Canada

Elections Canada announces vote recount in Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières

OTTAWA - Elections Canada says there will be a recount in a Quebec riding where the Bloc Qubcois narrowly fought off the Conservatives. The judicial recount will start today in Trois-Rivires, where th...

Oct 05, 2021

As small business sentiment drops, Liberals pressed to give benefits extra life

OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of small businesses countrywide says its members are increasingly sour on their financial prospects, underlined by uncertainty over the fate of federal pandemic...

Oct 05, 2021

Erin O'Toole faces caucus, Echaquan findings addressed: In The News for Oct. 5, 2021

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 Oct. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Oct 05, 2021

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole faces first caucus meeting after election loss

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will face his caucus today for the first time since his party's disappointing election defeat two weeks ago. The 119 Conservative MPs are set to gather in per...

Oct 05, 2021

Election agency says powerless after Quebec City municipal party calls Islam 'cancer'

QUEBEC - A fringe Quebec City municipal party's platform describes Islam as a "cancer," and the province's elections commission says it doesn't have the power to do anything about it. Quebec will hold...

Oct 05, 2021

Quebec coroner to address systemic racism findings in the death of Joyce Echaquan

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A coroner who issued a report last week into the death of Joyce Echaquan that urged Quebec to recognize systemic racism and root it out of institutions will address her findings ...

Oct 05, 2021

Ex-minister denounces racism against senator he called mouthpiece for China

OTTAWA - A former diplomat and cabinet minister is denouncing the anti-Asian racism directed at a Canadian senator he's called a mouthpiece for China. Chris Alexander says he has serious concerns that...

Oct 04, 2021

NDP to request recount in Toronto's Davenport riding, where Liberals won by 76 votes

OTTAWA - The NDP is to ask a judge for a recount in a Toronto seat where it lost to the Liberals by 76 votes. The New Democrats say they will go before a judge on Tuesday to ask for a recount in Daven...

Oct 04, 2021

Canada invokes pipeline treaty with U.S. in dispute over Line 5 pipeline

OTTAWA - Canada is formally invoking a 1977 pipeline treaty with the United States in a bid to prevent Michigan from turning off the taps to Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline. The dispute stems from a nearly...

Oct 04, 2021

Little room for error when towing banners by plane, ex-pilot says after Quebec crash

MONTREAL - An ex-professional pilot says that while it's too soon to say what caused a plane pulling a marriage proposal banner to crash near Old Montreal over the weekend, there's little room for err...

Oct 04, 2021