Canada

Canada hosts Lima Group meeting to find solutions to Venezuela crisis

GATINEAU, Que. - Canada is hosting the gathering of foreign ministers today from the coalition of Western Hemisphere countries who are trying to solve the Venezuela crisis. Foreign Affairs Minister Fr...

Feb 20, 2020

House of Commons returns and China's 'War on Terror'; In The News for Feb. 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 Feb. 18. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...

Feb 20, 2020

Protests put pressure on Trudeau and B.C.'s sweet tax; In The News for Feb. 20

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 Feb. 20 ... What...

Feb 20, 2020

Energy, economy, land rights face Trudeau as House of Commons returns

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returns to a House of Commons eager to debate his government's policies on the economy, energy, climate change and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples after a...

Feb 20, 2020

Virus strikes more Canadians on cruise ship as evacuation plane heads for Japan

A plane carrying Canadians from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan will leave the region by week's end, the federal government says, as the number aboard sickened with the novel coronav...

Feb 20, 2020

PM urges patience, promises reconciliation in face of anti-pipeline blockades

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to redouble reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples Tuesday as he sought to ease tensions over nationwide blockades erected in opposition to...

Feb 20, 2020

Supreme Court to decide next step in Via Rail terror case

OTTAWA - The fate of two men accused of plotting to derail a Via train in a terrorist attack should become a little clearer today. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to decide whether it wil...

Feb 20, 2020

Standards for coronavirus protection to be reviewed, health agency says

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will review its protocols for health-care workers after nurses' unions denounced the national guidelines set out for dealing with the...

Feb 19, 2020

Quebec boxing promoter says he didn't invite criminal bikers in ringside seats

MONTREAL - Quebec boxing promoter Yvon Michel says he doesn't know the criminal bikers who showed up at one of his events last September and he never gave any of them tickets. Michel testifi...

Feb 19, 2020

Top judge says judiciary must decide what training judges need

OTTAWA - The chief justice of Canada says the judiciary must be free to decide what training and education judges need to do their jobs well. Richard Wagner's comments in a speech to the Can...

Feb 19, 2020