Canada

Final evacuation order lifted in Fort McMurray as flooding cleanup continues

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo after a massive ice jam caused flooding and forced about 13,000 people out of ...

May 04, 2020

Union rallies as Cargill meat plant reopens after shutdown due to COVID-19

HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19. A long line of c...

May 04, 2020

Ceremony held aboard navy frigate as remains of recovered victim to be flown home

The crew of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate held a ceremony on Sunday to mark the transfer of the body of one of six personnel who died in a crash of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter. The HMCS Frederict...

May 04, 2020

Easing restrictions and ; In The News for May 4

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 May 4 ... --- CO...

May 04, 2020

Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates

VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...

May 04, 2020

B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners

MISSION, B.C. - A justice advocacy group says it wants prisoners at a federal institution in British Columbia ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak to know there are people in the community fighting for...

May 03, 2020

Fort McMurray cleans up from flood on anniversary of 2016 wildfire evacuation

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the ...

May 03, 2020

High school grads-to-be grapple with possible ceremony cancellations

Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big qu...

May 03, 2020

Trudeau says legislation on municipal handgun bans coming

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government plans to move ahead with legislation letting municipalities ban handguns within their borders, though he isn't giving a timeline. The Trudeau...

May 03, 2020

Feds investing in online health-care, Vancouver company studying COVID-19

OTTAWA - The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancouver biological company's research into treatment and prevention of COVID-19. Prim...

May 03, 2020