Canada

Inquiry releases recordings of key RCMP meeting after N.S. mass shooting

HALIFAX - The inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting today released partial recordings of a tense RCMP meeting that is at the centre of allegations of political interference into the police invest...

Oct 20, 2022

Montreal Haitian community against foreign military intervention in Caribbean country

Montreal's Haitian community is expressing opposition to the possibility of foreign troops being dispatched to Haiti amid civil unrest in the Caribbean country. The United Nations Security Council pos...

Oct 20, 2022

David Eby to be declared B.C. NDP leader on Friday, says party

VICTORIA - David Eby will officially be declared the leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party on Friday, clearing the way for him to be sworn in as premier. A statement from the party's chief electoral...

Oct 20, 2022

Supreme Court to examine law that limits reporting of criminal proceedings

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a law banning publication of certain proceedings in criminal matters applies before the selection of a jury. A consortium of major media outle...

Oct 20, 2022

Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to five years behind bars

TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was sentenced to five years behind bars on Thursday in the sexual assault of an Ottawa woman, an offence the presiding judge called a "particularly degrading ...

Oct 20, 2022

Proposed dental benefit for children would cost $703M: Parliamentary budget officer

OTTAWA - Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says Ottawa's proposed dental benefit for children under the age of 12 would cost $703 million over the next three fiscal years. Giroux released the c...

Oct 20, 2022

Montreal police say family conflict sparked killings of man, woman in their 60s

Montreal police say a 29-year-old man has been arrested after the bodies of two people in their 60s were found inside a home in the suburb of le-Bizard. Police say the killings of a 65-year-old woman ...

Oct 20, 2022

Woman, 90, dies after attack in seniors residence west of Montreal

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a 90-year-old woman has died following an assault at a seniors residence on Wednesday by an 82-year-old man who is now under arrest. Provincial po...

Oct 20, 2022

Premier François Legault to unveil new Quebec cabinet today after big election win

QUEBEC - Premier Franois Legault will unveil the new Quebec cabinet today during a ceremony at the national assembly. After winning 90 of the legislature's 125 seats in the Oct. 3 provincial election,...

Oct 20, 2022

Emergencies Act inquiry, sport abuse complaints in limbo: In The News for Oct. 20

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 Oct. 20 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Oct 20, 2022