Canada

Murder trial for accused in the Toronto van attack will begin March 2

TORONTO - The trial for a man who killed 10 people when he drove a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy Toronto street will be delayed by three weeks. The murder trial for Alek Minassian...

Dec 16, 2019

Liberals' fiscal update shows billions more in deficits this year and next

OTTAWA - Canada's federal budget deficit will be billions of dollars deeper than it was supposed to be this year and next, according to the Finance Department. The figures released this morning show t...

Dec 16, 2019

Quebec legislature member files police complaint over hateful online messages

MONTREAL - A Quebec legislature member says she has filed two police complaints over hateful messages she received. Quebec solidaire member Christine Labrie wrote on Facebook that she filed ...

Dec 16, 2019

Toronto police and family to make statement in Barry and Honey Sherman case

Toronto police will release a statement this morning regarding the investigation into the murders of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman. Police say they will release a statement ...

Dec 16, 2019

Court to hear First Nations' challenge of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

VANCOUVER - Four British Columbia Indigenous groups are set to argue in the Federal Court of Appeal that the Canadian government failed to consult adequately with them before its latest approval of th...

Dec 15, 2019

Little Bay Islanders say goodbye as N.L. town resettles, but some eye return

LITTLE BAY ISLANDS, N.L. - On a clear Friday morning in mid-November, the MV Hazel McIsaac is packed with a gaggle of chatting passengers. U-Hauls and pick-up trucks are parked on the ferry's bottom d...

Dec 16, 2019

Morneau to provide update on federal books as provinces push for more help

OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau will provide his first update for Canadians today on the state of the economy - and the government's books - since the October election. The update comes...

Greg Fry Dec 15, 2019

Morneau's fiscal update and pipeline court challenge; 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 ... OT...

Dec 16, 2019

Alberta, Ottawa head to province's Appeal Court over carbon tax dispute

EDMONTON - About a year ago, Alberta's United Conservative Party leader stood in front of 1,500 raucous supporters and called the federal carbon tax an act of "economic masochism" that he would f...

Dec 16, 2019

Feds seize almost 370 pounds of cocaine headed to Canada from Vermont

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Federal agents seized almost 170 kilograms of cocaine that was hidden in a truck preparing to enter Quebec at Vermont's Derby Line border crossing, court documents say. The cocaine, ...

Dec 15, 2019