Canada

Liberals looking at Canada Health Act to ensure abortion right protected: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is looking at using legislation to ensure a woman's right to a safe and legal abortion will be permanently protected in Canada. Trudeau spoke...

May 04, 2022

Quebec to end COVID-19 mask mandate May 14, last province to remove health order

MONTREAL - Quebec's interim public health director says the province's COVID-19 mask mandate for indoor public spaces will end on May 14. Dr. Luc Boileau told reporters in Quebec City that masking wil...

May 04, 2022

Ontario leaders kick off election campaign by debating proposed GTA highway

TORONTO - Ontario's election campaign began in earnest today with the party leaders promising to either build or cancel a planned highway in key battleground areas. The proposed Highway 413 is set to ...

May 04, 2022

Emergency alert test, N.S. mass shooting inquiry continues : In The News for May 4

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 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... C...

May 04, 2022

Nova Scotia mass shooting gunman's estranged brother called him paranoid and dark

HALIFAX - After the older brother he had met for the first time 10 years earlier killed 22 Nova Scotians in 2020, a Massachusetts man described his sibling to police as paranoid and said heharboured d...

May 04, 2022

Jury selection expected at sex assault trial for Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard

TORONTO - Jury selection is expected to begin today at the sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Hoggard, the frontman for the rock band Hedley, was charged in 2018 with sexual assault...

May 04, 2022

Conservative fundraising rose as party ousted O'Toole, entered leadership race

OTTAWA - Only two political parties managed to raise more money in the first quarter of this year than at the end of 2021: the Conservatives and Bloc Qubcois. Elections Canada's latest reports show th...

May 03, 2022

Rookie Gretzky card returned to B.C. man seven years after it was stolen

KELOWNA, B.C. - A Wayne Gretzky rookie card that was stolen seven years ago in West Kelowna, B.C., is now back in the hands of its owner. Mounties say the card landed in their exhibits file in 2019, b...

May 03, 2022

Liberals, NDP vote to compel final hours of debate on fall economic statement

OTTAWA - The fall economic statement is expected to pass Wednesday after the Liberals and NDP voted to force the final few hours of debate required on the bill. The motion to push C-8 to its conclusio...

May 03, 2022

Biden says basic U.S. rights are at risk if Supreme Court draft decision stands

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden says the explosive Supreme Court draft decision on abortion could pose a serious threat to a wide range of basic American rights. Biden says the rationale of the draft...

May 03, 2022