Canada

Green coalition says feds must admit true costs of climate change

OTTAWA - Almost two dozen Canadian environment groups are urging the federal Liberal government to make sure its next budget acknowledges that climate change is costing the country hundreds ...

Nov 08, 2019

More Canadians plan to attend Remembrance Day ceremonies this year: poll

TORONTO - A new survey suggests more Canadians are planning to mark Remembrance Day this year, perhaps in a salute to the few remaining veterans of the Second World War. The poll c...

Nov 08, 2019

Pallister says Canada can unite on climate action if partisan politics set aside

OTTAWA - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the fight against climate change can unite this country even as it currently is fuelling talk of Alberta separation. Pallister is in Ottawa today to...

Nov 08, 2019

Ontario's memorial to veterans of Afghanistan war ready for next Remembrance Day

TORONTO - A memorial to honour veterans of the war in Afghanistan that is being built on the grounds of the Ontario legislature will include a stone from an Inukshuk that stood at Kandahar Airfield as...

Nov 08, 2019

Supreme Court rules drug trafficker need not pay additional fine

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a convicted drug trafficker should not have to pay a fine as part of his punishment to offset the fact he used money he obtained from his crimes to pay his le...

Nov 08, 2019

Kevin O'Leary's court challenge over Tory leadership debt to be heard in April

OTTAWA - Celebrity businessman and former Conservative leadership contender Kevin O'Leary has an April court date to challenge the constitutionality of campaign finance law. O'Leary tells The Can...

Nov 08, 2019

Quebec backtracks on changes to immigration program aimed at students

QUEBEC - The Quebec government has backtracked on proposed changes to an immigration program aimed at fast-tracking residency for post-secondary students that would've seen many of...

Nov 08, 2019

Remembrance Day commemorations and Drake high on weed biz; In-The-News Nov. 8

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. 8. What we are watching in...

Nov 08, 2019

House Democrat Richard Neal talks new NAFTA with Liberals in Ottawa

OTTAWA - An influential American Democratic lawmaker affirmed his party's commitment to push the ratification of the new North American free trade deal during a visit Wednesday wit...

Nov 08, 2019

Black man thought he'd go blind after beating, police officer's trial hears

OSHAWA, Ont. - A young black man told an Ontario court Wednesday he was beaten so badly by a Toronto police officer and his brother that he could barely feel anything anymore and didn't realize h...

Nov 08, 2019