Canada

Quebec's propane shortage and a teen's popcorn lung; In-The-News Nov. 22

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 Nov. 22. What we are watching i...

Nov 22, 2019

Dominic LeBlanc's role, who's in charge of regional agencies becoming clearer

OTTAWA - Democratic Institutions may be gone as a separate ministry in Justin Trudeau's cabinet but the issues it dealt with have not been forgotten. They'll be handled by Dominic LeBlanc, who sits in...

Nov 22, 2019

Trudeau builds a cabinet and hockey stops using 'midget'; In-The-News Nov. 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 Nov. 20. What we are watching i...

Nov 22, 2019

Trudeau unveils new cabinet aimed at pushing priorities, soothing tensions

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau unveiled a larger cabinet on Wednesday that aims to advance Liberal campaign promises to tackle climate change and promote middle-class prosperity...

Nov 22, 2019

Study finds microplastics in all remote Arctic beluga whales tested

VANCOUVER - A pioneering study of seven belugas in Canada's remote Arctic waters has found microplastics in the innards of every single whale. Researchers from Ocean Wise worked with hunters...

Nov 22, 2019

'I was bawling': Injured Bronco's mother stunned by his progress after surgery

The mother of a hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says she's stunned by the progress he has made since receiving spinal surgery in Thailand. Doctors implanted an epidural ...

Nov 22, 2019

Desjardins CEO defends his bank in front of legislators amid massive data breach

QUEBEC - Desjardins Group President and CEO Guy Cormier defended his bank on Thursday, following revelations that one of its employees stole data belonging to all 4.2 million of th...

Nov 21, 2019

Elman death 'disheartening,' reminder of risks civil society takes, Hussen says

OTTAWA - Federal cabinet minister Ahmed Hussen is calling the death of Somali-Canadian human-rights worker Almaas Elman devastating news for many people, including him. Elman was reportedly shot ...

Nov 21, 2019

Notley kicked out of legislature for comment on election watchdog firing bill

EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley has been kicked out of the legislature chamber after she refused to apologize for comments about the United Conservative government's p...

Nov 21, 2019

Quebec religious group ordered to provide kids' names over schooling concerns

MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has ordered a Montreal religious group to turn over the names of its members' children to the province's Education Department. An injunction this week ordered the...

Nov 21, 2019