Category Archives: Canada

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 August 3. What we are watching in Canada ... T...

OTTAWA - Driving into York Region on Toronto's northern border, what first stands out to most people are the large houses and vast estates that Michael Braithwaite says leaves the impression that home...

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

WASHINGTON - It sounds like Justin Trudeau had the chance to needle his U.S. counterpart about Canada's semifinal soccer win at the Tokyo Olympics. A readout from the Prime Minister's office says Trud...

REPENTIGNY, Que. - The family of a Black man shot and killed by police in a Montreal suburb on Sunday wants to know why officers opened fire. Jean-Ren Junior Olivier's family told reporters gathered o...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A push to change the offensive name of a Newfoundland lake began with apparent plans for public consultation but ended in a flood of angry emails and a government about-face, emails...

OTTAWA - Former Afghan interpreters now living in Canada are pleading for the federal government to help extended family members still stuck in Afghanistan. The former interpreters, who were among abo...

MONTREAL - Quebec pork producers are asking the province to end a labour strike at a major slaughterhouse because thousands of pigs risk being euthanized. The producers want Labour Minister Jean Boule...

DUNCAN, B.C. - Christmas tree growers in British Columbia say they are facing a brown holiday season due to the heat dome that drove temperatures above 40 Celsius for days and burned firs destined for...

MONTREAL - Brendan Holt Dunn said he wanted to invoke the legacy of his great-great-grandfather, pioneering Quebec industrialist Sir Herbert Holt, in the name of his Montreal-based venture capital fun...