Canada

Navy investigating unexplained breakdown on brand-new Arctic patrol vessel

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy says it is investigating an unexplained breakdown on its brand-new, $400-million Arctic patrol ship. The problem first emerged last week as HMCS Harry DeWolf's crew wa...

Oct 22, 2020

Crash-prone ferry MV Apollo, slated for new life as Quebec tourist site, to be junked

MONTREAL - The crash-prone ferry MV Apollo, which officials on Quebec's North Shore had hoped to sink and turn into an underwater diving attraction, is likely headed for the scrapyard. A non-profit or...

Oct 22, 2020

Elections watchdog announces charges against former leader of defunct Bridge party

OTTAWA - Canada's elections watchdog says the former leader of the defunct Bridge Party of Canada and another individual are facing charges under both the Canada Elections Act and the Criminal Code. E...

Oct 22, 2020

Jurors in Fredericton mass murder trial hear recordings of accused killer

FREDERICTON - A lawyer for the accused Fredericton mass shooter says his client repeatedly demanded to be released and often refused to take legal advice during their meetings together in 2019. Defenc...

Oct 22, 2020

Ontario reports 841 new COVID-19 cases and another hospital outbreak

Ontario is reporting 841 new cases of COVID-19 today as another Toronto hospital declared an outbreak. Canada's most populous province also recorded nine more deaths from the virus. Two hundred ...

Oct 22, 2020

Minassian makes brief appearance as court grapples with logistics of murder trial

TORONTO - Lawyers say they are close to finalizing details that would allow a trial by Zoom for a man who killed 10 people when he drove a rental van down a busy Toronto sidewalk. Alek Minassian faces...

Oct 22, 2020

New Tory motion could trigger second confidence showdown for Liberal minority

OTTAWA - One day after surviving a confidence vote on a Conservative motion, Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government faces another Conservative motion that could trigger yet more high-stakes dram...

Oct 22, 2020

Tory motion showdown and the U.S. presidential debate: In The News for Oct. 22

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Oct 22, 2020

B.C. Green leader hopes voters see value in minority government

VANCOUVER - The leader of the B.C. Green party is betting on a legislature in which one party doesn't hold all the power in the final days of a snap election campaign that began a week after her leade...

Oct 22, 2020

B.C. NDP takes snap election risk during pandemic in quest for majority government

VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrats took a risk calling a snap election during a global pandemic to pursue a majority government, creating a major campaign issue for the party's opponents.&nbs...

Oct 22, 2020