Canada

Expelled Conservative Sen. Denise Batters defends petition, lashes out at O'Toole

OTTAWA - Sen. Denise Batters is taking off the gloves in her fight with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. O'Toole announced late Tuesday that the Saskatchewan senator was being expelled from the Conse...

Nov 17, 2021

The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia for Nov. 17, 2021

The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia (all times Eastern): 9:00 a.m. Officials in Abbotsford, B.C., will hold another news conference this morning as they urge all residents of...

Nov 17, 2021

Abbotsford, B.C., residents urged to flee low-lying area as flood risk escalates

VANCOUVER - Officials in Abbotsford, B.C., say residents of the low-lying Sumas Prairie area south of the city face a significant risk to life and must get out immediately. An evacuation order was iss...

Nov 17, 2021

Private Canadian astronaut gears up for 'pain' experiments in space

MONTREAL - Mark Pathy has boarded more than his share of vehicles. He and his brother flew to Chicago a few years back for motorcycle school, racing Kawasaki Ninjas as they mastered the sport bike. In...

Nov 17, 2021

Coalition pushes for automatic sealing of a criminal record if no new convictions

OTTAWA - Dozens of civil society groups are urging the federal Liberals to fundamentally revamp the criminal pardon system by automatically sealing a person's record once they have completed their sen...

Nov 17, 2021

Recovery efforts continue in B.C., October inflation rate : In The News for Nov. 17

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 Nov. 17 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 17, 2021

Nunavut assembly to choose premier, cabinet in secret ballot vote

IQALUIT - Newly elected members of Nunavut's legislative assembly are to choose today who will lead the territory's next government. They will use secret ballots to select a premier, a Speaker and nin...

Nov 17, 2021

Flooding in B.C. 'testing the resilience' of dairy farmers, says association

Farmers in southern British Columbia are coming together to save livestock as parts of the Fraser Valley remain under water from devastating flooding, says a member of the association that represents ...

Nov 17, 2021

Statistics Canada to detail October inflation rate as pace of price growth rises

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to release October's inflation rate today, in the shadow of economic warnings that the pace of price growth is likely to accelerate. The annual inflation rate i...

Nov 17, 2021

Canada, South Asian bloc to begin free-trade talks in effort to diversify from China

OTTAWA - Canada is launching free-trade talks with a major group of southeast Asian countries as it seeks to diversify from China and find new ways of coping with a snarled global supply chain. Intern...

Nov 16, 2021