Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Passengers on an Alaska cruise ship are stranded aboard the vessel in Vancouver, with the cruise line blaming job action by British Columbia tugboat workers. Celebrity Cruises says the Cel...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued new directives today on the use of "dry cells" to keep inmates from bringing contraband into federal prisons. Prisoners who are suspected of conc...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says hundreds of additional staff have been added in recent months to address long wait times and backlogs at Canadian airports as well as visa and immigration ...

Quebec's general election campaign has begun, and voters head to the polls on Oct. 3. Here's a look at Dominique Anglade, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and the official Opposition. Born: Jan. 31,...

Quebec's general election campaign has begun, and voters head to the polls on Oct. 3. Here's a look at Franois Legault, the premier and leader of the Coalition Avenir Qubec. Born: May 26, 1957, in Ste...

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. 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

OTTAWA - Floods, droughts and major storms that wash out highways, damage buildings and affect power grids could cost Canada's economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, a new climate-based analysis...

MONTREAL - Incumbent Premier and Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is beginning the first full day of the election campaign with a news conference in the Quebec City area. Legault will att...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for political leaders to take a united stance against threats of violence and intimidation on Sunday, days after his deputy was confronted in Alberta by a man who ...

QUEBEC - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is being criticized for referring to Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade as "that lady" on Day 1 of the provincial election campaign. Legault was as...