Canada

Health agency 'closely monitoring' COVID-19 in China, no mention of pre-flight tests

OTTAWA - The national public health agency says it's "closely monitoring" the COVID-19 situation in China, but gives no indication it's planning to follow the U.S. by requiring that travellers from Ch...

Dec 28, 2022

Canada, allies demand Iran submit to binding arbitration for downing of Flight PS752

OTTAWA - Canada is among four countries calling on Iran to agree to binding arbitration for shooting down Flight PS752 nearly three years ago. The group of nations - which also includes Britain, Swede...

Dec 28, 2022

Latest officer death heartbreaking, but expert says recent police deaths not a trend

OTTAWA - The death of Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala Tuesday marks the sixth police death in Canada since September, but an expert is warning the numbers do not represent a trend...

Dec 28, 2022

Recent arrests tied to spate of robberies and other crimes in Quebec City: police

Quebec City police say they think the recent arrests of several suspects will help solve a spate of robberies and other crimes in the provincial capital over the last few days. Police arrested five pe...

Dec 28, 2022

Canadian Army feeling squeeze of more demands, fewer soldiers

OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Army says his force is facing more demands at home and in Europe even as the number of soldiers under his command continues to shrink. Lt.-Gen. Joe Paul says the sque...

Dec 28, 2022

Investigation opened after death of inmate at Bordeaux jail in Montreal

MONTREAL - An inmate from Bordeaux jail in Montreal has died from injuries he sustained last weekend inside the provincial detention centre. Nicous D'Andre Spring, 21, died in hospital. Quebec provinc...

Dec 28, 2022

About 19K Quebec hydro customers still without power almost 1 week after storm

MONTREAL - Nearly 19,000 Hydro-Qubec customers are still without power this morning, after a winter storm slammed Eastern Canada last week. The public utility's outage map shows more than 5,700 client...

Dec 28, 2022

Ontario Provincial Police expected to announce charges into fatal shooting of officer

HAGERSVILLE, Ont. - Charges are expected to be announced today regarding a police investigation into a shooting that left an Ontario Provincial Police officer dead in southeast Ontario. OPP say Const....

Dec 28, 2022

In The News for Dec. 28: What a look back at Manitoba's 2022 politics reveals

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. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Dec 28, 2022

From smart homes to connected cars, new tools of domestic abuse make escape harder

VANCOUVER - A phone, a smart home, a digitally connected car - these are the tools of digital domestic abuse that anti-violence experts say is on the rise. "Methods that are sort of presented as advan...

Dec 28, 2022