Category Archives: Canada

Two miners trapped in Dominican Republic rescued with help from Canada
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says two miners who were trapped in an underground mine for 10 days in the Dominican Republic have been rescued with the help of Canada. In a tweet on Tuesday, An...
Aug 09, 2022

Alberta awards prize to essay that argues women should pick babies over careers
EDMONTON - Alberta has awarded a prize to an essayist who argues the sexes are not equal and that women should pick babies over careers to avoid the province having to import more foreigners and risk ...
Aug 09, 2022

Man at centre of Saskatchewan Amber Alert a convicted child sex offender: records
REGINA - Court records show a man believed to be at the centre of an Amber Alert for two missing children is a convicted child sex offender. The documents say 50-year-old Benjamin Martin Moore, now of...
Aug 09, 2022

Stable weather allows fire crews to focus on containment of B.C. wildfires
Crews battling the wildfire that has forced the evacuation of more than 500 properties in British Columbia's southern Okanagan are taking advantage of calm winds and stable conditions to bolster fire ...
Aug 09, 2022

Delivering new services 'complicated,' Freeland says of planned dental care program
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is working hard to meet its end-of-year deadline to deliver dental-care coverage to kids, but acknowledges that providing new servi...
Aug 09, 2022

Senegalese diplomat arrested by Quebec police owed former landlord more than $45,000
MONTREAL - The detention and alleged beating by Quebec police of a Senegalese diplomat last week came as a bailiff was attempting to seize property at her residence to pay for a judgment against her. ...
Aug 09, 2022

Montreal mayor says independent investigation to examine Pride parade cancellation
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal says an independent investigation will be held into Pride Montreal's last-minute cancellation of its emblematic parade on Sunday. Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante said on T...
Aug 09, 2022

Crowded tent encampment on main Vancouver street set to be removed by city
VANCOUVER - People living in a growing street encampment along a busy street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have been handed notices advising that the tents and other structures are about to be remo...
Aug 09, 2022

Top commander defends military's vaccine requirement, says 'tweak' in the works
OTTAWA - Canada's top military commander says he plans to "tweak" the Armed Forces' vaccine requirement in the next few weeks. But defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre is also defending the use of mandates, ...
Aug 09, 2022

RCMP spyware use probe, Newfoundland forest fires : In The News for Aug. 9
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. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Aug 09, 2022