Canada

B.C. launches heat alert and response system to help people, communities stay safe

VICTORIA - A two-stage heat response system will be introduced in British Columbia to help people and communities stay safe as temperatures rise and the threat of a deadly heat-related emergency incre...

Jun 06, 2022

First B.C. monkeypox case is confirmed in Vancouver resident

VANCOUVER - The BC Centre for Disease Control has announced the first case of monkeypox in British Columbia, bringing the national total to almost 80 cases. The centre says its laboratory has confirme...

Jun 06, 2022

Lawyers ask Quebec Court of Appeal to shed more light on secret trial

MONTREAL - The province's attorney general, the chief justice of the Quebec court and several media organizations went before the Quebec Court of Appeal today to demand more information about a secret...

Jun 06, 2022

Driver alleged to have hit 4 in B.C. residential march turns himself in to RCMP

MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP say the driver of a truck who allegedly hit four people walking in a residential school march in Mission, B.C., on Saturday has come forward to police. Mounties say in...

Jun 06, 2022

Quebec legal aid lawyers set for four-day strike over equal pay with Crown attorneys

MONTREAL - Hundreds of legal aid lawyers in Quebec are taking part in a four-day strike because the provincial government is offering them less than it did for Crown attorneys. About 200 legal aid law...

Jun 06, 2022

China's actions toward Canadian planes 'provocative and irresponsible': Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the actions of Chinese pilots towards Canadian planes taking part in a United Nations mission "irresponsible and provocative." Speaking at a news conf...

Jun 06, 2022

Conservatives say record number of Canadians signed up to vote for new party leader

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates say they've sold memberships to hundreds of thousands of Canadians ahead of the September vote. Pierre Poilievre's campaign claims to have signed up more th...

Jun 06, 2022

Canada, Chile sign memorandum of understanding to advance gender equality

OTTAWA - Canada and Chile have signed an agreement to advance gender equality and women's empowerment in both countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chilean President Gabriel Boric attended a sp...

Jun 06, 2022

N.S. mass killer slipped by Truro police in nine-minute journey on Day 2 of rampage

TRURO, N.S. - A mass killer in a replica police vehicle was able to drive undetected through the largest Nova Scotia town in the vicinity of his murders, slipping by local constables who had received ...

Jun 06, 2022

Summit of the Americas, Shipbuilding trial begin this week: In The News for June 6

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 6, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canad...

Jun 06, 2022