Canada

Evacuee fled barefoot from wildfire that destroyed most homes in Lytton, B.C.

SQUAMISH, B.C. - A woman who escaped a ferocious wildfire that destroyed the most of the village of Lytton, B.C., and surrounding First Nation communities says she didn't even have time to put shoes o...

Jul 02, 2021

Liberals keeping close eye on rapid-housing program revamp for future, Hussen says

OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of building affordable housing says projects left waiting cap-in-hand when the program they applied to ran out of funds will be at the front of the queue during...

Jul 02, 2021

Parties rake in millions in donations despite pandemic, padding campaign war chests

OTTAWA - Federal parties appear to have seen a drop in their fundraising in 2020, a year when the pandemic dented donations of all kinds. The Conservative return shows that the party pulled in more th...

Jul 02, 2021

Veteran Toronto police officer killed, other officer injured in 'deliberate act'

TORONTO - A veteran police officer has died after he was struck by a vehicle in "an intentional and deliberate act" that left another officer injured, Toronto police said Friday. Interim police Chief ...

Jul 02, 2021

Some Lytton, B.C., residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation

LYTTON, B.C. - The search continued Friday for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't s...

Jul 02, 2021

Can't enter Canada now? Don't try on Monday, border agency warns would-be travellers

WASHINGTON - The agency that guards Canada's borders is putting would-be travellers on notice: if you're not eligible to enter the country now, you won't be on Monday. That's the clear message from th...

Jul 02, 2021

Canada Day protest over residential schools sees monarch statues toppled in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG - Statues of two queens on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature were toppled during a rally over the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools. The statues of Queen Victoria and...

Jul 02, 2021

Quebec police investigate killing of man allegedly linked to organized crime

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are looking for a suspect in the Canada Day slaying of a man in the First Nations territory of Kanesatake, west of Montreal. Police identified the victim as Arsne M...

Jul 02, 2021

Nova Scotia mass killing: investigation launched into release of 911 recordings

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP have called in the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate the unauthorized release of 911 calls recorded the night a lone gunman started a killing rampage that led to ...

Jul 02, 2021

Fire devastation in B.C. and Canada Day reckoning: In The News for July 2

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 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Jul 02, 2021