Canada

Ottawa adds national security risk assessments to federal research funding

OTTAWA - The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research. Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says ...

Jul 12, 2021

New B.C. wildfire forces evacuations in south Okanagan as some heat warnings resume

A new wildfire in British Columbia has forced the evacuation of nearly 80 properties, while residents of hundreds more homes around the south Okanagan lakeside community of Okanagan Falls have been or...

Jul 12, 2021

Fleeing B.C. fires and Canada's rising vaccination rate: In The News for July 12

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 July12 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Greg Fry Jul 12, 2021

Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end, catching up to U.S. on second doses

OTTAWA - Canada is expecting vaccine shipments to keep rolling in this week as the country inches closer to matching the percentage of people in the United States fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Th...

Jul 12, 2021

Montreal blue-collar workers allege systemic racism on the job, seek compensation

MONTREAL - Blue-collar workers employed by a Montreal borough say they're seeking compensation from the city after a pair of reports earlier this spring revealed allegations of widespread discriminati...

Jul 12, 2021

Two police watchdogs now mandated to probe domestic violence, experts say more needed

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's new police oversight agency has become just the second in Canada with an explicit mandate to investigate allegations of domestic violence committed by of...

Jul 12, 2021

RCMP to provide update soon on investigation into wildfire in Lytton, B.C.

LYTTON, Calif. - RCMP have set up three security checkpoints around Lytton, B.C., and they say there will be an update soon on the investigation into the cause of the fast-moving wildfire that destroy...

Jul 11, 2021

If an election were called, how much fight do Conservative premiers have left?

OTTAWA - Few would disagree that living through a global pandemic for the past 16 months has been draining. That no doubt includes the country's premiers, who were repeatedly forced to make tough call...

Jul 11, 2021

Health Canada pulls pre-rolled joints contaminated with yeast, mould and bacteria

Health Canada has issued a recall that could harsh some Canadians' cannabis buzz. The agency is pulling three batches of pre-rolled joints that may be contaminated with yeast, mould and bacteria. The ...

Aaron Schulze Jul 11, 2021

Transport minister orders CN, CP to take new wildfire prevention measures

OTTAWA - Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra ordered Canada's two major railroad operators to step up their fire prevention efforts as of Sunday as wildfires continue to scorch British Columbia. ...

Jul 11, 2021