Canada

Military investigating after Canadian soldier dies in Iraq

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says it is investigating the death of a Winnipeg-based soldier who was serving in Iraq. Capt. Eric Cheung, 38, died Saturday under what the military is calling "non-...

Nov 07, 2022

Presidential push: Biden, Obama, Trump stump before Tuesday's midterm elections

WASHINGTON - Presidents past and present are making one final push as the 2022 U.S. midterm election campaigns finally approach the finish line. Joe Biden and Barack Obama reunited the 2008 Democratic...

Nov 07, 2022

Health ministers meeting, Emergencies Act inquiry continues : In The News for Nov. 7

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. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Nov 07, 2022

Provincial and territorial health ministers meeting with federal counterpart in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Canada's health ministers are set to meet in British Columbia this week, four months after premiers from across the country gathered in Victoria to show a united front of frustration over ...

Nov 07, 2022

Windsor mayor, Mendicino texted about Emergencies Act before it was invoked: document

OTTAWA - The mayor of Windsor, Ont., will testify today at a public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to clear 'Freedom Convoy' protesters blockading streets around Parl...

Nov 07, 2022

'We are resilient': Hay River, N.W.T., still recovering months after historic flood

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Kandis Jameson remembers hearing trees on the shore of the Hay River "snapping like toothpicks" as water levels quickly rose this spring. "It was the eeriest feeling," the mayor of...

Nov 07, 2022

Quebec's highest court to begin hearing appeals on provincial secularism law

MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court is set to begin hearing appeals on the constitutionality of the province's secularism law, known as Bill 21. Both the Quebec government and groups opposing the law ar...

Nov 07, 2022

Monkeypox 'almost eradicated' in Montreal, once epicentre of virus outbreak in Canada

MONTREAL - Once the epicentre of Canada's monkeypox outbreak, Montreal has almost eradicated the virus on its territory, according to doctors in the city - but they warn it's too early to declare vict...

Nov 07, 2022

Prime Minister announces byelection in Mississauga-Lakeshore riding on Dec. 12

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set the date for a federal byelection in the Greater Toronto Area. Voters in Mississauga-Lakeshore will head to the polls to pick their new member of Parliam...

Nov 06, 2022

Canadian delegation set to tell COP27 about oceans' role in fighting climate change

Lying in plain sight and lapping against our shores is what scientists describe as an unsung hero that has been quietly absorbing heat and keeping the world's temperatures under control. And over the ...

Nov 06, 2022