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Permanent residency applications approved for family of Ottawa mass murder victims
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada has approved permanent residency status for the Sri Lankan brother and father of an Ottawa man whose wife and four children were killed in a gruesome mass stabbing. Darshani Ekanayake, 35, her seven-year-old son Inuka and her three daughters, Ashwini, 4, Ranaya, 3, and Kelly, two months, were killed at their Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hearings begin at Supreme Court on constitutionality of random police traffic stops
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada started hearing a case on Monday about whether it’s constitutional for police to make random traffic stops, after Quebec’s highest court ruled that the practice leads to racial profiling. The case involves Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a young Montrealer of Haitian descent who said he was repeatedly stopped by police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dingo pack surrounded Canadian found dead on beach, Australian police say
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
BRISBANE — Australian police are investigating the death of a Canadian woman, whose body was found on a beach surrounded by a pack of dingoes, on an island off the country’s east coast popular with backpackers and other tourists. Police in the Australian state of Queensland said they were told about the body of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!This year is expected to rival some of the hottest ever recorded, Canadian federal scientists say
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
Canadian scientists say the recent stretch of exceptional global temperatures shows no signs of letting up in 2026. Scientists with Environment and Climate Change Canada say global average temperatures this year are expected to be around 1.44 C warmer than pre-industrial averages. That would put it behind 2024’s record-breaking warmth but in the same range ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian found dead on Australian island, surrounded by dingo pack: Australian police
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
BRISBANE — Australian police are investigating the death of a Canadian woman, her body found surrounded on a beach by a pack of dingoes, on an island popular with backpackers and other tourists and off the country’s east coast. Police in the Australian state of Queensland say they were told about the body of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver officers deny misconduct as hearing into Myles Gray beating death begins
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A group of seven Vancouver police officers are denying allegations of abuse of authority and neglect of duty related to the 2015 death of Myles Gray after a violent altercation with officers while suffering a mental health crisis. Five of the officers are present at the hearing in downtown Vancouver, with two absent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of Ottawa mass murder victims gets permanent residency applications approved
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada has approved permanent residency status for the Sri Lankan brother and father of an Ottawa man whose wife and four children were killed in a gruesome mass stabbing. Febrio De-Zoysa was sentenced to life in prison last fall after pleading guilty to killing Darshani Ekanayake, her four children — including a two-month-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada considers sending troops to Greenland as U.S. ramps up takeover talk: reports
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada is mulling whether or not to send troops to Greenland in a show of solidarity as U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up talk about taking over the Danish self-governing territory. Both The Globe and Mail and CBC, citing unnamed sources, say Canada has drawn up contingency plans for sending a small contingent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Surprise inflation hike won’t knock Bank of Canada off sidelines, economists say
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Inflation closed out 2025 with a surprise uptick, but economists weighing in Monday argued there was little cause for concern under the hood to warrant a change in interest rates from the Bank of Canada later this month. The annual pace of inflation rose to 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal public transit agency says ridership fell in 2025 due to rotating strikes
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
MONTREAL — Montreal’s public transit agency says commuters took about 20 million fewer trips on its network in 2025 as metros and buses were disrupted by rotating strikes. Agency spokesperson Amélie Régis says passengers took 294.1 million trips in 2025, down from 314.6 million trips in the previous year. Régis says the 2025 numbers were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rift surfaces between Doug Ford and Mark Carney over EV deal with China
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deal with China on electric vehicles has hurt Ontarians and the two have not spoken since. Ford says he was disappointed Carney did not give him a heads-up about a potential deal before the prime minister’s trip to China last week. Carney struck a deal ... Read More »
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