Canada

Judge suspends two articles of Quebec's new language law regarding legal translations

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has temporarily suspended two articles of the province's new language law, saying they could prevent some English-speaking organizations from accessing justice...

Aug 12, 2022

Canadian wastewater surveillance expanding to new public health threats: Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says plans are underway to sift through Canadian sewage to test for and measure new health threats like monkeypox and polio. Over the course of the COVID-...

Aug 12, 2022

Hundreds of lightning strikes hit B.C. as severe thunderstorms roll through

Severe thunderstorms have torn through British Columbia's Interior, delivering hundreds of lightning strikes to areas already ranked at a high to extreme risk for wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service we...

Aug 12, 2022

Alberta U-C-P membership drive and Heche on death's door: In The News for Aug. 12

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 Friday, August 12, 2022 ... What we are watchi...

Aug 12, 2022

Paddling to exorcism: Abuse allegations spark new regulations at Saskatchewan schools

REGINA - Saskatchewan is stepping in to supervise three independent schools after a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against former teachers, pastors and church elders for alleged abuse of stud...

Aug 11, 2022

Sentencing hearing for man convicted in Amanda Todd case set for September

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A sentencing hearing for a Dutch national convicted of harassing and extorting British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd before her suicide has been scheduled for next month. Justi...

Aug 11, 2022

Saskatchewan man cut through fence to cross U.S. border with children: border patrol

The United States Border Patrol says a convicted Canadian sex offender drove through a barbed wire fence to cross theinternational border with two children and their mother. The border patrol said age...

Aug 11, 2022

Federal Tories running to the 'extremes,' says former B.C. premier Christy Clark

OTTAWA - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark is endorsing Jean Charest to be the next leader of the federal Conservatives at a time when she says the party is running to the extremes. Clark ...

Aug 11, 2022

Luxury goods tax on super-rich could hit green cars: experts

OTTAWA - Tax experts are warning a new tax on yachts, luxury cars and private aircraft designed to hit the super-rich could also cover some electric and hybrid cars. A luxury goods tax, which will com...

Aug 11, 2022

Remains of priest removed from Quebec Mohawk community after sex abuse allegations

MONTREAL - The remains of a priest alleged to have sexually abused children have been exhumed and removed from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, which governs the com...

Aug 11, 2022