Canada

Plastics producers ask court to quash planned federal ban on single-use straws, cups

OTTAWA - More than two dozen plastic makers are asking the Federal Court to put an end to Ottawa's plan to ban several single-use plastic items including straws, cutlery and takeout containers. It is ...

Aug 10, 2022

RCMP apologize: Questions remain more than 50 years after Yukon woman's death

Family members are still searching for answers after the RCMP apologized for not properly investigating an Indigenous woman's death more than five decades ago. Tootsie Jimmy-Charlie, a 26-year-old Kas...

Aug 10, 2022

Tory leadership poll; how families are coping with inflation: In The News for Aug. 10

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. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Aug 10, 2022

The Poilievre divide: Ontario MP preferred leader for Conservatives but not Canadians

OTTAWA - Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre remains the heavy favourite to be the next Conservative party leader but he trails opponent Jean Charest for support among Canadians as a whole. A new Leger poll c...

Aug 10, 2022

Commercial fishers and wild salmon advocates cheer large returns to B.C. waters

VICTORIA - The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a bumper season for both pink and sockeye salmon in British Columbia rivers, with one veteran Indigenous fisherman reporting the biggest catches of so...

Aug 10, 2022

Two miners trapped in Dominican Republic rescued with help from Canada

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says two miners who were trapped in an underground mine for 10 days in the Dominican Republic have been rescued with the help of Canada. In a tweet on Tuesday, An...

Aug 09, 2022

Alberta awards prize to essay that argues women should pick babies over careers

EDMONTON - Alberta has awarded a prize to an essayist who argues the sexes are not equal and that women should pick babies over careers to avoid the province having to import more foreigners and risk ...

Aug 09, 2022

Man at centre of Saskatchewan Amber Alert a convicted child sex offender: records

REGINA - Court records show a man believed to be at the centre of an Amber Alert for two missing children is a convicted child sex offender. The documents say 50-year-old Benjamin Martin Moore, now of...

Aug 09, 2022

Stable weather allows fire crews to focus on containment of B.C. wildfires

Crews battling the wildfire that has forced the evacuation of more than 500 properties in British Columbia's southern Okanagan are taking advantage of calm winds and stable conditions to bolster fire ...

Aug 09, 2022

Delivering new services 'complicated,' Freeland says of planned dental care program

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is working hard to meet its end-of-year deadline to deliver dental-care coverage to kids, but acknowledges that providing new servi...

Aug 09, 2022