Canada

Group has close encounter with T-090 orca pod on B.C. shoreline

QUADRA ISLAND - A pod of orcas surprised a group of friends visiting Quadra Island, B.C., last weekend, appearing metres from where they stood on the shoreline of Moulds Bay. Erika van Sittert, who ca...

Sep 02, 2022

Court to weigh in on convoy-related group's right to stay in Ottawa heritage building

OTTAWA - A dispute between an Ottawa landlord and a group loosely associated with the "Freedom Convoy" protest in Ottawa last winter will be sorted out by a judge. A group of people referring to thems...

Sep 02, 2022

Emergencies Act inquiry will be delayed until October due to commissioner's illness

OTTAWA - The inquiry into Ottawa's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during protests in February is being delayed. The Public Order Emergency Commission was to begin hearings Sept. 19 but will ...

Sep 02, 2022

Canadian embassy says its Xinjiang posts were censored on Chinese social media

BEIJING - Canada's embassy in Beijing says censors have removed its posts about a United Nations report on human rights in Xinjiang from two Chinese social media platforms. The embassy Tweeted that it...

Sep 02, 2022

Erin O'Toole to appear by video at event where new Conservative leader is named

OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole will deliver a greeting at the party's leadership event where his successor will be named but he won't be on the stage. Party president Rob Batherson s...

Sep 02, 2022

Gas prices expected to drop, Trudeau visits southern Ontario: In The News for Sept. 2

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. 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Sep 02, 2022

Scott Aitchison: Quick facts about the Conservative candidate

OTTAWA - Scott Aitchison, the former mayor of Hunstville, Ont., is running for federal Conservative party leader. The Muskoka region native has spent the majority of his career in municipal politics, ...

Sep 02, 2022

Bail hearing for Saskatchewan mother accused faking deaths before entering U.S.

SASKATOON - A bail hearing is set to begin today for a Saskatchewan woman accused of faking her death and that of her son and illegally crossing the border into the United States. The 48-year-old is s...

Sep 02, 2022

Scott Aitchison: aspiring Conservative leader 'raised by Huntsville'

OTTAWA - Scott Aitchison started knocking on doors at a young age. While other kids growing up in the beautiful Muskoka region of Ontario spent their Saturdays on the water, at soccer practice or watc...

Sep 02, 2022

Quebec election: Liberal party campaigning largely outside Montreal-area strongholds

MONTREAL - Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade has spent the first week of the campaign far away from the party's Montreal-area strongholds. Despite being down in the polls and struggling to...

Sep 02, 2022