Canada

Government to use regulation to ban handgun imports in two weeks

The federal government plans to fast-track a ban on the import of handguns into the country without the approval of Parliament using a regulatory measure that comes into effect in two weeks, Public Sa...

Aug 05, 2022

Evacuation orders, alerts expanded near wildfire burning in B.C.'s south Okanagan

Unpredictable wildfire behaviour in British Columbia's southern Okanagan has forced the evacuation of the entire community of Olalla and an evacuation alert for the village of Keremeos, just a few kil...

Aug 05, 2022

After papal apology in Canada, U.S. sets sights on missing, murdered Indigenous women

WASHINGTON - The president of the National Congress of American Indians says Canada's progress on Indigenous issues is helping to push the United States in the same direction. Fawn Sharp says it's no ...

Aug 05, 2022

Suspect who killed 3 in Montreal area represented 'significant risk' to public safety

MONTREAL - A recent ruling by a mental health review board said the man suspected of randomly shooting dead three people in the Montreal area this week represented a "significant risk" to public safet...

Aug 05, 2022

Stats Can job numbers and Toronto drug decriminalization : In The News for Aug. 5

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 5, 2022 ... What we are watchin...

Aug 05, 2022

Vancouver's mayor says feds and B.C. need to step up funding for homeless

VANCOUVER - The deadline to dismantle an encampment along Vancouver's Hastings Street has passed with little change, but the city's mayor says he's reached out to the federal and B.C. governments for ...

Aug 04, 2022

Mélanie Joly proposes national security study on safety of Kyiv embassy's local staff

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is proposing the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians study allegations that Canada did not heed warnings about the safety of ...

Aug 04, 2022

Oversight agency reviewing Nunavut RCMP's public complaints process

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The oversight agency for the RCMP is reviewing how the police force handles public complaints in Nunavut. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP says it's invest...

Aug 04, 2022

Ottawa to challenge lower but 'baseless' U.S. duties on softwood lumber, says Ng

WASHINGTON - Lower than expected U.S. penalties on softwood lumber exports from Canada are doing little to temper the dismay of the federal government in Ottawa. International Trade Minister Mary Ng i...

Aug 04, 2022

Jean Charest got his final debate audience, but will the support he seeks follow?

OTTAWA - Jean Charest compared opponents who didn't show up to the federal Conservatives' final leadership debate to fish not wanting to swim. But with six weeks left until a winner is named, the even...

Aug 04, 2022