Canada

Alberta premier offers up contradictory versions for imposed wind and solar pause

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has offered conflicting explanations for why her government put a temporary ban on large wind and solar energy projects. Smith told reporters in Calgary today ...

Aug 14, 2023

National security committee submits classified report about RCMP federal policing

OTTAWA - A committee of parliamentarians that oversees national security has submitted a report to the prime minister about the RCMP's federal policing mandate. The report is considered confidential f...

Aug 14, 2023

Singh mum on preferred target for net-zero grid as Alberta, Sask. NDP split on date

OTTAWA - New Democrats in two Western provinces are split over the Liberal government's goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, with the leader of the federal party keeping quiet on his own prefe...

Aug 14, 2023

Recently shuffled federal cabinet to hold three-day retreat in Prince Edward Island

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a three-day federal cabinet retreat that is set to take place in Prince Edward Island next week will focus on the economy and affordability issues. The retr...

Aug 14, 2023

Quebec government says it is open to studying whether to relaunch nuclear reactor

MONTREAL - Quebec Energy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon says he agrees with Hydro-Qubec's decision to study a possible reopening of the province's only nuclear power plant. Fitzgibbon reacted today to rec...

Aug 14, 2023

Wildfires close evacuation routes out of N.W.T. towns, some being transported by air

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Members of the Canadian Forces are being deployed to help deal with wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary that have forced the evacuation of the town of Hay Ri...

Aug 14, 2023

Border officers at Edmonton airport find tarantulas in plastic container, toy plane

EDMONTON - The Canada Border Services Agency says officers discovered two live tarantulas hidden inside plastic containers at the Edmonton International Airport earlier this year. In May, officers saw...

Aug 14, 2023

Coroner to hold inquest into officer cadet's suicide at Royal Military College

OTTAWA - The Ontario coroner will hold an inquest into the death of an officer cadet who took his own life while attending Royal Military College last year. Absar Chaudhry's family had asked the coron...

Aug 14, 2023

'Operation Jagdakommando': U.S. agency's airborne northern-border migration sweep

WASHINGTON - U.S. border agents used helicopters and a fixed-wing airplane to round up 124 people earlier this year along the Canada-U.S. border. Customs and Border Protection says the sweep, dubbed "...

Aug 14, 2023

In the news today: Heat wave in B.C., wildfires prompt evacuation in NWT

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Heat wave expected to expand into B.C. Interior Health authorities and local an...

Aug 14, 2023