Canada

Quebec government releases list of companies allowed to exceed pollution norms

MONTREAL - Quebec's Environment Department has released a list of eight companies that have the right to exceed provincial norms when it comes to water or air emissions. The list includes pulp and pap...

Aug 26, 2022

Chief justice welcomes Michelle O'Bonsawin to Supreme Court of Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice is welcoming the appointment of the first Indigenous member of the Supreme Court of Canada. In a statement today, Richard Wagner says Michelle O'Bonsawin has proven her...

Aug 26, 2022

Quebec police find stolen artwork by renowned artist Jean Paul Riopelle

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they have found a lithograph by the late internationally renowned Quebec painter Jean Paul Riopelle that was stolen more than 15 years ago. Investigators say th...

Aug 26, 2022

U.S. seeks approval of plea deal for Quebec woman accused of trying to poison Trump

MONTREAL - United States prosecutors say they are seeking formal authorization to offer a plea deal to the Montreal-area woman accused of mailing poison to former president Donald Trump. Prosecutor Mi...

Aug 26, 2022

Fall housing market, NATO chief visits Alberta military base: In The News for Aug. 26

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 Aug. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Aug 26, 2022

Activists face arrest but push on with 'Hong Kong parliament' plan, hatched in Canada

VANCOUVER - Activists who launched a plan in Canada to elect an unofficial "Hong Kong parliament" say they are pushing ahead with the project, despite being put under investigation for subversion by a...

Aug 26, 2022

François Legault in enviable position as Quebec election campaign set to begin

MONTREAL - Franois Legault's win in the 2018 provincial election marked the start of a new era in Quebec politics, after nearly 50 years of federalist-versus-separatist two-party rule. Four years late...

Aug 26, 2022

NATO secretary-general, prime minister visit northern Alberta military base

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will be in Cold Lake, Alta., today as they wrap up a visit focused on northern defences. Yesterday they attended Oper...

Aug 26, 2022

Russian 'architect' of Ukraine child abduction scheme sanctioned by Canada

OTTAWA - Canada has sanctioned a Russian woman whom the foreign affairs minister's office alleges is the architect of a scheme to abduct Ukrainian children and facilitate their adoption into Russian h...

Aug 25, 2022

Freeland hits back at Kushner following book release, calls Trump a bully

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says former U.S. President Donald Trump used "bully" tactics during negotiations for a new North American free-trade agreement more than two years ago....

Aug 25, 2022