Canada

Rain, snow, freezing rain set B.C. up for soggy, sloppy, slippery start to 2020

VANCOUVER - Rain, snowfall and even freezing rain warnings cover many parts of British Columbia as the province prepares to welcome 2020 with some nasty weather. Environment Canada is calling for as m...

Dec 31, 2019

New industry develops around sucking carbon dioxide out of atmosphere

Somewhere in west Texas, amid one of the most productive oilfields in the continent, a Canadian company is building a plant that it hopes will eventually suck from the air a million tonnes of car...

Dec 31, 2019

Quebec's pot age and Sask.'s microdistillery industry; In The News for Dec. 31

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. 31. What we are watching in Canada ... MO...

Dec 31, 2019

Saskatchewan microdistilleries focus on homegrown recipes for spirits

REGINA - The grains grown in Saskatchewan's fertile farmland have become the not-so-secret ingredient behind some one-of-a-kind vodka, gin and whisky. In recent years, microdistilling i...

Dec 31, 2019

Quebec raising legal age for cannabis to 21, the strictest in the country

MONTREAL - Quebecers under the age of 21 won't be able to buy or possess recreational cannabis as of Wednesday, ushering in the toughest age restrictions in the country since pot was legaliz...

Dec 31, 2019

Halifax police investigating shoplifting complaint nab Texas murder suspect

HALIFAX - A Texas murder suspect who police believed got into Canada over the summer has been arrested in Halifax after officers responded to a shoplifting complaint. Halifax Regional Police say ...

Dec 30, 2019

Dozens of flights cancelled in Montreal, as vacationing PM sends well wishes

Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Montreal's Trudeau airport as a powerful ice storm makes its way through Eastern Canada. A snowfall warning was in effect for the Montreal region on ...

Dec 30, 2019

Former Tory leadership candidate Erin O'Toole revving up for new campaign

OTTAWA - Former Conservative leadership candidate Erin O'Toole held a five-hour meeting today to suss out a plan to make another bid for the party's top job. Sources tell The Canadian Press about 20 p...

Dec 30, 2019

Owners of pyrrhotite-damaged Quebec demand money from SNC-Lavalin settlement

MONTREAL - Owners of pyrrhotite-damaged homes in Quebec are eyeing the $280-million penalty SNC-Lavalin was recently ordered to pay for its fraudulent business dealings in Libya. Alain Gelinas, presid...

Dec 30, 2019

Montreal airport refuellers vote in favour of New Year's Day strike

The workers in charge of refuelling planes at Montreal's Trudeau and Mirabel airports could walk off the job on New Year's Day, threatening to disrupt the busy holiday travel season. The Internat...

Dec 30, 2019