Canada

Judicial oversight bill passes, creating new process for punishing judges

OTTAWA - A new process for how the Canadian Judicial Council will review misconduct allegations against judges has been written into the law. A bill that received royal assent Thursday evening amends ...

Jun 23, 2023

Military releases names of Air Force captains killed in Chinook helicopter crash

OTTAWA - The military has released the names of the two Royal Canadian Air Force members who were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Ontario on Tuesday. Capt. David Domagala and Capt. Marc Larouc...

Jun 23, 2023

Sikh Liberal MPs meet with public safety minister over Surrey, B.C., killing

SURREY, B.C. - Member of Parliament Sukh Dhaliwal says the shooting death of a religious leader in the parking lot of a British Columbia temple has prompted a meeting with Public Safety Minister Marco...

Jun 23, 2023

Titan owner OceanGate will likely seek court protection, and soon: lawyer

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A maritime law professor at Louisiana's Tulane University says the owner of a small submersible that imploded Sunday on its way to the wreck of the Titanic will likely seek court pr...

Jun 23, 2023

Minister's Access to Info focus is better service amid calls for legislative overhaul

OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for the much-criticized access-to-information system says her focus is on improving service amid growing calls to go further and rewrite the transparency law....

Jun 23, 2023

Parks Canada says bison herd to remain in backcountry of Banff National Park

BANFF, Alta. - A final report on a five-year project to bring plains bison back to Banff National Park in Alberta says the herd will stay on the mountain landscape. Parks Canada published the report, ...

Jun 23, 2023

Quebec wildfires: Cree community orders evacuation due to heavy smoke

MONTREAL - A Cree community in northern Quebec was being evacuated Friday because of heavy smoke from a nearby forest fire. The wildfire in Mistissini, Que., the second largest Cree community in the p...

Jun 23, 2023

U.S. Navy heard possible 'implosion' before Titan submersible was reported missing

The U.S. Navy has confirmed its acoustic sensors detected on Sunday "an anomaly consistent with an implosion" in the area where the doomed submersible Titan was operating several hours before the vess...

Jun 23, 2023

Centre Block on pace to reopen in 2032, include new public area under Parliament Hill

OTTAWA - A massive overhaul of Centre Block on Parliament Hill is expected to be completed by 2031 and open to the public by 2032. Rob Wright, an assistant deputy minister at Public Services and Procu...

Jun 23, 2023

Owner of destroyed sub could use 'cruel' law for protection : In The News for today

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Titan submersible torn apart by catastrophic implosion, killing all five aboard...

Jun 23, 2023