Category Archives: Canada
No shift in domestic homicide rates in spite of efforts, new research finds
Canada's efforts to address intimate partner violence and its impacts have failed to make any appreciable dent in the country's domestic homicide rates, researchers suggested Wednesday as they ca...
Sep 25, 2019
Manitoba politician who made inappropriate remarks says he's learned his lesson
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician who was investigated for showing an assistant a picture of naked women and making inappropriate remarks says he has learned his lesson. Rick Wowchuk, a Progressiv...
Sep 25, 2019
British man returns to Yukon to tipple his own toe in long-running tradition
WHITEHORSE - An British man who lost several toes to frostbite in Yukon is now back in the territory for a reunification of sorts. Former British marine Nick Griffiths is set to become the most exclus...
Sep 25, 2019
NewsAlert: Freeland revoking appointment of Syrian consul in Montreal
OTTAWA - Canada is revoking its approval of a diplomatic appointment by the Syrian government to the country's consulate in Montreal. In a statement on Twitter, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freel...
Sep 25, 2019
Feds not planning study of endangered blue whale found dead in Cape Breton
MABOU, N.S. - The federal Fisheries Department says it won't order a necropsy into the death of a young blue whale off Cape Breton. The body of the endangered mammal was spotted la...
Sep 25, 2019
Climate, an NHL survivor and a double-double dilemma; In-The-News for Sept. 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 Sept. 25. What we are watching ...
Sep 25, 2019
Oceans, glaciers at increasing risk, including Canada's: climate report
HOLD FOR WEDNESDAY SEPT. 25 3 A.M. MT Damage to Earth's oceans and glaciers from climate change is outpacing the ability of governments to protect them, a new report from an international sc...
Sep 25, 2019
Back on the campaign trail and Meng Wanzhou's case is back in court; In-The-News for Sept. 23
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 Sept. 23. What we are watching ...
Sep 25, 2019
Trudeau and Scheer attack Ford and Wynne in battle for bountiful Ontario
OTTAWA - Ontario leaders - old and current - were pinned in the crossfire of Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer's battle Monday for the vote-rich province th...
Sep 25, 2019
Border officials, RCMP followed law in arrest of Meng Wanzhou: Attorney General
VANCOUVER - Canadian officials followed the law when they detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport and the defence has no proof to substantiate its "conspiracy theory" that she wa...
Sep 25, 2019