Canada

Canada should be on 'high alert' for 2024 after record wildfire season: scientist

Canada should be on "high alert" for 2024 wildfires, a scientist with the Canadian Forest Service said Friday, as he offered a sweeping view of last year's record-shattering season. Research scientist...

Jan 17, 2024

Study maps mammoth's 1,000-km trek, suggests species coexisted with humans in Alaska

A new study traces the 1,000-kilometre journey of a woolly mammoth from western Yukon to the interior of Alaska, where she died about 14,000 years ago, seemingly in the prime of her life, near a hunti...

Jan 17, 2024

Quebec cold case murder trial: Crime scene photos show 19-year-old victim's life

MONTREAL - Crime scene photos presented in a Quebec cold case murder trial today are providing glimpses into the life of the 19-year-old junior college student whose life was cut short nearly 24 years...

Jan 17, 2024

Federal dental care program will exclude 4.4M uninsured Canadians: report

OTTAWA - A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says millions of uninsured Canadians will be left out of the new federal dental program because their family income is too high. En...

Jan 17, 2024

Canada watching for UN court decision on Israel and genocide, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is "watching carefully" as the International Court of Justice deliberates on an allegation of genocide against Israel, but he is not indicating Canad...

Jan 17, 2024

Heavy snow for BC, icy temperatures for Alberta and Ontario, and high winds for NFLD

Heavy snow is expected to fall across wide swaths of southern British Columbia, and parts of southern Alberta, as winter continues to cause havoc from coast to coast. Environment Canada has issued a s...

Jan 17, 2024

Ethics committee set to decide whether to launch probe of Trudeau's recent trip

OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss whether a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent holiday vacation to Jamaica. Conservative ...

Jan 17, 2024

In the news today: Ethics probe over PM's vacation? Canadians on climate change?

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ethics committee to meet over Trudeau's vacation The House of Commons ethics co...

Jan 17, 2024

Canadians say climate caused a warm December they both enjoyed and worried about

Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests. Contradictions abound in a Leger online poll of more than 1,500 Canadians conducted earlier t...

Jan 17, 2024

Alberta tourist town to make decision on permanent pedestrian zone in its downtown

BANFF, Alta. - An Alberta tourist town in Canada's busiest national park is expected to make a decision today on whether to continue its popular downtown pedestrian zone every summer and fall. The Tow...

Jan 17, 2024