Canada

Business groups says slow down vaccine rule as PM, Tories trade barbs

OTTAWA - Business leaders are urging Ottawa to ease vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers to relieve the congested supply chain with the United States. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Mond...

Jan 24, 2022

Breach of trust trial begins for former B.C. legislature clerk Craig James

VANCOUVER - A special prosecutor says the former clerk of the British Columbia legislature took advantage of his position as one of province's most senior public officials to allegedly use government ...

Jan 24, 2022

B.C. driver curious about speed of mother's car faces fines: police

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A novice British Columbia driver faces numerous tickets and nine penalty points after police allege he was travelling in excess of 200 kilometres per hour in his mother's car. Polic...

Jan 24, 2022

Ont. back-to-school effort roiled by absences, Que. looks to incentivize vaccination

New data out of Ontario shows many of its schools were hit by high rates of absences when in-person classes resumed last week, and Quebec has begun rolling out the next step in its efforts to boost CO...

Jan 24, 2022

Montreal's Chinatown, threatened by development, to be granted heritage status

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is granting heritage status to the core of Montreal's Chinatown district to protect its historic buildings from redevelopment. Culture Minister Nathalie Roy made the a...

Jan 24, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Calgary man who killed girlfriend found guilty of her toddler's death

CALGARY - A judge has found a Calgary man who admitted to murdering his former girlfriend guilty of killing her daughter as well. Robert Leeming had pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmi...

Jan 24, 2022

Nunavut signs $10-a-day child-care deal with federal government

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has become the latest jurisdiction to sign onto the federal government's $10-a-day child-care program. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the $66-million deal virtually...

Jan 24, 2022

Convoy protest and growing global tension over Ukraine: In The News for Jan. 24

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 Jan. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Greg Fry Jan 24, 2022

Dany Fortin to appear in Quebec court over sexual assault case

MONTREAL - The senior military officer once tasked with overseeing Canada's COVID-19 vaccination drive will be in a Quebec courtroom today to face allegations of sexual misconduct. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fort...

Jan 24, 2022

Florida man charged in Canada-U.S. human-smuggling scheme to appear in U.S. court

WASHINGTON - A Florida man is set to appear in U.S. court today, charged with sneaking migrants across the Canada-U.S. border in a perilous human-smuggling scheme that cost the lives of four people, i...

Jan 24, 2022