Canada

Large part of southern B.C. under flood warnings, watches as storm bears down

VANCOUVER - A flood warning has been issued for part of a southeastern British Columbia river and many other waterways in the province are under flood watches as heavy rain has the potential to push s...

Jun 13, 2022

Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued as PCR testing becomes rare

OTTAWA - Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued in the coming days, a federal government source tells The Canadian Press. The app was launched in the summer of 2020 as the pandemic began and bi...

Jun 13, 2022

Hidden racial slur sparks recall of hundreds of yearbooks from Quebec high school

MONTREAL - A suburban Montreal high school has recalled more than 900 yearbooks after a racial slur was found hidden in a student biography. The Lester B. Pearson School Board says that for one gradua...

Jun 13, 2022

Crown probing ex-MP Raj Grewal's guest list for India receptions with Justin Trudeau

OTTAWA - A list of people former Liberal MP Raj Grewal invited to an intimate meet and greet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in India four years ago is the focus today of Grewal's ongoing criminal ...

Jun 13, 2022

Caroline Simard appointed new watchdog for federal elections

Caroline Simard, vice-chairperson of broadcasting at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, has been appointed as Canada's new elections watchdog. The chief electoral officer...

Jun 13, 2022

Feds' curb on debate of online streaming bill condemned as draconian by Tories

OTTAWA - The federal government is cutting short debate by MPs of its online streaming bill, a move Tories are condemning as draconian and disturbing. They say curbing scrutiny of the bill line by lin...

Jun 13, 2022

Quebec language law could push young Jews to leave Quebec, B'nai Brith says

MONTREAL - A prominent Jewish organization is speaking out against Quebec's new language law, saying it will make it harder to recruit rabbis and could push Jewish people to leave the province. B'nai ...

Jun 13, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Canada's PM Justin Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has tested positive for COVID-19. He says on Twitter today that he will be isolating and that he feels OK, which he credits to having been vaccinated aga...

Jun 13, 2022

Quebec coroner investigates case of teen shot dead by provincial police in 2018

SHERBROOKE, Que. - A coroner's inquest is underway in the death of a Quebec teen who was killed by provincial police four years ago while he was allegedly holding an air pistol. Riley Fairholm, 17, wa...

Jun 13, 2022

Sentencing hearing set to begin for Toronto's van attacker

TORONTO - Survivors and families of victims in Toronto's deadly van attack are set to give statements in court today as a sentencing hearing in the case gets underway. Eight women and two men died on ...

Jun 13, 2022