Canada

Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks to see infrastructure upgrades

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. It says $71 million in federal funding f...

Jan 23, 2023

Sister of VPD officer Nicole Chan testified she felt aimless before suicide

BURNABY, B.C. - The sister of a Vancouver police officer who died by suicide told a coroner's inquest she believed Const. Nicole Chan was being blackmailed to have sex with another officer in the depa...

Jan 23, 2023

After sex assault acquittal, military clears Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin of misconduct

OTTAWA - The Canadian military has concluded on the balance of probabilities that Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin "did not engage in sexual misconduct" after the senior military officer was acquitted of sexual ...

Jan 23, 2023

Trudeau mum on sending tanks to Ukraine as Poland pushes ahead

OTTAWA - Canada's allies are pledging to send tanks to Ukraine, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave no indication Monday morning about whether Ottawa will follow suit. Nearly a year after Russia's ...

Jan 23, 2023

Alberta government says no evidence of emails to prosecutors on border blockade cases

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it could not find any emails to substantiate allegations one of Premier Danielle Smith's staffers wrote to Crown prosecutors to try to influence how they handled...

Jan 23, 2023

Subcontracting ArriveCan development 'seems highly illogical and inefficient:' PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Canada's top public servant to look into the government's procurement process over what he says seems a "highly illogical and inefficient" contract to ...

Jan 23, 2023

Pre-emptively using notwithstanding clause 'not the right thing to do:' Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces should not be pre-emptively using the notwithstanding clause, because it means "suspending fundamental rights and freedoms." Quebec Premier Franoi...

Jan 23, 2023

U.S. borrows page from Canada for new Welcome Corps refugee resettlement program

WASHINGTON - The United States is introducing a new private refugee sponsorship program that's based on a similar system in Canada. State Department officials say the Canadian model helped inspire and...

Jan 23, 2023

In The News for Jan. 23 : Will inflation-driven prices ever go down?

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 Jan. 23 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 23, 2023

Community rallies behind bid to preserve home of Nova Scotia's first Black doctor

HALIFAX - Prominent members of Nova Scotia's Black community are supporting a bid to protect the Halifax home and clinic of the late Clement Ligoure, the province's first Black doctor and an unsung he...

Jan 23, 2023