Canada

N.B. government employees ordered to stop making Indigenous land acknowledgments

FREDERICTON - Government employees in New Brunswick have been ordered to stop making territorial or title acknowledgments in reference to First Nations lands. In a memo issued Thursday to all governme...

Oct 15, 2021

White House says U.S. land borders to reopen to vaccinated travellers Nov. 8

WASHINGTON - A White House official says the U.S. will announce today that it will reopen its land borders to vaccinated non-essential visitors on Nov. 8. The official, speaking on condition of anonym...

Greg Fry Oct 15, 2021

Trudeau to unveil new cabinet Oct. 26, Parliament to return Nov. 22

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil on Oct. 26 the roster of cabinet ministers who will shepherd his government into a third mandate focused on finishing the fight against COVID-19 and ...

Oct 15, 2021

Vaccine screening at the airport and one-off inflation: In The News for Oct. 15

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. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Greg Fry Oct 15, 2021

Ottawa eyes charging airport security with vaccine verification for travellers

OTTAWA - Airport security agents may soon be screening more than your luggage. The federal government is mulling handing responsibility for verifying passengers' vaccination status to airport officers...

Oct 15, 2021

Hope hinges on emergency: Homeless shelter in central Alberta on brink of closure

RED DEER, Alta. - When a central Alberta city renewed its state of local emergency in response to rising COVID-19 cases, workers at an emergency shelter were overcome with relief. It meant they wouldn...

Oct 15, 2021

Closing submissions in B.C.'s money laundering inquiry to start today

VANCOUVER - Closing submissions in British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering were set to begin today before the commission's final report and recommendations are due Dec. 15. The Cullen ...

Greg Fry Oct 15, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Top doctor brings in more rules for northern B.C. as COVID spreads

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer has announced new restrictions for the northern health region in an attempt to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 through those who are unvaccina...

Oct 14, 2021

B.C. school once slated to be built on cemetery offers reconciliation hope: advocate

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The relocation of the construction of a secondary school in New Westminster, B.C., once planned to be built over a cemetery not used in a century, is an example of reconciliati...

Oct 14, 2021

Canadians among biggest energy users even as world moves toward net zero emissions

OTTAWA - An annual look at global energy systems suggests Canadians are - and will remain - among the biggest consumers of energy over the next decade even as policies ramp up to make the country more...

Oct 14, 2021