Canada

Why is ArriveCan still mandatory, and what is Ottawa's plan for the contentious app?

OTTAWA - The glitch-prone app touted as an efficient border tool early in the pandemic has become a punching bag for critics who question its utility - but ArriveCan may be here to stay. The governmen...

Aug 16, 2022

Quebec junior college students have 'reduced ability to study' post-COVID: union head

MONTREAL - The head of a union representing Quebec junior college teachers says the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have negatively impacted students' basic study skills. Youri Blanchet of the Fdration d...

Aug 16, 2022

B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Lisa Lapointe says t...

Aug 16, 2022

Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet accused of sexual assault in class-action lawsuit

MONTREAL - Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is being accused of sexual assault in a class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec. In court documents introduced today in Superior C...

Aug 16, 2022

Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: Advice given to witnesses worries former judge

HALIFAX - A former Supreme Court of Canada judge working with the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting says he's worried that the federal Justice Department has been discouraging witnesses ...

Aug 16, 2022

Former Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca announces run for Vaughan mayor

Former Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca said Tuesday he has entered the race for Vaughan mayor in the October municipal election. In a news release, he said his campaign will focus on stemming t...

Aug 16, 2022

Border agents see discrimination, LaFlamme ousted: In The News for Aug. 16

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, August 16, 2022. What we are watchin...

Aug 16, 2022

MPs to hear more testimony about alleged political meddling in N.S. shooting probe

OTTAWA - Two of the people behind an accusation of political interference in the investigation of the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia will be before a House of Commons committee Tuesday. RCMP ...

Aug 16, 2022

One in four border officers witnessed discrimination by colleagues: internal report

OTTAWA - One-quarter of front line employees surveyed at Canada's border agency said they had directly witnessed a colleague discriminate against a traveller in the previous two years. Of these respon...

Aug 16, 2022

Green Canadian hydrogen not an immediate solution to Germany's energy worries

OTTAWA - Some energy experts warn a deal to sell Canadian hydrogen to Germany will serve as only a small, far-off and expensive part of the solution to Europe's energy crisis. German Chancellor Olaf S...

Aug 16, 2022