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Transport Canada fines passengers on Sunwing party flight

MONTREAL - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says his department has fined six passengers who were onboard a Sunwing flight last year that devolved into a raucous onboard party. Videos of the Dec. 30 c...

Mar 08, 2022

Legault picks April 11 for Montreal-area byelection after being accused of stalling

QUEBEC - Voters on Montreal's south shore will choose their new provincial legislature member on April 11. Franois Legault's government announced the byelection date today for the Marie-Victorin ridin...

Mar 08, 2022

Leslyn Lewis, Ontario MP and former Tory leadership candidate, to launch new bid

OTTAWA - Ontario MP and former Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis will launch her campaign today for the party's top job. The Canadian Press has learned the announcement will be made over ...

Mar 08, 2022

Montreal police adding surveillance cameras to fight crime, worrying community groups

Montreal police are planning to install nine more security cameras across the city in response to a rise in violent crime, but community groups are questioning whether the technology works to deter cr...

Mar 08, 2022

Trudeau in Latvia, new Trans Mountain expansion conditions : In The News for March 8

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 March 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Mar 08, 2022

B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion, ministers say concerns remain

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansionand told the federal government it still has concerns about...

Mar 08, 2022

Trudeau meeting today with NATO secretary-general in Latvia

RIGA, Latvia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Latvia today for talks with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg as Russia's invasion in Ukraine nears the two-week mark. Trudeau says the ongoing...

Mar 08, 2022

RCMP says Ottawa protesters not donors to Freedom Convoy had accounts frozen

OTTAWA - Assistant RCMP Commissioner Michel Arcand says the Mounties only gave the names of people directly involved in Ottawa protests to banks to freeze their accounts Arcand is appearing at the Hou...

Mar 07, 2022

Lytton fire recovery work gets $18.4 million from province; debris removal starts

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will fund major recovery operations in the fire-ravaged village of Lytton, including long-awaited debris removal work now set to start Tuesday. Publi...

Mar 07, 2022

Who's in, who's out and who else may enter 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 h...

Mar 07, 2022