Canada

Mass shooting inquiry: Former Mountie says he quit over quashed alert system proposal

HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the Nova Scotia mass shooting has heard from a former Mountie who says he became so frustrated trying to get the RCMP to adopt a new public alerting system that he ...

Sep 12, 2022

Nunavut rolling out new COVID-19 vaccine to older residents

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut says it is rolling out the newly approved bivalent COVID-19 vaccine. The territory is now offering the booster shots to people 70 and older and all residents and staff in lo...

Sep 12, 2022

Coalition on climate adaptation says Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience

OTTAWA - A coalition on climate adaptation and disaster resilience says air conditioning should become a human right on par with winter heating because climate change is increasing the risks of extrem...

Sep 12, 2022

Ontario opens bivalent vaccine appointments for most vulnerable

TORONTO - Ontario is rolling out Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccines, starting with residents considered the most vulnerable, including those aged 70 and older, long-term care residents and health-care...

Sep 12, 2022

Canada and the Queen, Poilievre to meet with Tory caucus : In The News for Sept. 12

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 Sept. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Sep 12, 2022

As pivotal midterm elections draw near, campaign trajectories upended by Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON - What a difference a day makes - especially a day like June 24, 2022. With the stroke of a pen, the Supreme Court repealed nearly 50 years of abortion rights in the United States. Three mo...

Sep 12, 2022

Canada to be 'prominent' at Queen's lying in state and funeral: diplomat

LONDON - Canada will have a "prominent" role in the lying-in-state and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom says, as preparations in London shift into high g...

Sep 12, 2022

Pierre Poilievre to meet Conservative party caucus after landslide leadership win

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre will address the national Conservative caucus today for the first time since handily securing the party's leadership over the weekend. Poilievre is set to meet with the Torie...

Sep 12, 2022

Quebec election: Legault to campaign in hotly contested ridings in Montreal and Laval

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault will head to the Montreal area today as he campaigns in a pair of ridings he's hoping to add come Oct. 3. Legault will be in Chteauguay and Sou...

Sep 12, 2022

Liberals say Canadians want more help with the cost-of-living crisis

SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. - The federal Liberals say they are determined to do more to help Canadians feeling the pinch from inflation. The caucus is meeting in St. Andrews, N.B., this week for a retreat wh...

Sep 12, 2022