Canada

All evacuation orders rescinded for Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton, B.C.

PENTICTON, B.C. - Local authorities in British Columbia's Okanagan region say all evacuation orders around the so-called Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton have been rescinded. Erick Thompson, an ...

Aug 17, 2022

Physicists and business figures gather in Vancouver to crack theory of everything

VANCOUVER - Some of the world's brightest minds are gathering at a hotel conference centre in Vancouver this week to try to solve a question that has baffled physicists for decades. The two pillars of...

Aug 17, 2022

Wolf enclosure was damaged to let animals escape at Greater Vancouver Zoo, RCMP say

LANGLEY, B.C. - Police say the wolf enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo was damaged by someone who is suspected to have broken into the facility and allowed the animals to escape, as the facility r...

Aug 17, 2022

Census data shows French is in danger in Quebec, province's language minister says

MONTREAL - Quebec's minister for the French language says new data from the Canadian census shows that the French language is in danger in the province. Simon Jolin-Barrette told reporters in Quebec C...

Aug 17, 2022

Releasing oilsands tailings into river only one solution being considered: Guilbeault

Canada's environment minister says releasing treated oilsands tailings into the environment isn't the only solution being considered to clean up the massive, toxic ponds. Steven Guilbeault says that e...

Aug 17, 2022

Adult who accused Quebec cardinal of sexual misconduct breaks church-abuse stereotype

MONTREAL - The woman who recently accused Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet of sexual misconduct has broken a stereotype about church abuse. Universit de Montral religious studies professor Solange Lefebvr...

Aug 17, 2022

Feds announce four new passport service sites as backlog continues

OTTAWA - The federal government is adding new passport service locations across Canada as a backlog in processing applications continues. Social Development Minister Karina Gould says people can now a...

Aug 17, 2022

Number of Indigenous-language speakers drops in Canada: census

OTTAWA - New data from Statistics Canada suggests the number of people who can speak an Indigenous language has dropped slightly. However, the agency says comparing census years should be done with ca...

Aug 17, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Census data shows linguistic diversity on the rise in Canada

OTTAWA - The latest census figures show a record high number of people in Canada now have a mother tongue other than French or English. English and French are still by far the most common languages sp...

Aug 17, 2022

Convoy intelligence documents, Catholic class action: In The News for Aug. 17

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, August 17, 2022. What we are watch...

Aug 17, 2022