Canada

Trudeau to visit B.C. First Nation and Canadian kidnapped: In The News for Oct. 18

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 Monday, Oct. 18 ... What we are watching in Ca...

Oct 18, 2021

Group delivers water to people without cars after fuel contaminates pipes in Iqaluit

IQALUIT, Nunavut - When staff at Iqaluit's Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre heard the news last week that water from the city's distribution pipes wasn't safe to drink because of fuel contamination, ...

Oct 18, 2021

Trudeau to visit Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc Nation in Kamloops, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit Kamloops, B.C., today, where the Tk'emlps te Secwepemc Nation announced it had found what are believed to be some 200 unmarked grav...

Oct 18, 2021

Governor General arrives in Germany for first international visit

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon arrives Sunday in Berlin to begin her first international visit on behalf of Canada in the German capital. May Simon's four-day state visit will include a meeting wit...

Oct 17, 2021

Alberta set to vote on rejecting equalization, premier says it's about leverage

EDMONTON - Albertans will cast ballots Monday in a referendum that is technically about rejecting equalization but has morphed into more of a Prairie festivus airing of grievances. "(This) is not abou...

Oct 17, 2021

Senior army commander says 90 per cent of military personnel are fully vaccinated

A senior military commander in Western Canada says he doesn't expect much opposition from Canadian Forces personnel over mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. Ottawa is requiring federal employees, includi...

Oct 17, 2021

Knife found beneath Parliament to be returned to Algonquin nations in historic move

OTTAWA - An ancient Indigenous knife unearthed during the renovation of Centre Block will be the first artifact found on Parliament Hill to be returned to the stewardship of the Algonquin people who l...

Oct 17, 2021

Mayor wanted: some Quebec towns struggle to find municipal candidates

MONTREAL - There's nobody running for mayor in St-loi, a small Quebec municipality that offers panoramic views of the St. Lawrence River. The 300-person community about 210 kilometres northeast of Que...

Oct 17, 2021

Alberta's referendum should not focus on daylight time, psychologists say

EDMONTON - Ditching the practice of switching the time twice a year may seem like a no-brainer to some, but Alberta psychologists warn that the result of a provincial referendum could have unexpected ...

Oct 16, 2021

Nature groups threaten to take Ottawa to court over Quebec chorus frog protection

MONTREAL - Two environmental groups say they're ready to take the federal government to court if it fails to protect a population of tiny brown frogs they say are threatened by a road expansion projec...

Oct 16, 2021