Canada

Woman walking with kids killed by runaway cargo vehicle in Surrey: RCMP

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a woman who had been walking with two children is dead after being struck by a cargo vehicle with no driver. RCMP in Surrey, B.C., received a report on Tuesday of a crash inv...

Dec 16, 2020

Right-wing extremist activity on the rise in Atlantic Canada: UNB researchers

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Researchers at the University of New Brunswick found an alarming recent spike in right-wing extremism in Atlantic Canada, and the data indicates the activity is increasing. Right-wi...

Dec 16, 2020

'Expensive, extreme:' Environment Canada releases annual Top 10 weather stories list

It was another year of record-breaking disasters and crazy, dangerous weather from coast to coast, says Environment Canada's senior climatologist. A vicious hailstorm in Calgary wrote off more cars th...

Greg Fry Dec 16, 2020

NDP MP decries 'race-baiting' in Erin O'Toole Facebook video on residential schools

OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus says comments by Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole on the original mission of residential schools amount to "revisionist race-baiting." In a video posted to the...

Dec 16, 2020

Canada inks deal with U.S. to send astronaut around the moon

OTTAWA - The federal government says it has signed an agreement with the United States to send a Canadian astronaut around the moon. The planned trip in 2023 is part of a broader U.S.-led effort to es...

Dec 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Front-line workers named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by editors

VANCOUVER - Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of "essential work" began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves an...

Dec 16, 2020

Budget officer says federal wage-subsidy program may cost more this year than planned

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog estimates the Liberals will spend more this year on a wage-subsidy program than expected, but less in 2021. The Liberals estimated last month that the program w...

Dec 16, 2020

Trudeau offers condolences as search called off for sailor missing off California

OTTAWA - The search has been called off for a sailor from Winnipeg who was lost at sea off the coast of California this week as his ship was returning from deployment. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is...

Dec 16, 2020

Search continuing Wednesday for missing fishers off Nova Scotia coast, one body found

HILLSBURN, N.S. - The search for five missing scallop fishers continues today after their boat sank Tuesday morning off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia.Search and rescue officials said the body ...

Dec 16, 2020

More provinces to start shots and hunt for virus origins: In The News for Dec. 16

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 Dec. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Dec 16, 2020