Canada

Hot summer temperatures, big storms to sweep much of Canada, Weather Network predicts

TORONTO - Seasonal or higher than normal temperatures across much of the country will offer Canadians a chance to enjoy the summer, but predictions from a prominent national forecaster warn the humidi...

May 31, 2022

Latest GDP figures, announcement on overdose crisis : In The News for May 31

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 May 31 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

May 31, 2022

Canada to make 'important announcement' with B.C. on overdose crisis

VANCOUVER - The federal government is set to make what it's calling an "important announcement" with the British Columbia government on the overdose crisis. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carol...

May 31, 2022

Judge to give instructions to jury today in Jacob Hoggard sex assault trial

TORONTO - A Toronto judge is set to give her instructions to the jury today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Ontario Superior Court Justice Gillian Roberts will lay out ...

May 31, 2022

Key elements of the Liberal government's firearms-control announcement

OTTAWA - Key elements of the Liberal government's firearms-control announcement Monday: - A national freeze on importing, buying, selling or otherwise transferring handguns, with very limited exceptio...

May 30, 2022

First RCMP supervisor of N.S. mass shooting describes miscue in containing the killer

HALIFAX - The Mountie who led the early response to the Nova Scotia mass shooting testified Monday that his plans to block the killer's escape were thrown off by a subordinate's "misunderstanding" and...

May 30, 2022

Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking

WHITEHORSE - Those who use illicit drugs may now smoke their substances at the supervised drug consumption site in Whitehorse, becoming one of the first facilities in Canada to allow inhalation indoor...

May 30, 2022

Ottawa's main Canada Day celebrations to be held at LeBreton Flats Park

OTTAWA - Large-scale Canada Day celebrations will return to the national capital July 1, with most of the action taking place in a park just west of Parliament Hill. Daytime and evening shows are sche...

May 30, 2022

Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death

MONTREAL - Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 20...

May 30, 2022

Mary Ng under ethics probe over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist

OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner has opened an investigation into the conduct of International Trade Minister Mary Ng over a contract given to a company co-founded by a Liberal strategist. Con...

May 30, 2022