Canada

Federal study details workers whose extra earnings get dinged most by tax system

OTTAWA - A new study from the Finance Department suggests that single parents, lower-income households and recent immigrants are more likely to lose more for extra earnings than most other groups of w...

Mar 14, 2022

Ukraine's unrelenting agony and Patrick Brown joins the race: In The News for Mar. 14

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 Mar. 14 ... What we are watching in the world ...

Mar 14, 2022

Unifor leader Jerry Dias retires early after going on medical leave

TORONTO - The head of Canada's largest private-sector union is retiring amid what the organization says is ongoing health issues. Unifor says in a statement that national president Jerry Dias is stepp...

Mar 13, 2022

Missing fisher found after mishap in rescue effort off N.S.; condition not disclosed

CANSO, N.S. - A missing fisher has been picked up off the Nova Scotia coast following a mishap during a rescue mission on Sunday morning where the person fell in the ocean during a transfer to a coast...

Mar 13, 2022

Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after British Columbia's worst mining disaster. The tailings dam at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine failed in August 2014, re...

Mar 13, 2022

Who's in, who's out and who else may join the Conservative party leadership race

OTTAWA - With Sept. 10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running ...

Mar 13, 2022

Wind storm knocks out power to thousands in N.S., hits some internet service in N.L.

HALIFAX - Thousands of people across Nova Scotia are without power this morning as a nasty wind and rain storm sweeps across the Maritimes into Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 10 a.m. local time Nova...

Mar 13, 2022

Military crew now all out of hospital after CH-149 Cormorant helicopter crash in N.L.

GANDER, N.L. - All of the crew members hospitalized following a Cormorant military helicopter crash last week at the Gander, N.L., airport have been discharged from hospital. Four of the six crew of a...

Mar 13, 2022

Not achievable: Mining association objects to proposed federal coal effluent rules

Canada's mining industry is pushing back against proposed tougher federal coal effluent rules, saying the draft regulations aren't practical or backed by science. "We just do not see a path to achievi...

Mar 13, 2022

Thousands of death, millions of vaccines: A look at COVID-19 in Canada by the numbers

It's been two years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Here's a look at the pandemic by the numbers in Canada. 3.3 million -- The number of total cases of COVID-1...

Mar 13, 2022