Category Archives: Canada
Toronto van attack hearing and Capitol riot probe : In The News for June 13, 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 June 13, 2022... What we are watching in Canad...
Jun 13, 2022
Inquiry to hear testimony on Ottawa's off-the-rails transit system
OTTAWA - Hundreds of public servants and downtown workers trudged shoulder to shoulder down the sidewalk on the outskirts of Ottawa's core on a dreary October 2019 morning, making an unexpected march ...
Jun 13, 2022
Expanding camp in N.S. includes program for kids in grief, with ample time for fun
HALIFAX - When Meaghan Belanger's mother informed her about a Nova Scotia camp for children in grief, the teenager's initial reaction was unenthusiastic as she feared it would be too teary and dull. I...
Jun 12, 2022
Quebec Liberals promise not to preempt court challenges with notwithstanding clause
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal party is promising not to use the notwithstanding clause proactively to protect bills from court challenges if it forms the province's next government. The party, current...
Jun 11, 2022
Canadian heading World Health Organization's fight against monkeypox
MONTREAL - A Canadian is playing a major role in the World Health Organizations' fight against monkeypox. Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the technical lead for the effort to combat a global outbreak of the virus...
Jun 11, 2022
Ottawa Police end investigation that prompted evacuation of Parliament Hill
Ottawa Police say they've ended an investigation that prompted an evacuation of Parliament Hill earlier in the day. The force says it has not identified a public safety threat stemming from the incide...
Jun 11, 2022
Rebuild of Lytton, B.C., after devastating wildfire to begin by September: minister
OTTAWA - Rebuilding in the fire-ravaged village of Lytton, B.C., is likely to begin in September, according to the province's minister of public safety. That would be 15 months after an out-of-control...
Jun 10, 2022
Quebec wants federal language law reform to drop reference about promoting English
MONTREAL - The Quebec government wants the proposed federal language law reform to take a different approach toward the province's English-speaking minority and francophone minorities in other parts o...
Jun 10, 2022
High streamflow advisory issued for rivers overwhelmed by November's flooding in B.C.
VICTORIA - A high streamflow advisory has been issued by the River Forecast Centre for some of the same British Columbia rivers where flooding last November ripped away roads and devastated communitie...
Jun 10, 2022
Canada suspends random COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers at airports
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will pause all mandatory random COVID-19 tests at Canada's airports for vaccinated travellers until the end of the month, starting Saturday. For now, unvaccinat...
Jun 10, 2022