National News

TORONTO — First Nations chiefs behind a legal challenge to a pair of federal and provincial laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects say they are turning to the courts because they worry the laws will lead to environmental destruction.

MONTRÉAL — The Montreal-Trudeau International Airport and surrounding area is set to undergo a $10-billion transformation over the next decade.

MONTREAL — Montreal police continued canvasing the St. Lawrence River on Wednesday for a man who was last seen struggling in the water outside the designated swimming area of a beach.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts says a Pablo Picasso painting that was vandalized last month by climate activists is back on display.

MONTREAL — A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects.

OTTAWA — The wildfires that are flaring up across Canada again are one of the reasons public safety should be added to CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate, a new report from a research centre at McGill University argues.

VICTORIA — When Deleon Guerrero last visited Victoria in 2023, he arrived by car as part of a family road trip from Oregon. On Tuesday, he sailed into Victoria as a Cadet on board the U.S.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

RICHMOND — RCMP say they've arrested the pilot of a small aircraft that was allegedly hijacked from Victoria and flown to Vancouver International Airport, where other flights had to be temporarily halted. RCMP in Richmond, B.C.

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal reserved its decision in a case involving two B.C. farmers who are fighting an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to destroy around 400 ostriches after an outbreak of avian flu.