Canada

Liberals, Tories in deadlock; Linda O'Leary verdict expected: In The News for Sept 14

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 Sept. 14... What we are watching in Canada ......

Greg Fry Sep 14, 2021

Verdict expected today in trial of Linda O'Leary, accused in fatal boat crash

A verdict is expected today in the trial of Linda O'Leary, charged in a boat crash that killed two people in central Ontario two years ago. O'Leary, the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, ha...

Sep 14, 2021

Fungus that's killed millions of bats found for the first time in Saskatchewan

A fungus that is destroying bat populations in eastern North America has made its first appearance on the Canadian Prairies. Researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society report that they've foun...

Sep 14, 2021

Justin Trudeau, Erin O'Toole tied as election campaign hits final bend

OTTAWA - A new poll shows a complete deadlock between Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Erin O'Toole's Conservatives with less than one week left in the federal election. The poll conducted by Leger in co...

Sep 14, 2021

CP NewsAlert: B.C. introducing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all health-care workers

VANCOUVER - All health-care workers and volunteers will soon have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in British Columbia as the provincial government expands its immunization program. Provincial health...

Sep 13, 2021

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard to face extradition hearing sooner than expected

WINNIPEG - An extradition hearing for a former Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is being pushed up a month. Peter Nygard was to appear in cou...

Sep 13, 2021

Desmond inquiry: Nova Scotia firearms official testifies about better communication

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Nova Scotia's chief firearms officer told an inquiry today that communications with his colleagues in other provinces have improved since a former soldier fatally shot his fami...

Sep 13, 2021

Raj Saini stands to gain $93,000 payoff — but no pension — after standing down

OTTAWA - Raj Saini stands to walk away with a $93,000 "golden goodbye" after standing down as a Liberal candidate. The former MP for Kitchener Centre stepped down after facing allegations that he hara...

Sep 13, 2021

Staff, supplies lacking at Résidence Herron before the pandemic, Quebec coroner hears

MONTREAL - A nurse told a Quebec coroner's inquest today that a Montreal-area long-term care home where dozens of people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was understaffed and lacked proper equip...

Sep 13, 2021

CP NewsAlert: RCMP say family of six dead in camper fire in rural Nova Scotia

HALIFAX - Six members of a family have died in a fire Sunday evening in a travel trailer in rural Nova Scotia. The RCMP say firefighters were called to Mountain Road in Millvale, N.S., Sunday evening ...

Sep 13, 2021