Canada

House Speaker Anthony Rota recovering from bypass surgery

OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota was doing well after undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A statement from the Office of the Speaker says the Liberal MP was "resting comfortably" followi...

Mar 22, 2022

Montreal city councillor blasts Ukrainian anthem in front of Russian Consulate

Montreal city councillor Serge Sasseville stood in front of the Russian Consulate early this afternoon, flipped on a small speaker and turned up the volume to play the Ukrainian anthem. The musical pr...

Mar 22, 2022

Oblates to open Rome archives for search of residential school records

WINNIPEG - The Catholic religious order that operated some residential schools in Canada says it will open its archives in Rome to researchers. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate has agreed to ...

Mar 22, 2022

Liberal-NDP deal buys more time for next Conservative leader, but there's a downside

OTTAWA - A new agreement between the federal Liberal government and New Democrats has something important to offer the next Conservative leader: Time. The deal, set to last until 2025, sees the NDP pl...

Mar 22, 2022

Canada, allies face 'irrational' Putin as Trudeau heads to Europe, says Joly

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says confronting an irrational Vladimir Putin will be a key task for Justin Trudeau and his European allies as the prime minister heads to Brussels. Trude...

Mar 22, 2022

Nygard to face extradition to U.S. after Canadian case completed: Lametti

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to be extradited to the United States to faces sex-related charges there, but only once his criminal case in Canada is completed. Federal Justice Minister Da...

Mar 22, 2022

Desmond inquiry: presiding judge hints at key recommendation as testimony concludes

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why an Afghanistan war veteran in Nova Scotia killed his family and himself in 2017 heard from its final witness Tuesday - more than two years after t...

Mar 22, 2022

Workers back on the job at noon after CP Rail and union agree to final arbitration

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. rail employees are back on the job, but one labour relations expert says it could take weeks before matters are settled between the country's second-largest railway and t...

Mar 22, 2022

Some key details in the "confidence and supply" deal between the Liberals, NDP

OTTAWA - Some key elements of the agreement between the Liberals and NDP that would keep Justin Trudeau's government in power until 2025: The NDP will not move a vote of non-confidence, nor vote for a...

Mar 22, 2022

CP Rail work stoppage to end, possible Liberal-NDP deal : In The News for March 22

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 22 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 22, 2022