Canada

CP NewsAlert: Brian Pallister says he will step down as Manitoba premier on Wednesday

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will step down on Wednesday. Pallister had announced earlier this month his plan to retire and not seek re-election. The Progressive Conservative pa...

Aug 29, 2021

Montreal mayor invests $5.5 million to boost police resources to fight gun crime

Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante says the city will invest an additional $5.5 million in its police force in order to help fight gun crime. Plante said today alongside Chief Sylvain Caron that the amount ...

Aug 29, 2021

Trudeau campaigns in Ontario, while Singh and O'Toole take on Quebec

OTTAWA - The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after ...

Aug 29, 2021

Ongoing protest over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island marks one year

PORT RENFREW, B.C. - In the year since the first camp was set up to prevent old-growth logging around the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island, an expert in Canadian environmental moveme...

Aug 29, 2021

'Clearly discriminatory and systemically racist': Report on B.C. school board

VICTORIA - An independent report has found systemic racism in a northern British Columbia school district and calls for a provincewide investigation of the issue. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside...

Aug 28, 2021

Quebec reports more than 600 new daily COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 604 new cases of COVID-19 today, but no additional deaths attributed to the virus. The number marks the third consecutive day that the province has logged more than 600 ...

Aug 28, 2021

Police watchdog investigating after woman found unconscious at Quebec City station

MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a woman was found unconscious at a Quebec City police station. The Bureau of Independent Investigations issued a release saying Quebec City p...

Aug 28, 2021

Canadian coal company appeals tough U.S. selenium rule as provinces consider mines

A Canadian coal-mining giant is fighting new American environmental rules that tighten restrictions on the release of a contaminant toxic to fish. On Aug. 13, Teck Resources petitioned Montana to resc...

Aug 28, 2021

Extended ban on direct flights from India hits international students hard

Sachin Dev is one of the many international students navigating Canada's extended ban on direct flights from India as he tries to make his way to Montreal before the start of the new semester. The PhD...

Aug 28, 2021

Unrest and the unexpected have made Annamie Paul's leadership a rough ride so far

OTTAWA - Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul says she got into politics knowing it would bring a constant barrage of the unexpected into her life, and there is no denying that it has delivered. ...

Aug 28, 2021