Canada

Postelection, should Ottawa be making a bigger fuss about Canada-U.S. border?

WASHINGTON - Experts are wondering if it's time for Canada to take a fresh approach to its relationship with the United States. Journalist and author Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Fo...

Sep 21, 2021

Several tight races may not have an elected MP until the end of the week

OTTAWA - Several federal ridings may not have an elected member of Parliament until Thursday or even Friday, as Elections Canada begins the arduous task of verifying and counting more than one million...

Sep 21, 2021

RCMP delays on complaint files a 'serious and systemic' issue, group tells court

OTTAWA - A civil liberties group is telling a federal judge there's a culture of complacency in the RCMP that has caused inexcusable foot-dragging on complaint files. At a Federal Court hearing today,...

Sep 21, 2021

Car hits 9 people at Quebec polling station; status of 77-year-old woman 'uncertain'

MONTREAL - Police say the condition of a 77-year-old woman is uncertain after she was among nine people hit by a car outside a polling station in a Montreal suburb Monday evening. Sgt. Vronique Comtoi...

Sep 21, 2021

Liberal election victory and next steps in Ottawa: In The News for Sept. 21

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 Sept. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Sep 21, 2021

Everything old is new again after election returns virtually identical Parliament

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be returning to Ottawa without the majority government mandate Liberals had hoped for when he called the early election last month. Early Tuesday, the Liber...

Sep 21, 2021

The latest on results and developments in Canada's 44th general election

OTTAWA - The latest on developments and results in the federal election. All times are eastern. 8:20 p.m. The Canadian Press is projecting that Ken McDonald is going to keep his Newfoundland seat of A...

Sep 20, 2021

Pfizer Canada cites 'urgency' in plans to seek authorization for kids' COVID vaccine

Pfizer Canada says it plans to provide Health Canada with data showing its COVID-19 vaccine works for children in a bid to seek authorization "as early as possible." Pfizer said Monday its research sh...

Sep 20, 2021

Eight hurt after fire at lumber-drying facility southeast of Quebec City

BEAUCEVILLE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say eight people were injured in an early morning fire at a lumber-drying facility southeast of Quebec City. Provincial police say they received 911 calls ...

Sep 20, 2021

White House to require by November that foreign visitors to U.S. be vaccinated

WASHINGTON - By early November, most adult foreign nationals will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to travel to the United States, the White House announced Monday. The news is th...

Sep 20, 2021