Canada

Nunavut declares state of emergency over Iqaluit water shortage

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut government has declared a two-week state of emergency over a water shortage in Iqaluit. Joanna Quassa, the acting minister of community and government services, said Fri...

Aug 19, 2022

Trudeau appoints Michelle O'Bonsawin, first Indigenous justice on Supreme Court

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Ontario judge Michelle O'Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada, making her the first Indigenous person to sit on the country's highest bench. O'B...

Aug 19, 2022

Transport minister testifies, handgun import ban kicks in: In The News for Aug. 19

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 Friday, August 19, 2022. What we are watching ...

Aug 19, 2022

Transport minister to answer questions about airport delays at committee hearing

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra will testify today before the House of Commons transport committee on airport and airline delays that have wreaked havoc on travellers over the past several m...

Aug 19, 2022

Feds probe 'disturbing' tweets by consultant on government-funded anti-racism project

OTTAWA - The federal diversity minister says he's taking action over "disturbing" tweets by a senior consultant on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from his department. Ahmed Hussen has a...

Aug 19, 2022

Canada's interim import ban on handguns takes effect today

OTTAWA - As of today, individuals and businesses are no longer able to import restricted handguns into Canada, with limited exceptions. The move announced earlier this month is aimed at expediting a k...

Aug 19, 2022

Prime Minister's summer tour stops today in the Magdalen Islands

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel today to the beautiful Magdalen Islands in Quebec. Trudeau's office says he is the first prime minister in two decades to visit the small archipelago...

Aug 19, 2022

Canadian veterans in France to mark 80th anniversary of disastrous Dieppe Raid

OTTAWA - Canadian flags hang alongside French and British on the streets of Dieppe, France, each August as the city marks the anniversary of an important and disastrous day during the Second World War...

Aug 19, 2022

Wolf found dead by roadside, another missing after B.C. zoo escape

ALDERGROVE - The Greater Vancouver Zoo says one of the wolves that escaped their enclosure this week has been found dead on a roadside, and a second wolf is still missing. The zoo in Aldergrove, B.C.,...

Aug 18, 2022

Tension in Ottawa as group associated with convoy protest attempts to put down roots

OTTAWA - An Ottawa-based group with suspected ties to the "Freedom Convoy" says it was threatened with eviction Wednesday and is ready to take its cause to court in an attempt to set up headquarters i...

Aug 18, 2022