Canada

Billions of bottles: Canadian statistics paint grim picture of plastic litter problem

OTTAWA - New Canadian data suggest that over a nine-year period between 2012 and 2020, the equivalent of more 15 billion plastic bottles and as many as 14 billion plastic grocery bags became litter in...

Apr 25, 2024

Wildfire triggers evacuations, state of local emergency near Chetwynd, B.C.

CHETWYND, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has triggered the province's first evacuation of this year's fire season. The Peace River Regional District declared a stat...

Apr 25, 2024

Keep Sarnia plastic plant shut until First Nation says it's safe: environment groups

OTTAWA - International environmental advocates are calling for a petrochemical plant in southern Ontario to remain closed in light of reports about a benzene leak that continues to affect a neighbouri...

Apr 25, 2024

Supreme Court to examine mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography offences

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography offences. The top court's decision to review the matter flows from Quebec c...

Apr 25, 2024

Quebec police say 40 'high risk' sex offenders arrested in provincewide operation

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they've arrested 40 sex offenders in an operation involving multiple police forces across the province. The operation targeted people considered a high risk to ...

Apr 25, 2024

Quebec family reimbursed $10,000 for being shipped wrong body after death in Cuba

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area family that was sent the wrong body after a loved one's death in Cuba has received a $10,000 reimbursement and an apology from the Caribbean country. Miriam Jarjour says her...

Apr 25, 2024

N.L. minister seeks Criminal Code changes he says will protect domestic abuse victims

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Justice Minister has written to his federal counterpart to ask for changes to the Criminal Code relating to bail and detention in cases of intimate partn...

Apr 25, 2024

Tory MP for Oshawa joins ranks of federal politicians who won't run in next election

OTTAWA - Conservative member of Parliament Colin Carrie, who represents Oshawa, Ont., says he will not run in the next election. Carrie was first elected in 2004 and re-elected six times. He says it's...

Apr 25, 2024

In the news today: Are doctors' retirement savings doomed?

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Are doctors' retirement savings doomed? The Canadian Medical Association says t...

Apr 25, 2024

Honda expected to announce Ontario EV battery plant, part of a $15B investment

TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Honda executives are expected to announce today that the Japanese automaker is building an electric vehicle battery plant in Alli...

Apr 25, 2024