Canada

First Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan has departed: Anand

OTTAWA - The first Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan took off Thursday and additional evacuations are planned over the next few days, Defence Minister Anita Anand confirmed as the scramble to help...

Apr 27, 2023

In The News for April 27 : More details on last year's mass stabbing in Saskatchewan

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 27 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Greg Fry Apr 27, 2023

Mounties to give update on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan

MELFORT, Sask. - Mounties are scheduled to give an update today about what happened during a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore previously com...

Apr 27, 2023

Supreme Court of Canada to release ruling tied to 2007 mass gang slaying in B.C.

VANCOUVER - The Supreme Court of Canada is set to rule Friday on an appeal by two men found guilty of first-degree murder in the gang executions of six people in Metro Vancouver more than 15 years ago...

Apr 27, 2023

Trudeau visits N.Y.C. to build momentum as Canada, U.S. partner on critical minerals

NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in New York City to pitch America's movers and shakers on the virtues of Canada as a trade and investment partner. Experts on both sides of the border hope ...

Apr 27, 2023

'You couldn't get away from it': 1953 Coronation was major topic at Canadian schools

Ahead of Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953, Kenneth Munro's Grade 2 class studied the history of the monarchy, staged a play about the Royal Family and all 700 students at his northern Ontario scho...

Apr 27, 2023

Minister didn't authorize fake travel docs for Afghans, says he didn't check email

OTTAWA - International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he did not know Sen. Marilou McPhedran was handing out unauthorized travel documents to hundreds of Afghans during the rise of the Taliba...

Apr 26, 2023

Liberals changing sex offender registry in response to Supreme Court decision

OTTAWA - A new law introduced today will change the criteria that require sexual offenders to be automatically added to a national registry that keeps track of them. The change comes six months after ...

Apr 26, 2023

B.C. coroner's inquest hears updated toxicology results for Myles Gray

BURNABY, B.C. - A forensic toxicologist says an initial drug screening report suggested Myles Gray had a natural psychoactive compound in his system when he died, but followup testing showed the low c...

Apr 26, 2023

Saskatchewan man left brain-dead after altercation with police has died: family

SASKATOON - Relatives of an Indigenous man left brain-dead after an altercation with police in Prince Albert, Sask., say he has died. Boden Umpherville, who was 40, had been hospitalized since he was ...

Apr 26, 2023