Canada

Jasper's burnt landscape could take more than a century to recover: wildfire expert

JASPER, ALTA. - It could take more than a century for the freshly burned forest in Jasper National Park to regenerate into its previous postcard-perfect form, a wildfire expert says. The dense forest'...

Aug 17, 2024

Will women embrace Kamala Harris? Experts say she's injecting a 'shot of adrenaline'

WASHINGTON - The Swifties4Kamala group is on the march. Popstar Charlie XCX declared that "Kamala is brat." A Beyonc song plays at the beginning of packed campaign rallies. The Democratic presidential...

Aug 17, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Four found dead in homicide investigation in McCreary, Manitoba

WINNIPEG - Mounties in Manitoba say they are investigating four deaths in and around the small community of McCreary, northwest of Winnipeg. RCMP Staff Sgt. Richard Sherring says around 10 a.m. today,...

Aug 16, 2024

Following criticism, Ottawa removes funding caps for residential school searches

OTTAWA - The federal government is backtracking on a move to limit funding for searches of former residential school grounds. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the governmen...

Aug 16, 2024

Yukon minister says there's still 'hope' for gold mining to continue at disaster site

WHITEHORSE - Yukon Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee says the territory's government is still hopeful that mining can eventually restart at the site of the Eagle Gold mine disaster after its owner wa...

Aug 16, 2024

Days before school year begins, more than 5,700 teaching positions unfilled in Quebec

MONTREAL - Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says there are still 5,704 teaching positions to be filled in the province's schools, weeks before the new school year begins. But Drainville sa...

Aug 16, 2024

Broke and broken: Report says Canada's public transit in critical funding state

OTTAWA - A new analysis warns that Canada's major cities are struggling to keep their transit systems running, and says public transit is heading for a "downward spiral" unless major new streams of op...

Aug 16, 2024

Ottawa still mulling over bonus for CEO of CBC, but won't make decision public

OTTAWA - The Liberal government said today it has not yet made a decision on whether it will grant a bonus for the head of CBC after the public broadcaster eliminated hundreds of jobs. But because of ...

Aug 16, 2024

'Welcome back': Jasper residents return to homes following devastating wildfire

More than three weeks after everyone in Jasper had to flee raging wildfires through a curtain of darkness and smoke, some returned Friday morning, greeted by soot-covered tree stumps, Mounties, and lo...

Aug 16, 2024

Ottawa says U.S. move to tighten border rules for asylum-seekers in line with law

WASHINGTON - The federal government says procedural changes planned by the United States to tighten rules for asylum seekers coming from Canada are in line with the Safe Third Country Agreement. Under...

Aug 16, 2024