Canada

Flag raised on Parliament Hill to honour residential school survivors

OTTAWA - The federal government raised the Survivors' Flag on Parliament Hill today as a way to honour Indigenous Peoples forced to attend residential schools. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was joined...

Aug 29, 2022

Passengers stranded on cruise ship in Vancouver after tugboat workers strike

VANCOUVER - Passengers on an Alaska cruise ship are stranded aboard the vessel in Vancouver, with the cruise line blaming job action by British Columbia tugboat workers. Celebrity Cruises says the Cel...

Aug 29, 2022

Public safety minister adds new rules on prison 'dry cells' for suspected contraband

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued new directives today on the use of "dry cells" to keep inmates from bringing contraband into federal prisons. Prisoners who are suspected of conc...

Aug 29, 2022

Federal ministers say hiring spree helping with visa, immigration delays

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says hundreds of additional staff have been added in recent months to address long wait times and backlogs at Canadian airports as well as visa and immigration ...

Aug 29, 2022

A look at Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade

Quebec's general election campaign has begun, and voters head to the polls on Oct. 3. Here's a look at Dominique Anglade, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and the official Opposition. Born: Jan. 31,...

Aug 29, 2022

A look at Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault

Quebec's general election campaign has begun, and voters head to the polls on Oct. 3. Here's a look at Franois Legault, the premier and leader of the Coalition Avenir Qubec. Born: May 26, 1957, in Ste...

Aug 29, 2022

Cost of climate disasters, N.S. mass shooting inquiry : In The News for Aug. 29

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. 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Aug 29, 2022

Quebec's parties begin criss-crossing province on first full day of election campaign

MONTREAL - Incumbent Premier and Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is beginning the first full day of the election campaign with a news conference in the Quebec City area. Legault will att...

Aug 29, 2022

Floods, drought, storms could cost Canada's economy $139 billion by 2050: report

OTTAWA - Floods, droughts and major storms that wash out highways, damage buildings and affect power grids could cost Canada's economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, a new climate-based analysis...

Aug 29, 2022

Trudeau calls for leaders to take united stance after Freeland confronted in Alberta

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for political leaders to take a united stance against threats of violence and intimidation on Sunday, days after his deputy was confronted in Alberta by a man who ...

Aug 28, 2022