Canada

Suspect who killed 3 in Montreal area represented 'significant risk' to public safety

MONTREAL - A recent ruling by a mental health review board said the man suspected of randomly shooting dead three people in the Montreal area this week represented a "significant risk" to public safet...

Aug 05, 2022

Stats Can job numbers and Toronto drug decriminalization : In The News for Aug. 5

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 Friday, August 5, 2022 ... What we are watchin...

Aug 05, 2022

Vancouver's mayor says feds and B.C. need to step up funding for homeless

VANCOUVER - The deadline to dismantle an encampment along Vancouver's Hastings Street has passed with little change, but the city's mayor says he's reached out to the federal and B.C. governments for ...

Aug 04, 2022

Mélanie Joly proposes national security study on safety of Kyiv embassy's local staff

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is proposing the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians study allegations that Canada did not heed warnings about the safety of ...

Aug 04, 2022

Oversight agency reviewing Nunavut RCMP's public complaints process

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The oversight agency for the RCMP is reviewing how the police force handles public complaints in Nunavut. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP says it's invest...

Aug 04, 2022

Ottawa to challenge lower but 'baseless' U.S. duties on softwood lumber, says Ng

WASHINGTON - Lower than expected U.S. penalties on softwood lumber exports from Canada are doing little to temper the dismay of the federal government in Ottawa. International Trade Minister Mary Ng i...

Aug 04, 2022

Jean Charest got his final debate audience, but will the support he seeks follow?

OTTAWA - Jean Charest compared opponents who didn't show up to the federal Conservatives' final leadership debate to fish not wanting to swim. But with six weeks left until a winner is named, the even...

Aug 04, 2022

Feds silent on enforcement as national long-term care standards about to be finalized

OTTAWA - Experts are putting the finishing touches on two sets of standards intended to improve the lives and safety of Canadians in long-term care homes, and are now wondering what the federal govern...

Aug 04, 2022

Southern Okanagan blaze grows but most B.C. wildfires static as cooler weather holds

VICTORIA - Cooler weather has given wildfire crews a modest breather as they battle an increasing number of fires around British Columbia. Information from the BC Wildfire Service shows little overnig...

Aug 04, 2022

Supreme Court won't hear appeal by parents who have faced two trials in son's death

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal in a high-profile Alberta case that saw a couple tried twice in the death of their sick toddler. David and Collet Stephan were accused of not ...

Aug 04, 2022