Canada

Three people in hospital after polar bear attack near Nunavut community

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Three people are in hospital after they were attacked by a polar bear in Nunavut's Baffin region. RCMP say the three were badly injured but are expected to recover. Officers were di...

Aug 11, 2021

Former Indigenous relations minister says Premier Brian Pallister made right decision

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's former Indigenous relations minister says Premier Brian Pallister made the right decision not to seek re-election. Eileen Clarke says in a statement on social media that she feel...

Aug 11, 2021

Canada condemns China after court sentences Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Canada will continue to fight for the release of Michael Spavor after a Chinese court sentenced him to 11 years in prison. Garneau in a news confere...

Aug 11, 2021

Michael Spavor sentenced, Meng extradition hearing begins : In The News for Aug. 11

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. 11, 2021 ... What we are watching in Cana...

Aug 11, 2021

Receipt of seniors' income supplement hinged partly on what agency handled their CERB

OTTAWA - An internal government document is shining a light on how low-income seniors were abruptly cut off from monthly federal payments based on which bureaucratic body handled their emergency benef...

Aug 11, 2021

B.C. court to hear formal arguments in Huawei executive's extradition case

VANCOUVER - The formal extradition hearing for the Huawei executive accused of fraud in the United States is expected to start today in British Columbia Supreme Court with government lawyers making th...

Aug 11, 2021

Cost of used icebreakers Ottawa is buying from Quebec shipyard approaches $1B mark

OTTAWA - The cost of three second-hand icebreakers that the federal Liberal government is buying from Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie is inching closer to the $1-billion mark as Ottawa keeps quietly ad...

Aug 11, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Aug 10, 2021

China sentences Canadian to 11 years in case tied to Huawei

DANDONG, China (AP) - A Chinese court sentenced Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spying case linked to Beijing's pressure campaign against the Canadian governm...

Aug 10, 2021

B.C. Prosecution Service says no further charges in legislature spending scandal

VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says two special prosecutors have declined further charges after receiving the final RCMP report into the spending activities of senior staff at the...

Aug 10, 2021