Canada

Core of Montreal's Chinatown district receives Quebec heritage status

MONTREAL - Quebec has designated Montreal's Chinatown neighbourhood a provincial heritage site, protecting nine buildings in the district from demolition or significant alteration without permission. ...

Jul 25, 2023

Alberta groups decry Calgary family medical clinic fee for faster physician access

CALGARY - Alberta-based advocacy organization Friends of Medicare says the province needs to put a stop to a Calgary clinic planning to charge annual fees for faster access to a physician. Friends of ...

Jul 25, 2023

Ottawa buys nine Airbus planes to replace Air Force Polaris fleet that transports PM

OTTAWA - The federal government says it has signed a contract with European aviation company Airbus to replace its aging Polaris fleet at a cost of $3.6 billion. The Royal Canadian Air Force uses the ...

Jul 25, 2023

RCMP to provide update on children missing in torrential Nova Scotia flooding

WINDSOR, N.S. - Police are expected to provide an update today on the search for two young children who were swept away in weekend flooding in Nova Scotia. A series of thunderstorms that began Friday ...

Jul 25, 2023

How Paul Bernardo's prison transfer renewed an old legal debate over just two words

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say Canadians angry over Paul Bernardo's move to a medium-security prison have a Liberal government law to blame. Leader Pierre Poilievre points to a bill passed in ...

Jul 25, 2023

Second Liberal minister says she won't seek re-election as cabinet shuffle looms

OTTAWA - Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek says she will not seek re-election as a member of Parliament. She is the second Liberal minister to make such an announcement this week,...

Jul 25, 2023

In The News for today: Floods, fires and food Insecurities concerning Canadians

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... --- Correlation between flooding, wildfires in Nova Scotia The fingerprints of ...

Jul 25, 2023

B.C. crews hopeful of forecasted heavy rain dampening massive Donnie Creek wildfire

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Crews fighting British Columbia's largest ever wildfire are hoping a "heavy, prolonged rain" in the forecast can help them turn the corner on the massive blaze. Environment Canad...

Jul 25, 2023

Climate change: Correlation between wildfires, flooding in Nova Scotia

FREDERICTON - The fingerprints of climate change are all over the supercharged weather witnessed this year in Nova Scotia -- and the rest of the country -- from raging wildfires to devastating floodin...

Jul 25, 2023

B.C. port workers will get eyes on contract offer from maritime employers

VANCOUVER - Thousands of workers at British Columbia's ports will take off the day shift today to learn the details of an agreement struck between their union and employers. The BC Maritime Employers ...

Jul 25, 2023