Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Jim Carr says he believes his two-year stint as Justin Trudeau's special envoy for the Prairies helped deliver two extra seats for the Liberals in last month's federal election. But if he's h...

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 Oct. 29 ... What we are watching on the world ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is expected to reveal today whether it will continue fighting an order directing it to compensate First Nations children removed from their homes. A 30-day legal window...

TORONTO - A lawyer for former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard says his client was escorted by police on a flight to Toronto where he is expected to appear in court today to face sexual assault cha...

HALIFAX - The plan to build North America's first wild refuge for whales retired from marine parks was poised to take a big step forward Friday in a remote corner of northeastern Nova Scotia. The Whal...

OTTAWA - Friday is the deadline for employees in the core federal public service to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status, but unions say there are still many questions about how requests for acco...

MONTREAL - Mourners will gather today in Old Montreal for the funeral of a firefighter who died during a water rescue Oct. 17. Pierre Lacroix of the Montreal fire department drowned after the rescue b...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Global security, trade and tulips will be on the agenda as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Dutch parliamentarians in The Hague this morning. Trudeau is in the Netherla...

VANCOUVER - The Canadian Coast Guard says the owner of a ship that lost 109 containers overboard in stormy weather last week has hired a contractor to try to recover the bins loaded with cargo. It say...

EDMONTON - Alberta's jobs minister says he heard rumours about his chief of staff raising a sexual harassment issue which she alleges led to her being fired by the premier's office. "A lot of that inf...