Canada

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie plans Asia travel before tabling new China strategy

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister says she plans to travel to Asia and elsewhere for some first-hand research before she releases the government's much-anticipated new policy on China. Foreig...

Feb 19, 2022

Nurses group asks court to halt federal use of Emergencies Act to end Ottawa protest

OTTAWA - A group involved in the anti-government protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa is asking a court to put the brakes on federal use of the Emergencies Act to clamp down on demonstrators. I...

Feb 18, 2022

Travellers to Nunavut who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can isolate at home

IQALUIT, NUNAVUT - Travellers to Nunavut who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 or partially vaccinated will no longer have to isolate in one of the government's isolation hotels in Southern Canada. Nunavu...

Feb 18, 2022

Politicians condemn violence at Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C.

HOUSTON, B.C. - Politicians are denouncing what police have called a violent confrontation in separate attacks against officers and employees at a construction site for a natural gas pipeline being bu...

Feb 18, 2022

Top doctor says Canada is past peak of Omicron-fuelled wave of COVID-19

The country's top doctor says Canada is past the peak of the COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron variant. "We are hopeful we are approaching a period of reduced transmission, allowing Canadians a chan...

Greg Fry Feb 18, 2022

Reporters take heat in Canada, U.S. for reaching out to donors who supported protests

WASHINGTON - One of the most prominent progressive Democrats on Capitol Hill is doubling down on her public criticism of journalists who contacted people who donated to the protesters in Ottawa. Minne...

Feb 18, 2022

The latest on convoy protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa

The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. All times eastern: 6:45 a.m. The lights on ...

Greg Fry Feb 18, 2022

Protest showdown in Ottawa and Ukraine crisis deepens: In The News for Feb. 18

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. 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Feb 18, 2022

Ottawa bracing for final showdown between police and protesters

Ottawa is holding its collective breath as police appear ready to finally end the so called Freedom Convoy protest that has paralyzed a good chunk of the capital city's downtown core for the past thre...

Feb 18, 2022

Rays of hope emerge in rebuild of Lytton, B.C., months after wildfire destruction

Denise O'Connor is back in Lytton, B.C., living in the home where she spent her childhood years. But it's not where she was living last summer when a wildfire swept through the Fraser Canyon village a...

Feb 18, 2022