Canada

Quebec town tries cowboy tactics after crop-trampling cattle evade capture for months

QUEBEC - A small Quebec town is resorting to cowboy tactics to round up a herd of runaway cattle that have evaded capture for months and have been wreaking havoc in farmers' fields. The mayor of St-Sv...

Nov 23, 2022

Federal Liberal cabinet minister from Alberta concerned with proposed sovereignty act

EDMONTON - A federal Liberal cabinet minister from Alberta says he's concerned that Premier Danielle Smith is moving forward with her proposed sovereignty act. Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault, who...

Nov 23, 2022

Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: RCMP union calls for more resources

HALIFAX - The group that represents almost 20,000 regular members of the RCMP has submitted a list of 28 recommendations to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. The N...

Nov 23, 2022

Alta.'s tactic of doling out cash fuels inflation rather than easing it: economists

Economists say provinces peppering the public with cash to deal with soaring prices compounds inflation rather than easing it. Travis Shaw says the move fails to quell inflation because having extra m...

Nov 23, 2022

Canada at the World Cup, ministers to testify at inquiry : In The News for Nov. 23

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

Nov 23, 2022

Twitter turmoil fuels worry Elon Musk's free-speech vision means more social division

WASHINGTON - For a platform that once only allowed sentences as long as this one, the teeter-totter fate of Twitter sure is consuming a lot of oxygen. And new owner Elon Musk is rapidly earning a repu...

Nov 23, 2022

Three federal ministers expected to take stand at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA - Three federal ministers are slated to testify today at the public inquiry that is scrutinizing the federal government's response to the "Freedom Convoy" protests that overran downtown Ottawa ...

Nov 23, 2022

Unexplained wealth orders will make life harder for B.C. criminals: compliance expert

VANCOUVER - Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with "unexplained wealth orders" are drawing praise from an expert in financial compliance as a way to ma...

Nov 23, 2022

Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986

MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...

Nov 23, 2022

Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada

OTTAWA - The federal agency overseeing Canada's national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona. Par...

Nov 23, 2022