Canada

Surrey, B.C., to stay with RCMP over independent force, costing the city millions

SURREY, B.C. - The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says council has voted to revert its policing back to the RCMP, a move than will cost the city millions of dollars. Mayor Brenda Locke told reporters that she...

Jun 16, 2023

How ground-penetrating radar is used to find unmarked graves at residential schools

OTTAWA - Indigenous communities searching for unmarked graves have encountered a rising number of individuals questioning, or outright denying, that children disappeared or died in residential schools...

Jun 16, 2023

House of Commons passes motion to permanently allow virtual attendance, voting

OTTAWA - The House of Commons passed a motion Thursday evening to keep hybrid workplace rules adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This means members of Parliament can attend sittings and committee m...

Jun 16, 2023

Canada must combat residential school denialism, special interlocutor's report says

OTTAWA - The independent special interlocutor on unmarked graves says "urgent consideration" should be given to legal mechanisms as a way for Canada to combat residential school denialism. Kimberly Mu...

Jun 16, 2023

Residents of Quebec town emptied two weeks ago because of fire to return home Sunday

MONTREAL - Residents of a northern Quebec town that has been under an evacuation order for the past two weeks due to forest fires are expected be allowed to return home on Sunday. Lebel-sur-Quvillon M...

Jun 16, 2023

The latest on the deadly crash between seniors' bus and semi truck in rural Manitoba

RCMP say 15 people are dead and 10 are injured after a bus carrying seniors to a casino crashed with a semi truck on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Man., on Thursday morning. Here are the lat...

Jun 16, 2023

Canada will deploy Leopard 2 tank squadron to NATO battlegroup in Latvia

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces will deploy 15 Leopard 2 battle tanks and 130 personnel to a NATO force in Latvia by next year. Defence Minister Anita Anand made the announcement from Brussels, whe...

Jun 16, 2023

In The News for June 16 : Manitoba grieving after deadly highway crash kills 15

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 16, 2023

RCMP working to confirm identities of 15 killed on bus heading to Manitoba casino

CARBERRY, Man. - Residents in Dauphin, Man., are anxiously waiting for word on the identities of 15 people killed in a fiery bus crash. Mounties say the group of mostly seniors was heading to a casino...

Jun 16, 2023

Thousands allowed back home, but officials say wildfires still leaving many displaced

People in parts of Alberta and British Columbia are returning home after wildfire evacuation orders were lifted Thursday. Thanks to recent rain and favourable winds, roughly 2,000 residents from Tumbl...

Jun 16, 2023