Canada

Public safety minister hopes to table First Nations policing legislation in new year

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he hopes to introduce legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service in the new year. In a year-end interview with The Canadian ...

Dec 21, 2022

Canada's population growing faster than it has in decades: StatCan

OTTAWA - As 2022 draws to a close, Canada's population has already grown more than in any other year since Confederation. Statistics Canada says the country's population grew by 362,453 people, or 0.9...

Dec 21, 2022

COVID-19 pandemic helped Quebec surpass its emissions target: environment minister

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is crediting the COVID-19 pandemic for helping the province surpass its climate change targets. Quebec cut emissions from greenhouse gases - which trap heat and warm the...

Dec 21, 2022

Quebec expanding urgent-care phone line to all children amid ER overcrowding

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Quebec is expanding a call-in service that allows parents to book urgent medical appointments for sick children, in an effort to reduce emergency room visits. Health Minister Christi...

Dec 21, 2022

Extreme cold leads to flight cancellations in BC, Alberta : In The News for Dec. 21

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 Dec.21 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 21, 2022

Canada moves to mandate electric vehicle sales starting in 2025

OTTAWA - One-fifth of all passenger cars, SUVs and trucks sold in Canada in 2026 will need to run on electricity under new regulations Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is proposing Wednesday. By...

Dec 21, 2022

Expert details condo conflict resolution process after deadly Vaughan, Ont. shooting

TORONTO - An industry expert says it would have been rare for a court to force the sale of a condo owned by a man who went on to kill five people at his Vaughan, Ont. building Sunday night. York Regio...

Dec 21, 2022

Extreme cold in southern B.C. after heavy snow creates travel chaos

VANCOUVER - An extreme cold is settling over parts of British Columbia's Lower Mainland on the heels of heavy snow that grounded flights, jammed roads and delayed ferries. Environment Canada warns tha...

Dec 21, 2022

Funeral for Ukrainian girl killed in hit and run will be held today in Montreal

MONTREAL - The funeral service for seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee Mariia Legenkovska will be held today in Montreal. Legenkovska, whose family moved to Montreal this year to flee the Russian invasio...

Dec 21, 2022

B.C. timber industry in throes of change, as premier warns of 'exhausted forests'

British Columbia's forest sector has "never been under greater stress," Premier David Eby says. There is an "inescapable recognition ... that change is needed to ensure our forest industry is sustaina...

Dec 21, 2022