Canada

Coroner's inquest begins into 2020 police shooting of Indigenous woman in N.B.

FREDERICTON - A jury of three women and two men has been chosen in the coroner's inquest into the death of Chantel Moore - a 26-year-old Indigenous woman fatally shot during a wellness check by police...

May 16, 2022

Ottawa's Terry Fox statue to move to make way for new parliamentary building

OTTAWA - The Terry Fox statue across from Parliament Hill will need to be moved to make way for a new building to house MPs and senators, committee rooms and an Indigenous Peoples' space. The planned ...

May 16, 2022

Alberta premier visits U.S. capital to talk North American energy security

WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is in Washington in an effort to convince Capitol Hill lawmakers that his province is their best bet for North American energy security. Kenney is meeting wit...

May 16, 2022

Document details initial response to Nova Scotia mass shooting by RCMP tactical team

HALIFAX - An RCMP tactical team tasked with tracking down a mass shooter in April 2020 was dealing with the aftermath of his deadly toll in Portapique, N.S., when it was alerted hours later that he ha...

May 16, 2022

First patient in Quebec gets approval from Health Canada for magic mushroom therapy

MONTREAL - When Thomas Hartle indulges in a session of psilocybin treatment, the end-of-life anxiety, distractions and noises associated with his terminal colon cancer go away. "Before the treatment, ...

May 16, 2022

Adapting to climate change, COVID hospitalizations : In The News for May 16

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 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

May 16, 2022

B.C. to launch 'circle of care' for neurodiverse kids but parents have many questions

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is set to launch one-stop support centres for children with issues like ADHD, autism and Down syndrome, but parents say promises of a no-wait system that won't require ass...

May 16, 2022

Resilient infrastructure, faster disaster recovery needed to adapt to climate change

OTTAWA - Dozens of experts advising the government on adapting to climate change say Canada needs to do more to prepare infrastructure for the threats of extreme weather and get faster at helping Cana...

May 16, 2022

Residents who fled flooded N.W.T town can return; some services might be unavailable

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - A town in the Northwest Territories says people were being allowed to return to their homes Sunday evening, four days after about 3,500 were ordered to evacuate as flood waters ros...

May 16, 2022

Prince Charles to come face to face with 'woolly doppelgänger' on royal tour

The Prince of Wales is set to be greeted by a sheepish figure when he arrives in Canada tomorrow: his own "woolly doppelgnger." Prince Charles will be introduced to a life-size, hand-needle-felted bus...

May 16, 2022