Canada

Can't enter Canada now? Don't try on Monday, border agency warns would-be travellers

WASHINGTON - The agency that guards Canada's borders is putting would-be travellers on notice: if you're not eligible to enter the country now, you won't be on Monday. That's the clear message from th...

Jul 02, 2021

Canada Day protest over residential schools sees monarch statues toppled in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG - Statues of two queens on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature were toppled during a rally over the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools. The statues of Queen Victoria and...

Jul 02, 2021

Quebec police investigate killing of man allegedly linked to organized crime

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are looking for a suspect in the Canada Day slaying of a man in the First Nations territory of Kanesatake, west of Montreal. Police identified the victim as Arsne M...

Jul 02, 2021

Nova Scotia mass killing: investigation launched into release of 911 recordings

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP have called in the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate the unauthorized release of 911 calls recorded the night a lone gunman started a killing rampage that led to ...

Jul 02, 2021

Fire devastation in B.C. and Canada Day reckoning: In The News for July 2

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 July 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Greg Fry Jul 02, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

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...

Jul 02, 2021

'So excited to be a police officer:' Mother remembers Mountie killed in Saskatchewan

SASKATOON - Melanie Patton last saw her son over the May long weekend when they met for a belated Mother's Day celebration in Saskatoon. Mother's Day is a big tradition in the Patton family, complete ...

Jul 02, 2021

Fire destroys most homes and buildings in Lytton, B.C.; some residents missing

Residents of a community in British Columbia's Interior desperately searched for loved ones and tried to process the loss of their homes on Thursday after learning that most of the village of Lytton h...

Jul 01, 2021

'There's some anxiety': Alberta health minister and family swarmed on Canada Day

CALGARY - Protesters surrounded Alberta's health minister, his wife and two young sons Thursday at the conclusion of a Canada Day parade and a celebration of the lifting of most COVID-19 restrictions....

Jul 01, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's getting his second dose of vaccine on Friday

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's about to get his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking to the CBC, the prime minister says he's scheduled to get the shot on Friday. His wife, So...

Jul 01, 2021