Canada

Prince Charles and Camilla's Canada tour to visit St. John's, Ottawa and Yellowknife

OTTAWA - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit St. John's, N.L., Ottawa and the Yellowknife area during their whirlwind three-day tour of Canada in May. The detailed itinerary released today ...

Apr 26, 2022

Trial of Quebec City Halloween sword attack suspect delayed for second time by COVID

QUEBEC - The first-degree murder trial of the man accused in the Quebec City Halloween 2020 sword attack has been delayed for a second time by COVID-19. Quebec Superior Court Justice Richard Grenier a...

Apr 26, 2022

Carbon-pricing too hard on Indigenous groups, small biz, too weak on industry: audit

OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says the national carbon-pricing system is disproportionately hard on Indigenous communities and small businesses and not tough enough on the biggest emitter...

Apr 26, 2022

Charest climate plan, Canada's role in Musk's Twitter bid : In The News for April 26

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 April 26 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Apr 26, 2022

Jean Charest's climate plan: no to consumer carbon price, current emissions target

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is promising to repeal the Liberal government's consumer carbon price and eliminate the federal portion of the HST on low-carbon purchases. He a...

Apr 26, 2022

Horgan apologizes for profanity in legislature during tense question period

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he apologizes for "intemperate comments" he made during a heated question period in the legislature. During a debate Monday with Opposition Liberal...

Apr 25, 2022

New variants will fuel COVID pandemic unless global vaccine rate rises: Gavi, UNICEF

OTTAWA - With pandemic restrictions easing across Canada, a House of Commons committee was warned today that disruptive new variants of COVID-19 will continue to emerge every few months unless the low...

Apr 25, 2022

Quebec lawyers ask for more time to get details about 2012 threats against PQ leader

MONTREAL - Lawyers for the Quebec government asked a court on Monday for more time to unearth details about six threats allegedly made against former Parti Qubcois leader Pauline Marois on the day of ...

Apr 25, 2022

Convoy organizer warns of 'free-for-all' if police ban protest from downtown Ottawa

OTTAWA - One of the organizers of a planned motorcycle convoy is warning of a "free-for-all" on Friday if Ottawa police don't allow hundreds of protesters to bring their bikes onto the streets around ...

Apr 25, 2022

Mélanie Joly to discuss Ukraine by video Tuesday with U.S. secretary of state

WASHINGTON - Ukraine's war with Russia will be top of mind Tuesday when Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly meets by video link with her U.S. counterpart. Joly and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blin...

Apr 25, 2022