Canada

Conservatives, NDP show momentum heading into second half of campaign: poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the Conservatives and NDP have momentum heading into the second half of the federal election campaign, while the Liberals are bleeding support. Thirty-four per cent of dec...

Aug 31, 2021

U.S. Centers for Disease Control urges Americans to 'reconsider' travel to Canada

WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department is now urging Americans to "reconsider travel" to Canada due to what the Centers for Disease Control call "high" levels of COVID-19 infection. The new Level 3 tr...

Aug 30, 2021

Ex-provincial police chief Martin Prud'homme, government reach settlement

MONTREAL - A 29-month dispute between the Quebec government and the former head of its provincial police force has concluded with Martin Prud'homme announcing his retirement. In a statement sent throu...

Aug 30, 2021

Quebec Health Department recommends third COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunocompromised

MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department is recommending a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people who are immunocompromised or on dialysis. The department said today its recommendation is based on adv...

Aug 30, 2021

Advocates blast Immigration Department's silence on Afghan requests for help

OTTAWA - Grassroots groups say they don't know what advice to give hundreds of Afghans now stranded in Kabul after pleading for Canada's help. The groups made up of veterans, refugee advocates and oth...

Aug 30, 2021

Liberals, Conservatives take aim at opposing candidates as campaign hits third week

OTTAWA - Liberals and Conservatives took aim at each other's candidates on Monday, questioning past statements and actions to build a character case about why they, and not their opponent, should be t...

Aug 30, 2021

'They're being banished:' Inuit women need their communities, not jail, says advocate

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It was just six weeks in jail for Jody Blake, an Inuk woman living in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L., but those weeks were long and lonely, and there was no chance of her kids or fami...

Aug 30, 2021

On the hustings and Ida bashes Louisiana: In The News for Aug. 30

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 Aug. 30 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Aug 30, 2021

A list of milestones in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career

WINNIPEG - A timeline of major events in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career: Sept. 15, 1992: Pallister wins a provincial byelection in Portage la Prairie. He is re-elected in 1995 and...

Aug 29, 2021

Excerpts from an interview with Manitoba premier as he prepares to leave office

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has said that he plans to step down Wednesday. Here are some quotes from an interview with The Canadian Press: On low polling numbers: "If you govern with a...

Aug 29, 2021