Canada

Early, intense wildfire season makes Canada-U.S. resource-sharing impossible: Ottawa

WASHINGTON - The federal government says neither Canada nor the United States can lend each other any extra firefighters as they deal with one of the most severe wildfire seasons in recent memory. Las...

Aug 04, 2021

Quebec to create permanent unit of provincial and Montreal police to fight gun crime

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will create a mixed unit of provincial and Montreal police to fight a rise in gun violence in the province's biggest city. Genevive Guilbault told reporters to...

Aug 04, 2021

Search in Nova Scotia fails to find any unmarked graves linked to residential school

SHUBENACADIE, N.S. - A team of Nova Scotia researchers confirmed today they were unable to find any unmarked graves for students who died while attending the largest residential school in Atlantic Can...

Aug 04, 2021

10 cases of legionnaires' disease in Montreal, two people have died: public health

Montreal public health officials say they are investigating after two people died of legionnaires' disease in the eastern part of the city. The public health department says 10 cases of the disease, w...

Aug 04, 2021

Fixing long-term care in Canada could cost $13.7B, budget watchdog estimates

OTTAWA - Canada's national budget watchdog says fixing the country's long-term care system would come with a hefty price tag. A report published this morning by parliamentary budget officer Yves Girou...

Aug 04, 2021

Tokyo medal contenders, possible delays for election results: In The News for Aug. 4

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. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Aug 04, 2021

What Justin Trudeau's Liberals could learn from the Nova Scotia election campaign

HALIFAX - The election campaign in Nova Scotia may not be getting much attention on the national stage, but the federal Liberals in Ottawa are almost certainly keeping a close watch on the race. With ...

Aug 04, 2021

Judicial phase of Meng’s extradition process scheduled to begin today at B.C. Court

VANCOUVER - The final set of hearings in the extradition case of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou are due to begin today in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Legal arguments are expected o...

Aug 04, 2021

Final outcome of a pandemic election could take a few days: chief electoral officer

OTTAWA - Canadians may have to wait a few days to find out the final results of a federal election called in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's chief electoral officer warns. And they may fi...

Aug 04, 2021

Toronto, Vancouver Island protests shine spotlight on media access

TORONTO - Police and politicians' efforts to limit public access to recent events in Toronto and Vancouver Island have cast a spotlight on the role of journalists and spurred concerns over freedom of ...

Aug 04, 2021