawyers could ask in his defence. In a brief hearing today, the province's highest court dismissed Rozon's appeal filed in the midst of his...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says there are signs that the global and Canadian economies are slowing. Carney took another day off the campaign trail today to convene his Canada-U.S. cabinet committee today after a raucous week of White House tariff policy. Markets have been in turmoil since Trump escalated his t...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The University of Prince Edward Island apologized today to a former artist in residence who quit after administrators ordered him to remove a painting that offended some American faculty members. Christopher Griffin's painting, "The Crossing," shows lemmings gathered around an American flag as...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney meeting with cabinet committee in Ottawa Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended his election campaign yet again to deal with the fallout of U.S. tariffs. Carney is expected to chair a meeting this morning with his cabinet...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests 60 per cent of Canadians say they will personally feel the effects of U.S. tariffs - and most believe Canada should fight back. The poll, which was conducted by Leger for the Association of Canadian Studies, also says that most respondents report their level of trust in Americans has droppe...

OTTAWA - A newly released memo shows federal officials recommended almost a year ago that leaders of major opposition parties receive regular classified briefings - not only on foreign interference but also violent extremism and overseas conflicts. The internal memo says the proposed briefings, to be co-ordinated by th...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended his election campaign yet again to deal with the fallout of U.S. tariffs. Carney is expected to chair a meeting this morning with his cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security. U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course on his trade war ...

A national legal group has cancelled a dinner after it disinvited a Syrian refugee who became a celebrated Nova Scotia entrepreneur. The Advocates' Society said Thursday evening it will not go ahead with an end-of-term dinner on June 5, after it faced criticism from within its own ranks and other groups for cancelling ...

SURREY - Federal police in British Columbia say three drug labs were dismantled last month in the Lower Mainland cities of Pitt Meadows, Mission and Aldergrove, as part of an investigation launched in 2023. RCMP say officers also arrested two suspects, including someone described as a "chemist," but no charge...

MONTREAL - Premier François Legault says Quebec doesn't have the capacity to take in more immigrants amid a surge in the number of asylum seekers arriving at the province's border with the United States. Legault told reporters today in Sherrington, Que., that the sheer numbers are stretching Quebec's social secu...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says one of his legislature members made inaccurate and "very, very inappropriate comments" by calling federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a terrorist. But Moe says Humboldt-Watrous MLA Racquel Hilbert has publicly apologized and retracted the remark. He says the programs ...

Liberal Leader Mark Carney took his promise of making Canada an "energy superpower" to the heart of Canada's oil industry Wednesday, becoming the second party leader in three days to promise to speed up the review process to greenlight major national energy projects.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made a...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed an order for new first-degree murder trials for an Ontario woman and three others who were convicted in an attack on her parents. Jennifer Pan was sentenced in 2015 to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for first-degree murder, and life for attempted ...

OTTAWA - New travel numbers suggest Canadians made fewer return trips from the United States last month compared to the same time last year, with a sharp decline in trips by car. Statistics Canada says the number of Canadians returning from the U.S. by car was down almost 32 per cent compared to March 2024, the third c...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney, Poilievre campaigning in the GTA today The Liberals and Conservatives will be campaigning in the Greater Toronto Area today. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is set to make an announcement in Brampton, Ont., in the morning and m...

OTTAWA - The Liberals and Conservatives will be campaigning in the Greater Toronto Area today. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is set to make an announcement in Brampton, Ont., in the morning and meet with supporters and volunteers in Hamilton, Ont., in the afternoon. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will hold a press c...

There are disappointed students, anxious parents and cautious school officials in at least two Canadian school districts that have suspended or cancelled trips over political uncertainty in the United States. British Columbia's largest school district in Surrey has put all its field trips down south on hold to prevent ...

WASHINGTON - The United States is still imposing tariffs on Canada after President Donald Trump on Wednesday partially pulled back some of the most devastating duties against countries around the world. Trump paused his so-called "reciprocal" tariffs for 90 days but kept in place a 10 per cent levy on nearly ...

MONTREAL - A 19-year-old man has been charged in the firebombing of a Montreal-area synagogue in December. Mohamed Ilyess Akodad faces two arson-related charges, two counts of attempted arson, one count of destruction of property and one count of possession of incendiary material. The charges relate to a Dec. 18 fire a...

OTTAWA - Two Nova Scotia men are appealing a judge's dismissal of their court challenge of then-prime minister Justin Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament earlier this year. David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos had asked the Federal Court to declare the suspension of Parliament illegal because there must be a "reaso...

WASHINGTON - Former Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new United States ambassador to Canada. He will become America's top diplomat in Ottawa in a fraught time in U.S.-Canada relations, with President Donald Trump hitting Canada with tariffs on automobiles, steel and alumin...

BURNABY - A Vancouver police sergeant who also taught at B.C. universities has admitted to allegations of discreditable conduct related to unsolicited sexualized messages he sent to fellow officers and female students. Sgt. Keiron McConnell, a high-ranking veteran officer with the department's gang crime unit, is the s...

MONTREAL - Federal corrections officials say a convicted killer must remain in a men's prison despite identifying as a woman. Mohamed Al Ballouz, who now uses the name Levana, was sentenced in December to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years. In 2022, Al Ballouz murdered Synthia Bussières an...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Two party leaders heading to Saskatchewan today The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announceme...