Canada

Memorial service held for RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, killed in N.S. mass shooting

HALIFAX - An RCMP officer who was among 22 people killed in the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting was remembered today during a regimental service in Halifax that recalled her brave actions. People lined...

Jun 29, 2022

Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations rising as new variants gaining ground

MONTREAL - Quebec is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by new Omicron subvariants that account for about 75 per cent of infections, the province's public health director...

Jun 29, 2022

Canadian governments OK settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid addictions

VANCOUVER - British Columbia says a proposed $150-million settlement with Purdue Pharma Canada has been reached for the recovery of health-care costs related to the sale and marketing of opioid-based ...

Jun 29, 2022

Montreal police announce more arrests in drive-by shooting that killed 15-year-old

Montreal police say they have made additional arrests in the drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old girl last year. The city's police chief and mayor are scheduled to provide details at a new confer...

Jun 29, 2022

Sandra Oh, Donovan Bailey among dozens appointed to Order of Canada

Film and TV actress Sandra Oh and track champion Donovan Bailey are among dozens of performers, athletes, advocates and experts newly named to Canada's highest civilian honour. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon an...

Jun 29, 2022

Cancelled Canada Day parades, Canada's role in NATO : In The News for June 29

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 June 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 29, 2022

Police chief says two suspects dead, no members of public hurt in B.C. bank shootout

SAANICH, B.C. - The chief of police in Saanich, British Columbia, says it is truly amazing that no members of the public were hurt during a gunfight at a bank in which two robbery suspects died. Chief...

Jun 29, 2022

Some cities rethinking Canada Day parades amid rising costs, funding challenges

MONTREAL - Canada Day celebrations are making a return after two years of scaled-down festivities because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but some Canadians hoping to catch a traditional parade may be out o...

Jun 29, 2022

NATO embarks on greatest overhaul since Cold War, but Canada's role remains uncertain

MADRID - Russian troops poured into Ukraine on the morning of Feb. 24, invading by land and sea as airstrikes rained down on cities, in an all-out attack unlike anything seen in Europe since the Secon...

Jun 28, 2022

Two suspects dead, six officers injured in B.C. bank shooting

SAANICH, B.C. - Two robbery suspects believed to be wearing body armour died in a barrage of bullets exchanged with police outside a Saanich, B.C., bank on Tuesday. Six members of the Greater Victoria...

Jun 28, 2022