Canada

Expedition team recovers sunken truck from remote Arctic waters

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - An international team has recovered a submerged truck from remote Arctic waters using divers, airbags and a helicopter. The long-planned recovery mission of the Ford-150, which f...

Aug 31, 2022

Toxic chemicals commonly found in dollar store items, testing shows

OTTAWA - A Canadian environmental organization is calling for more transparency and better enforcement of national regulations of toxic chemicals after more than one quarter of items bought at popular...

Aug 31, 2022

Elizabeth May joins Green leadership race, says party has been in disarray

OTTAWA - Elizabeth May says she has an obligation to be of service as she launches her bid to reclaim the leadership of the federal Green Party. May, who quit as leader of the Greens in 2019, is runni...

Aug 31, 2022

Canadian military investigating engine fires on U.S. Army helicopters

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says officials are looking into reports of engine fires on Chinook helicopters in the U.S. to determine the impact on Canada's military. The U.S. Army annou...

Aug 31, 2022

Canada to implement 988 suicide crisis line starting in fall 2023

The CRTC says it will launch a new emergency crisis number for people in need of immediate mental health or suicide prevention support. It says starting at the end of November 2023, Canadians will be ...

Aug 31, 2022

Freeland attends events in Alberta as Mounties investigate harassment

CALGARY - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is spending more time in Alberta days after she was subjected to a profane tirade in her home province. Freeland is to tour a transport facility on th...

Aug 31, 2022

Quebec Liberal Party still far short of a full slate of candidates days into campaign

SAINT-AGAPIT, Que. - Days into the provincial election campaign, the Quebec Liberal Party is still far short of a full slate of candidates. As of this morning the party that formed the official Opposi...

Aug 31, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Filomena Tassi, Helena Jaczek swap cabinet roles in minor shuffle

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says two cabinet ministers from Ontario - Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek - are swapping roles in a minor shuffle at Rideau Hall today. Tassi moves from the Procu...

Aug 31, 2022

Bogus information online, climate change top Canadian fears in latest Pew survey

WASHINGTON - A new survey suggests Canadians see the spread of false information online and climate change as the two most worrisome global threats of the modern age. In the poll by the Pew Research C...

Aug 31, 2022

Mulroney honours Gorbachev, group funding review : In The News for August 31 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 Aug. 31 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Aug 31, 2022