Canada

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

'Perfect storm' of inflation, high prices driving more into homelessness: advocates

CALGARY - Social agencies and advocates say rising interest rates and high inflation are pushing more Canadians into homelessness. Chaz Smith, who was once homeless himself, said some of the clients o...

Dec 19, 2022

Air Force to add oversight after officers lose pay over 'egregious' pilot call sign

OTTAWA - While the Royal Canadian Air Force plans to add more control over how fighter pilots get their call signs, a senior officer says there are no plans to abolish the nicknames - or the social ga...

Dec 19, 2022

'Glaciers can't get a break': How climate change is affecting Canada's icy landscape

VANCOUVER - On a mountain high above the residents of Metro Vancouver, tucked inside a north-facing gully, the region's last remaining glacier is vanishing fast. The Coquitlam Glacier has survived 4,0...

Dec 19, 2022

Negotiators look to finalize nature deal at final day of COP15 convention

MONTREAL - Negotiators in Montreal are looking to finalize an agreement to halt and reverse the destruction of nature by 2030, as the COP15 talks enter their final official day. The draft agreement pr...

Dec 19, 2022

Shooting at condo building in Vaughan, Ont., leaves six dead including gunman: police

VAUGHAN, Ont. - Police north of Toronto say six people are dead after a shooting inside a condo building in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween says officers were called to the build...

Dec 18, 2022