Canada

Licence plate fights and the value of a new garage door; In-The-News for Oct. 25

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 Oct. 25. What we are watching i...

Oct 25, 2019

Possible to hold socially conservative views and be prime minister: Scheer

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer remains convinced that a prime minister can hold conservative views on divisive issues like same-sex marriage and abortion and still be trusted by Canadians not t...

Oct 25, 2019

Singh calls for reform of 'broken' voting system after NDP falls short in Quebec

BURNABY, B.C. - If there's any election that has highlighted how "broken" Canada's electoral system is, it's this one, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in his morning-after assessment. Monday's...

Oct 24, 2019

Review promised amid reports man suspected of killing kids, self was hospitalized

Quebec's Health Minister says her department will review what happened after reports surfaced that a man suspected of killing his young children before taking his own life was hospitalized just w...

Oct 24, 2019

Northwest Territories legislators pick new premier after three ballots

YELLOWKNIFE - The new premier of the Northwest Territories tells a story when asked about how her government will differ from that of her predecessor. Caroline Cochrane, chosen Thursday by her fe...

Oct 24, 2019

English Montreal School Board files legal challenge to Quebec's religious symbols law

MONTREAL - The English Montreal School Board has filed a challenge to Quebec's secularism law, arguing it contravenes minority language education rights and should be struck down. In an appl...

Oct 24, 2019

Bloc's leader Blanchet prepared to work with Liberals despite pipeline talk

QUEBEC - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said Thursday that he's willing to work with a re-elected Liberal government, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support ...

Oct 24, 2019

B.C. introduces law to implement United Nations declaration on Indigenous rights

VICTORIA - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, mandating the governm...

Oct 24, 2019

Courts, social services win in Alberta budget; students face tuition increases

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its first budget Thursday. Here is a look at who might be pleased and who won't be so happy: WINNERS Bibliophiles: Government ...

Oct 24, 2019

Some highlights from the first budget of Alberta's United Conservatives

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - $8.7-billion deficit on revenues of $50 billion. - Debt projected to rise from the cu...

Oct 24, 2019