Canada

Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives to take power after surprising election win

HALIFAX, United Kingdom - Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives are preparing to take power after voters handed them a majority mandate in Tuesday's election. Premier-designate Tim Houston's party s...

Aug 18, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase, the provinces and territories have been releasing their reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities. Most of the plans are based on each ...

Aug 17, 2021

A look at Nova Scotia's new premier, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston

For the first time since 2009, Nova Scotia will have a Progressive Conservative premier. Tory Leader Tim Houston led his party to victory with a campaign that promised to spend massively on health car...

Aug 17, 2021

General who once ran vaccine campaign expects to face sex assault charge

A lawyer for Maj.-Gen Dany Fortin, who previously oversaw Canada's vaccine rollout campaign, says the military officer expects to be charged with one count of sexual assault. The lawyer, who did not w...

Aug 17, 2021

Speaker Anthony Rota cites Afghan detainee matter in court dispute over documents

OTTAWA - The Speaker of the House of Commons points to a decade-old dispute over records about Afghan detainees in arguing a current federal attempt to shield documents about two fired scientists shou...

Aug 17, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Quebec premier issues vaccine mandate for health-care workers

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says his government intends to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for health-care workers. Legault says 90 per cent of health-care workers in the pro...

Aug 17, 2021

Cooler conditions offer fractional relief to crews battling nearly 300 B.C. wildfires

Nearly 300 wildfires are burning across British Columbia but showers and cooler temperatures have taken an edge off the most aggressive blazes and curbed a cascade of evacuation orders and alerts. The...

Aug 17, 2021

Diplomats, troops and refugees arrive in Canada as flights resume from Afghanistan

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says two more planes have arrived in Canada from Afghanistan carrying diplomats, special forces troops and refugees fleeing the Taliban. The flights come af...

Aug 17, 2021

Poll shows slight Liberal lead, N.S. election day : In The News for Aug. 17, 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 Aug. 17, 2021. What we are watching in Canada ...

Aug 17, 2021

Liberals maintained healthy lead on eve of federal campaign, new survey suggests

OTTAWA - New survey results suggest Justin Trudeau's Liberals were clinging to a five-point lead on the eve of the federal election campaign. Thirty-five per cent of decided voters who took part expre...

Aug 17, 2021