Canada

RCMP saw potential wolf-human 'conflict,' zoo declared no risk: B.C. escape documents

VANCOUVER - Internal RCMP documents show police sawpotential for human-wolf "conflict" after the animals escaped their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in August, despite the facility announcing...

Dec 19, 2022

Advocates say complainants should be able to opt out of publication bans

OTTAWA - Advocates are calling for the federal government to update laws around publication bans to better support victims who want to come forward and tell their stories. Morrell Andrews says she fou...

Dec 19, 2022

Four runaway cows in Quebec caught in covert operation and returned to thankful owner

QUEBEC - An official with Quebec's farmers union says it took a covert operation and the help of fresh snow to round up four cows from a herd of cattle that have been on the loose for months in centra...

Dec 19, 2022

Royal couple's three-day visit to Canada for Platinum Jubilee cost at least $1M

OTTAWA - Canadian taxpayers spent at least $1 million hosting King Charles III, who was then Prince of Wales, when he visited Canada earlier this year. The RCMP provided a breakdown of the nearly $450...

Dec 19, 2022

Here are the main points in the global biodiversity deal adopted at COP15 in Montreal

MONTREAL - Negotiators in Montreal have adopted a new agreement aimed at halting the destruction of nature and beginning to repair the damage. Here are six of the main commitments in the Kunming-Montr...

Dec 19, 2022

CRTC gets new chair with broadcasting regulator in spotlight over contentious bills

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has appointed the next head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Vicky Eatrides will serve as the broadcasting regulator's cha...

Dec 19, 2022

Ottawa to attempt confiscating Russian oligarch assets, a first in sanctions regime

OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to target a Russian oligarch using a law to confiscate and divert assets held by people who have been sanctioned. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly say...

Dec 19, 2022

'Freedom Convoy' protest voted The Canadian Press news story of the year

OTTAWA - The "Freedom Convoy" protest over COVID-19 health restrictions has been voted The Canadian Press news story of the year. The protest was by far the top pick in a vote by editors from newsroom...

Dec 19, 2022

Residents clear to return to Toronto-area condo after six shot dead, including gunman

VAUGHAN, Ont. - Residents who were evacuated from a Toronto-area condo where a lone gunman opened fire and killed five people can return to the building this morning. York Regional Police say officers...

Dec 19, 2022

In The News for Dec. 19: Can the world save its own biodiversity?

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 Monday, Dec. 19 ... What we are watching in Ca...

Dec 19, 2022