Canada

Crown opts for direct indictment for Quebec City Halloween night stabbing suspect

QUEBEC - Prosecutors in the case of the Quebec City Halloween night stabbing attack that killed two people filed a direct indictment today against the accused. It means the case against 25-year-old Ca...

Jun 18, 2021

Quebec Conservatives recruit ex-CAQ Claire Samson as party's first legislature member

QUEBEC - Former Coalition Avenir Qubec member Claire Samson, dumped by the governing party's caucus earlier this week, has switched sides to the Conservative Party of Quebec. Samson made the move offi...

Jun 18, 2021

Nova Scotia drops course that asked pupils to list benefits of residential schools

HALIFAX - Responding to complaints from an Indigenous girl and her mother, the Nova Scotia government has deleted a high school correspondence course that asks students to list the advantages of the r...

Jun 18, 2021

Trudeau defends Sajjan, accuses Tories of slandering embattled defence minister

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending embattled Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan after the latter was censured by the House of Commons. Trudeau says Sajjan has spent his life serving Canad...

Jun 18, 2021

Kenney to deliver update with Alberta on cusp of dropping all COVID-19 restrictions

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will deliver an update today on COVID-19 health rules, with the province on the cusp of fully reopening its economy. Kenney has said Alberta needs 70 per cent o...

Jun 18, 2021

Coal company considers legal options after review denies Rockies mine application

A coal company that was denied an application to build an open-pit mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains says it's considering its legal options. On Thursday, a joint federal-provincial review panel denie...

Jun 18, 2021

Restrictions at U.S. border to remain in place until end of July, Blair says

OTTAWA - Travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border will remain in place for at least another month. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the American and Canadian governments are extending restr...

Jun 18, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Manitoba RCMP say homicide suspect Eric Wildman arrested in Ontario

Manitoba RCMP say a man wanted for murder in Manitoba has been arrested near Belleville, Ont. A statement from the RCMP says Eric Wildman was taken into custody by the Ontario Provincial Police early ...

Jun 18, 2021

Top brass accountability and preferred vaccines: In The News for June 18

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 June 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 18, 2021

Cities should redo planning, permitting to align with housing strategy, minister says

OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of affordable housing says he would like municipalities to reshape local rules to more quickly build units through the government's national housing strategy. S...

Jun 18, 2021