Canada

Gunman's spouse in N.S. shooting staying out of public inquiry due to charges: lawyer

HALIFAX - The spouse of the gunman in the Nova Scotia mass shooting won't be co-operating with a public inquiry as long as she's facing criminal charges for allegedly transferring ammunition to the sh...

Feb 23, 2022

Canadian troop boost for Latvia and Alberta spawning unrest: In The News for Feb. 23

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 Feb. 23, 2022. What we are watching in Canada ...

Feb 23, 2022

Look West: Criminal anthropologist says Alberta at heart of unrest, protests

CALGARY - A criminal anthropologist suggests looking to the West to find the heart of protests and blockades that gripped the nation for more than a month. Alberta appears to have been the epicentre o...

Feb 23, 2022

Emergencies Act committee members will take oath of secrecy: government Senate rep

OTTAWA - Members of a parliamentary committee set up to scrutinize the Emergencies Act will have to take an oath of secrecy, but will not be given access to highly classified material, says the govern...

Greg Fry Feb 22, 2022

U.S. warns Canada, again, that it's not happy about proposed digital services tax

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Trade Representative's office has once again made its feelings clear about Canada's plan to implement a controversial new tax on digital services. The office issued an abrupt sta...

Feb 22, 2022

Vaccines, masks required at universities despite broader relaxing of restrictions

TORONTO - Several Canadian universities are maintaining COVID-19 precautions such as vaccine mandates and masking for in-person classes even as governments roll back pandemic restrictions. Ontario is ...

Feb 22, 2022

Trudeau to address Russia's troop deployment into eastern Ukraine

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address the Russian military's deployment into eastern Ukraine at a news conference this evening. The prime minister is scheduled to appear at 5 p.m. ET alo...

Feb 22, 2022

U.S. envoy Cohen discusses co-operation on Ukraine, convoy protest aftermath

OTTAWA - The American envoy in Ottawa says Canada and the United States are fully aligned on a set of sanctions that will inflict pain on high-level Russians if the country further invades Ukraine. U....

Feb 22, 2022

'Safety shattered': N.S. mass shooting inquiry hears about impact on mental health

HALIFAX - The federal-provincial inquiry investigating the 2020 mass murder in Nova Scotia heard Tuesday from experts who talked about the tragedy's impact on the mental health of Nova Scotians and li...

Feb 22, 2022

Conservatives end boycott of Parliament's national security committee

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are ending their boycott of a special national security and intelligence committee made up of MPs and senators. Interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen announced ...

Feb 22, 2022