Canada

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly heading to Ukraine over Russian troop concerns

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister is heading to Ukraine amid mounting fears of a Russian invasion. Melanie Joly is to depart Sunday for Kyiv on a weeklong trip that will include stops in Pari...

Jan 15, 2022

Quebec seniors minister tells inquest that care homes knew how to manage outbreaks

Quebec's seniors minister told a coroner's inquest on Friday she was confident at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that long-term care homes knew how to manage outbreaks. Marguerite Blais testif...

Jan 14, 2022

Time to review how RCMP can best serve communities, union head says

OTTAWA - The head of the RCMP officers' union says it's time for a basic look at how the national police force can best serve communities across the country. Such a review could help figure out how ma...

Jan 14, 2022

Military launches formal proceedings against more than 900 unvaccinated troops

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says formal proceedings have been launched against more than 900 members of the Canadian Armed Forces for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Chief of the...

Jan 14, 2022

One dead, five missing after explosion, fire at Ottawa tanker-truck manufacturer

OTTAWA - One man is dead and five people are missing after an explosion at an Ottawa tanker-truck manufacturer Thursday. Neil Greene, the owner and president at Eastway Tank Pump and Meter Ltd. said F...

Jan 14, 2022

City of Iqaluit investigating after residents report fuel smell in water again

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit says it's investigating after receiving more than 20 complaints from residents who say they smell fuel in their tap water again. The city of 8,000 people spent n...

Jan 14, 2022

Seventeen-year-old gunned down in Montreal's first homicide of 2022

Montreal police say a 17-year-old male is dead after a shooting Thursday evening in the city's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. The victim was shot at least once near the corner of Rivard and Roy Streets. ...

Jan 14, 2022

Omicron making life difficult for mathematicians trying to track COVID-19

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The highly transmissible Omicron variant is forcing mathematicians to rework the models that have helped shaped Canada's understanding of COVID-19, as well as the country's response...

Jan 14, 2022

Weighing COVID restrictions and Prince Andrew's troubles: In The News for Jan. 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 Jan. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 14, 2022

Some nurses still don't have proper COVID-19 personal protective equipment: union

OTTAWA - When news of the first cases of COVID-19 began cropping up in Canada in early 2020, Linda Silas was one of the first to ring alarm bells about the lack of proper personal protective equipment...

Jan 14, 2022