Canada

Abbotsford, B.C., residents urged to flee low-lying area as flood risk escalates

VANCOUVER - Officials in Abbotsford, B.C., say residents of the low-lying Sumas Prairie area south of the city face a significant risk to life and must get out immediately. An evacuation order was iss...

Nov 17, 2021

Private Canadian astronaut gears up for 'pain' experiments in space

MONTREAL - Mark Pathy has boarded more than his share of vehicles. He and his brother flew to Chicago a few years back for motorcycle school, racing Kawasaki Ninjas as they mastered the sport bike. In...

Nov 17, 2021

Coalition pushes for automatic sealing of a criminal record if no new convictions

OTTAWA - Dozens of civil society groups are urging the federal Liberals to fundamentally revamp the criminal pardon system by automatically sealing a person's record once they have completed their sen...

Nov 17, 2021

Recovery efforts continue in B.C., October inflation rate : In The News for Nov. 17

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 Nov. 17 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 17, 2021

Nunavut assembly to choose premier, cabinet in secret ballot vote

IQALUIT - Newly elected members of Nunavut's legislative assembly are to choose today who will lead the territory's next government. They will use secret ballots to select a premier, a Speaker and nin...

Nov 17, 2021

Flooding in B.C. 'testing the resilience' of dairy farmers, says association

Farmers in southern British Columbia are coming together to save livestock as parts of the Fraser Valley remain under water from devastating flooding, says a member of the association that represents ...

Nov 17, 2021

Statistics Canada to detail October inflation rate as pace of price growth rises

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to release October's inflation rate today, in the shadow of economic warnings that the pace of price growth is likely to accelerate. The annual inflation rate i...

Nov 17, 2021

Canada, South Asian bloc to begin free-trade talks in effort to diversify from China

OTTAWA - Canada is launching free-trade talks with a major group of southeast Asian countries as it seeks to diversify from China and find new ways of coping with a snarled global supply chain. Intern...

Nov 16, 2021

O'Toole boots senator who challenged his leadership out of Conservative caucus.

OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole kicked Sen. Denise Batters out of the Conservative caucus Tuesday - one day after she challenged his leadership. "As the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I will not to...

Nov 16, 2021

Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court

WASHINGTON - Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. scored a key victory in the Line 5 dispute Tuesday as a judge in Michigan rejected the state attorney general's bid to get the dispute over the cross-border pi...

Nov 16, 2021