Canada

Greens to choose interim leader tonight with ex-MP Paul Manly the favourite

OTTAWA - The Greens will tonight choose an interim leader to take the helm of their troubled party, following the resignation of Annamie Paul. Paul Manly, the former MP who lost his British Columbia s...

Nov 24, 2021

Liberals set to introduce bill with targeted pandemic aid for businesses, workers

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are scheduled to introduce a new aid bill this afternoon that aims to provide targeted financial support to businesses still recovering from the pandemic. The bill listed...

Nov 24, 2021

Conservatives must be professional, show they are an alternative to Trudeau: O'Toole

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole and his caucus put on a show of solidarity today, exactly a week after he was explaining why he decided to kick out a senator for publicly denouncing his lead...

Nov 24, 2021

Janssen COVID-19 vaccine plant in Baltimore gets Health Canada OK

OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines that contained elements produced at the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore, Md., to be used in Can...

Nov 24, 2021

Debate on hybrid Commons sittings, more rain for BC : In The News for Nov. 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 Nov. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Greg Fry Nov 24, 2021

Conservatives say virtual Commons proceedings allow government to dodge scrutiny

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs will oppose a government proposal today to return to a hybrid format in the House of Commons, which has allowed MPs to participate virtually in proceedings during the COVID-1...

Nov 24, 2021

B.C. announces financial help for evacuees as storm approaches south coast

British Columbia's public safety minister says more than 6,500 people have registered as evacuees and those whose homes were flooded last week are eligible for a $2,000 grant through the Canadian Red ...

Nov 24, 2021

Environmentalists threaten Alberta Premier Kenney with lawsuit over inquiry remarks

A coalition of at least eight environmental groups is threatening to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney for defamation if he doesn't retract and apologize for statements saying a public inquiry found th...

Nov 24, 2021

'It was devastating': B.C. woman shares story of flood damage to family farm

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Tiffany de Leeuw says her in-laws realized the gravity of the disaster facing their farm on the Sumas Prairie when a field flooded in 30 minutes. She said her father-in-law and brot...

Nov 24, 2021

'There's nowhere to put them': Nunavut community still without morgue

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - When James Dulac's friend died in 2019, his body was kept the same way others are in his northern Nunavut community - in a shed with no heat or electricity. Dulac, who lives in G...

Nov 24, 2021