Category Archives: Canada
Over half of Conservative members have voted for new leader one week before deadline
OTTAWA - More than half of Conservative party members have returned their leadership ballots with one week left before the deadline on Sept. 6. The party says just over 350,000 ballots have been recei...
Aug 30, 2022
Ottawa invokes pipeline treaty, infant death in B.C.: In The News for Aug. 30
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 Aug. 30 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Aug 30, 2022
Pete the peacock remains on the lam about two months after escape from N.B. garden
FREDERICTON - Pete the peacock flew the coop on his first night in Kingsbrae Garden, on the southern shores of New Brunswick. That was about two months ago - and it's been a wild goose chase ever sinc...
Aug 30, 2022
Polls say question in Quebec election is not who will win, but who will come second
MONTREAL - With the Coalition Avenir Qubec party dominating the polls at the start of the provincial election campaign, the most pressing question of the race may not be who wins, but who comes in sec...
Aug 30, 2022
Quebec election: CAQ heads into territory strongly contested by upstart Conservatives
QUEBEC - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is holding a news conference this morning in a riding strongly contested by the upstart Conservative Party of Quebec. Beauce-Sud, south of Quebec...
Aug 30, 2022
Canada formally initiates challenge of 'unfair' U.S. duties on softwood lumber
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge of "unwarranted and unfair" U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber. The Canadian government filed notice o...
Aug 29, 2022
Use of facial recognition as security tool on Parliament Hill would pose risks: study
OTTAWA - The use of facial recognition technology as a security tool on Parliament Hill would pose substantial legal, privacy and human rights risks - and might even be unlawful, says a study prepared...
Aug 29, 2022
'Still a good day for Canada' despite delay of Artemis moon rocket launch: minister
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says today was "still a good day for Canada" even though the test launch of NASA's new moon rocket was postponed this morning. Champagne, who is...
Aug 29, 2022
Ottawa invokes 1977 pipeline treaty in separate Line 5 dispute, this one in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON - For the second time in a year, the federal government is invoking a little-known 1977 energy treaty between Canada and the United States to defend the Line 5 pipeline. This time, it's in ...
Aug 29, 2022
Air Force delays installation of base commander amid investigation into pilot meeting
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is delaying plans to install a new commander at one of the country's two CF-18 fighter jet bases due to a military police investigation. A ceremony was planned fo...
Aug 29, 2022