Canada

Rouleau report addresses six questions raised during Emergencies Act hearings

OTTAWA - Throughout seven weeks of public hearings in Ottawa, the Public Order Emergency Commission heard from more than 100 witnesses and released thousands of pages of documents. This evidence raise...

Feb 17, 2023

Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for driver in Quebec daycare bus crash

LAVAL, Que. - The man charged with killing two young children when the bus he was driving slammed into a daycare in Laval has been ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Pierre Ny St-...

Feb 17, 2023

Watchdog report blasts RCMP failures investigating missing Saskatchewan woman

SASKATOON - Amanda Michayluk's final moments were spent walking alone in the cold and snow through a Saskatchewan field as her family anxiously waited for an RCMP search and rescue team that would nev...

Feb 17, 2023

Energy transition jobs plan aims to sustain and create jobs, not kill them: feds

OTTAWA - The Liberal government's long-promised plan to transition Canada's labour force to respond to climate change says a clean energy economy will not prompt massive unemployment in the country's ...

Feb 17, 2023

Chinese balloon flew through 'radar gaps' during journey over Canada: Norad

OTTAWA - The deputy commander of Norad says a suspected Chinese spy balloon passed through "radar gaps" during its flight over Canada. Lt.-Gen. Alain Pelletier says that affected the military's abilit...

Feb 17, 2023

Commission report coming today will pronounce on federal use of Emergencies Act

OTTAWA - A federal commission is to report today on the Liberal government's use of the Emergencies Act against protests that paralyzed the streets around Parliament Hill and jammed several Canadian b...

Feb 17, 2023

In The News for Feb. 17 : What can we expect from the Emergencies Act report?

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 Feb. 17 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Feb 17, 2023

Ukrainian mother approved to come to Canada, but her six-year-old son is not

WARSAW, Poland - Since packing up a small suitcase and leaving her home in Ukraine with her six-year-old son, Iryna Mishyna has found solace in helping other families in similar situations find some s...

Feb 17, 2023

Northern spotted owl found injured near B.C. train tracks two months after release

VANCOUVER - One of just four endangered spotted owls known to be in the wild in British Columbia is now recovering from an injury after being found along some train tracks, slowing the careful plans t...

Feb 17, 2023

Two dead, one injured after avalanche hits group of snowboarders and a skier in B.C.

GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Two people have died and one was hurt in an avalanche in the Purcell Mountains in southeastern British Columbia. Avalanche Canada says a group of five snowboarders and one s...

Feb 16, 2023