Canada

Former Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca announces run for Vaughan mayor

Former Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca said Tuesday he has entered the race for Vaughan mayor in the October municipal election. In a news release, he said his campaign will focus on stemming t...

Aug 16, 2022

Border agents see discrimination, LaFlamme ousted: In The News for Aug. 16

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, August 16, 2022. What we are watchin...

Aug 16, 2022

MPs to hear more testimony about alleged political meddling in N.S. shooting probe

OTTAWA - Two of the people behind an accusation of political interference in the investigation of the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia will be before a House of Commons committee Tuesday. RCMP ...

Aug 16, 2022

One in four border officers witnessed discrimination by colleagues: internal report

OTTAWA - One-quarter of front line employees surveyed at Canada's border agency said they had directly witnessed a colleague discriminate against a traveller in the previous two years. Of these respon...

Aug 16, 2022

Green Canadian hydrogen not an immediate solution to Germany's energy worries

OTTAWA - Some energy experts warn a deal to sell Canadian hydrogen to Germany will serve as only a small, far-off and expensive part of the solution to Europe's energy crisis. German Chancellor Olaf S...

Aug 16, 2022

Statistics Canada to release July inflation reading this morning

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release July's inflation data this morning. Economists believe the inflation rate may have already peaked given the recent drop in gas prices, which fuelled M...

Aug 16, 2022

Public hearings in Emergencies Act inquiry to start in September

OTTAWA - The inquiry into Ottawa's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during protests in February will start its public hearings next month. The Public Order Emergency Commission announced today...

Aug 15, 2022

Quebec allows copper smelter in northwest to emit arsenic levels five times norm

MONTREAL - Quebec's environment minister is setting the limit on arsenic emissions for a copper smelter in the province's northwest at 15 nanograms per cubic metre of air. It is the same limit recomme...

Aug 15, 2022

Premier Jason Kenney kicks off campaign to attract skilled workers to Alberta

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney kicked off a campaign to lure skilled workers from Toronto and Vancouver as he doubled down on his criticism of a so-called Alberta sovereignty act pitched by one of the...

Aug 15, 2022

Quebec starts offering fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care residents

MONTREAL - Quebec has begun offering a fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care homes and private seniors residences. The Health Department says it launched the new vaccine campai...

Aug 15, 2022