Canada

Project Innocence Quebec: Montreal law students get new trials for two convicted men

MONTREAL - Over the past year, a Quebec non-profit that advocates for the wrongfully convicted has convinced the federal justice minister to take a second look at two cases in which people have been d...

Jul 18, 2024

''Tactical evacuations' as B.C. Interior wildfire grows: minister

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia's minister for emergency management says "tactical evacuations" have been carried out in the Thompson-Nicola area of the province's Interior, where an out-of-control ...

Jul 18, 2024

Quebec court rules against Concordia University's attempt to pause tuition hike

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has denied Concordia University's request to delay a controversial tuition hike for out-of-province and international students. Justice ric Dufour ruled on Jul...

Jul 18, 2024

Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan leaving cabinet, sources say

OTTAWA - Two sources with knowledge of the situation say federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan is stepping down from cabinet and will not be seeking re-election. A Liberal Party source says O'Regan i...

Jul 18, 2024

Canadians should remind American neighbours of important relationship: ambassador

MILWAUKEE - As Donald Trump prepares to speak at the Republican National Convention, Canada's ambassador to the United States is urging Canadians to talk to Americans about the countries' important re...

Jul 18, 2024

'Major damage': Vandalism at federal immigration minister's office in Montreal

MONTREAL - Police say the Montreal constituency office of federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller was vandalized overnight. Outside, windows were smashed and walls were defaced with paint and graffit...

Jul 18, 2024

Two Listeria deaths were in Ontario, health ministry confirms

TORONTO - Ontario's Health Ministry has confirmed that the two listeriosis deaths linked to a plant-based milk recall were in that province. Twelve people, including 10 in Ontario, one in Quebec and o...

Jul 18, 2024

Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly to visit China after years-long rift

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is headed to China on Friday at the invitation of Beijing, after years of diplomatic strain following the 2018 detention of two Canadians. In recent month...

Jul 18, 2024

In the news today: New defence chief takes command, protective zones for MPs proposed

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carignan set to officially become defence chief Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan is set to officially take over comman...

Jul 18, 2024

Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan to officially take over command of Armed Forces in ceremony

OTTAWA - Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan is set to officially take over command of the Armed Forces this morning in a ceremony at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. Carignan will also be promoted to the rank...

Jul 18, 2024