Category Archives: Canada
Quebec premier 'more optimistic' on health-funding deal after meeting with Trudeau
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he is "more optimistic" about reaching a health-care funding deal with Ottawa after his meeting today with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Legault spoke t...
Dec 20, 2022
Southern B.C. snowstorm halts flights at Vancouver airport, creates travel chaos
VANCOUVER - Most of British Columbia is covered by weather warnings as snow, extreme cold and arctic winds grip the province, forcing the suspension of all flights at Vancouver International Airport a...
Dec 20, 2022
Air Force reinstates officers disciplined for 'egregious' fighter pilot call sign
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is reinstating two officers disciplined over a homophobic nickname given to a fighter pilot. Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston announced the decision to reinstate Col. Co...
Dec 20, 2022
The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year since 1946
OTTAWA - The group of "Freedom Convoy" protesters who took over the streets around Parliament Hill and blockaded border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions has been named The Canadian ...
Dec 20, 2022
CP NewsAlert: 'Freedom Convoy' protesters chosen as 2022 Newsmaker of the Year
OTTAWA - The thousands of protesters who gathered in the streets around Parliament Hill and at Canada's border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions were chosen as The Canadian Press New...
Dec 20, 2022
Ottawa sanctions two Haiti cabinet ministers over alleged gang ties
OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning two of Haiti's cabinet ministers it accuses of helping violent gangs sow chaos in that country. Ottawa is barring Haiti's Justice Minister Berto Dorc and Interior Minist...
Dec 20, 2022
Nature deal reached at COP15 summit in Montreal : In The News for Dec. 20
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 Dec. 20 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 20, 2022
Police working to identify motive in 'horrendous' Vaughan condo mass shooting
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Police north of Toronto are working to determine the motive in what they've called a "horrendous" shooting at a condo that left five people, plus the suspected gunman, dead. York Regio...
Dec 20, 2022
Manufacturing, importing straws and other single-use plastics now banned
OTTAWA - Canada's ban on the manufacture and import for sale of some plastic items, including grocery bags and straws, has taken effect. As of today, companies can no longer produce or bring into Cana...
Dec 20, 2022
Onion Lake Cree Nation suing Alberta government over sovereignty act
EDMONTON - Onion Lake Cree Nation has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta government saying its sovereignty act is an infringement on treaty rights. The nation is seeking a declaration from the Court ...
Dec 19, 2022