Canada

Regular travel and public health measures can't coexist: Canadian Airport Council

OTTAWA - The Canadian Airports Council is asking the federal government to do away with COVID-19 protocols at customs to clear up the chaos that international travellers experience when they arrive in...

May 17, 2022

Mitch Marner victim of carjacking in Toronto, Maple Leafs say

TORONTO - Maple Leafs winger Mitch Marner was the victim of a carjacking in Toronto, the hockey team said Tuesday as city police investigated. Marner was not hurt in the carjacking that took place in ...

May 17, 2022

N.B. police officer who fatally shot woman during wellness check testifies at inquest

FREDERICTON - The police officer who fatally shot a 26-year-old Indigenous woman during a wellness check in Edmundston, N.B., two years ago says he doesn't know why things escalated so quickly. Const....

May 17, 2022

Alberta premier urges U.S. senators to convince Michigan to stop Line 5 shutdown

WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is urging the U.S. government to convince Michigan to abandon its legal campaign against the Line 5 pipeline. He's also floating the idea of a new bilateral p...

May 17, 2022

Confusion over RCMP leadership roles marked early investigation of N.S. mass shooting

HALIFAX - When a man disguised as a Mountie started killing people in northern Nova Scotia two years ago, there was considerable confusion over who was in charge of the RCMP operation, newly released ...

May 17, 2022

Vaping vs cigarettes, royals visit Newfoundland and Labrador : In The News for May 17

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 May 17 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

May 17, 2022

Milgaard pushed for action on Indigenous sisters' wrongful conviction claims

David Milgaard was actively helping people who claim they have been wrongfully convicted right up until his sudden death, including two Indigenous sisters who have been incarcerated for nearly 30 year...

May 17, 2022

Over half of young people see racist content online about immigrants, poll suggests

OTTAWA - Over half of Canadians under age 35 come across racist or prejudiced remarks about immigrants on the internet, a new survey suggests. Forty-two per cent of all respondents to the online surve...

May 17, 2022

Prince Charles and Camilla kick off three-day Canadian tour in St. John's today

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, are in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital today to begin a three-day Canadian tour focused on Indigenous reconciliation and climate change. Th...

May 17, 2022

Government's changing vape strategy shifts focus away from cigarettes, advocates fear

OTTAWA - In the eight years or so since he opened his first vape shop in Ottawa, Ron Couchman said a great sense of community has been lost. A former cigarette smoker himself, Couchman said he remembe...

May 17, 2022