Category Archives: Canada
New federal cabinet, improving health care in Ontario : In The News for Oct. 26
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. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 26, 2021
Poll: Canadians still reluctant to hand out Halloween candy due to pandemic
OTTAWA - Many parents are planning to let their children go trick-or-treating this year - but a new poll suggests they may find fewer doors open than in pre-pandemic Halloweens. Some 93 per cent of re...
Oct 26, 2021
Judge orders return of items seized during 2018 arrest of Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ordered the return of items seized from Meng Wanzhou during the Huawei executive's arrest at Vancouver's airport over an extradition request from...
Oct 25, 2021
Judge agrees to 'terrorism enhancement' in case of ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist
GREENBELT, Md. - The ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist convicted of gun charges linked to what the FBI called a neo-Nazi plot to attack a gun-rights rally in Virginia is facing up to 25 years behind ...
Oct 25, 2021
Online criteria for Afghan refugee program changes, applies to only those who've fled
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has quietly changed the criteria on its website for a special program for vulnerable Afghan refugees so that only those who have already managed to escape to other cou...
Oct 25, 2021
GG, Legion mark 100th anniversary of poppy symbol during fundraising campaign launch
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon received the symbolic first poppy Monday as the Royal Canadian Legion launched this year's annual national fundraising campaign for veterans ahead of Remembrance Day....
Oct 25, 2021
Ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist should get 25 years in prison: U.S. prosecutors
GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian Armed Forces reservist who faces up to 25 years in prison for his role in a plot to violently trigger a race war in the United States was already backing away from t...
Oct 25, 2021
Quebec coroner to hear from final witnesses in long-term care inquest
MONTREAL - A coroner's inquest into a suburban Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the pandemic's first wave is hearing from a handful of witnesses this week before it concludes. ...
Oct 25, 2021
Salvage crew's access to smouldering ship hampered by storm on B.C.'s coast
VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire aboard a container ship off the coast of Victoria continues to smoulder. The coast guard says in a statement posted on social media that a salvage crew ...
Oct 25, 2021
Trudeau must renew commitment to reconciliation with new cabinet: Indigenous leaders
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders and New Democrats say naming a new cabinet is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chance to restore survivors' confidence in his government's commitment to reconciliation. At a...
Oct 25, 2021