Canada

Wildfire report author says heat dome highlights need for new plans in wildfire fight

One of the authors of a report examining what went wrong during British Columbia's extraordinary wildfire season in 2017 says this year's unprecedented heat dome demands new ways of approaching extrem...

Jul 24, 2021

Canada, U.S. working together is no guarantee of border symmetry, ambassador says

WASHINGTON - Canada's envoy to the U.S. says just because the two countries have been working together to manage their shared border doesn't mean they were always going to be moving in perfect symmetr...

Jul 23, 2021

Wildfire crew looking for newly started fire finds B.C. hiker missing for two weeks

SQUAMISH, B.C. - A wildfire attack crew looking for a newly started forest fire instead found a man who had been missing in the rugged backcountry of Garibaldi Provincial Park, north of Vancouver. A s...

Jul 23, 2021

Federal government to open applications for Indigenous-led shelters across Canada

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The federal government says it will soon open applications to build emergency shelters and transitional housing for Indigenous people facing gender-based violence across Canada. Spe...

Jul 23, 2021

Greens boost second-quarter fundraising amid party turmoil

OTTAWA - The federal Green party increased its year-over-year fundraising figures nine per cent last quarter, just as internal strife was spilling into public view. Elections Canada filings show the G...

Jul 23, 2021

Canada to resettle Afghans who worked with military, embassy

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will fast-track the resettlement of Afghans who previously worked with the Canadian military and embassy and are now at risk from the Taliban. The move follows ...

Jul 23, 2021

Incoming governor general Mary Simon has first audience with Queen

OTTAWA - Canada's incoming governor general has had her first audience with the Queen. Mary Simon will be sworn in as the representative of the sovereign in Canada on Monday. The Queen and Simon met v...

Jul 23, 2021

RCMP drop top officers' husbands from team liaising with N.S. mass shooting inquiry

HALIFAX - The Mounties are replacing senior members of an internal team tasked with providing information to Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry because of conflict of interest concerns. An emailed st...

Jul 23, 2021

Let the games begin, and raising a louder alarm in B.C. : In The News for July 23

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 July 23... What we are watching on the world s...

Jul 23, 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...

Jul 23, 2021