Canada

Police identify two people killed in series of shootings in Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. - Police have identified two people who were killed in the Vancouver suburb of Langley, where two others were also wounded in a series of shootings on Monday. The Integrated Homicide Inv...

Jul 28, 2022

Mountie has 'impression' Liberal government interfered with N.S. mass shooting probe

HALIFAX - A senior Mountie says he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki's determination to have police release details on the guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooti...

Jul 28, 2022

Advocates say the federal government can do more to address opioid use stigma

OTTAWA - New federal government research says that stigmatizing views about opioid use disorder - unfair perceptions and disapproval of people who take these drugs - continue to be held by a significa...

Jul 28, 2022

Montreal says vaccine — not limiting sexual partners — best way to fight monkeypox

Montreal health officials say men who have sex with men should get vaccinated against monkeypox instead of limit the number of people they have sex with. City public health director Dr. Mylne Drouin s...

Jul 28, 2022

Canada's debt level sustainable over long term: parliamentary budget officer

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Canada's current fiscal policy is sustainable over the long term. The PBO's latest fiscal sustainability report finds that Canada's overall debt level is...

Jul 28, 2022

Pope in Quebec and Gun buyback prices: In The News for July 28, 2022

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 Thursday, July 28, 2022 ... What we are watchi...

Jul 28, 2022

Project tracking COVID-19 in Canadian long-term care paused due to lack of data

TORONTO - A think tank that's been compiling data on COVID-19 in Canadian long-term care homes says it has to stop its work because provinces are no longer making enough information public about the s...

Jul 28, 2022

Once months ahead, N.W.T. behind in COVID-19 vaccine rollout for 4th doses

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories was among the first jurisdictions in Canada to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to all adult residents, but it's now lagging behind in expanding a rollout of fourth d...

Jul 28, 2022

Ottawa proposes to pay $1,337 for AR-15 under mandatory firearms buyback program

OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing $1,337 in compensation for turning in an AR-15 rifle under a mandatory buyback program. Public Safety Canada has released a price list detailing how much m...

Jul 28, 2022

Pope Francis to host mass at Quebec pilgrimage site following second apology

QUEBEC - Pope Francis is set to begin his second day of events in Quebec's capital city as part of his tour that he has called a pilgrimage of penance. The pontiff is scheduled to host his second mass...

Jul 28, 2022