Canada

Safety board releasing results of investigation into wildfire in Lytton, B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board will release the results of its investigation into the possibility that a freight train might have started a wildfire that destroyed the community of L...

Oct 13, 2021

Mayors ask federal Liberals for help covering transit shortfalls

OTTAWA - The mayors of Canada's largest cities say they need federal aid to cover tens of millions in ridership revenue shortfalls to stave off a stalling of the country's economic recovery. The COVID...

Oct 13, 2021

B.C. civil rights group sues federal government over prolonged confinement in prisons

VANCOUVER - A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over prolonged solitary confinement two years after British Columbia's top court ruled it is a violation of priso...

Oct 13, 2021

Iqaluit residents collect river water, city fills up tanks as tap water may be unsafe

Iqaluit residents are filling jugs and bottles at a river outside the city after they were told tap water in the Nunavut capital may be unsafe to drink. The city declared a local state of emergency la...

Oct 13, 2021

Canada to make special envoy on antisemitism a permanent post, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Canada plans to make its special envoy for preserving Holocaust remembrance and fighting antisemitism a permanent position. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making the announcement today in a...

Oct 13, 2021

'They are trying to kill us': Alberta city at odds with homeless outreach group

WETASKIWIN, Alta. - An outreach worker and a nurse lean overan orange mesh fence to speak to a woman on the other side as tents flap in the cold wind at a homeless camp in central Alberta. Someone is ...

Oct 13, 2021

'I don't belong here': Homeless Albertans describe life in Wetaskiwin encampment

WETASKIWIN, Alta. - Alvin Johnson holds on to a tarp flying in the wind as his partner tries to secure the corners of their tent with shards of wood. His weathered hands wipe tears from his eyes as he...

Oct 13, 2021

Police make arrests in brazen daylight triple slaying last August in Montreal

Montreal police have made multiple arrests in connection with a triple slaying last August in the city's east end. Homicide investigators say search warrants are being executed and they are being assi...

Oct 13, 2021

U.S. border reopening, Canadians unhappy with Facebook : In The News for Oct. 13

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 Oct. 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Oct 13, 2021

Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health: survey

OTTAWA - A broad swath of Canadians has a sour view of Facebook, with half of respondents to a new poll saying it should be regulated or broken up as a "corporate image" crisis rocks the social media ...

Oct 13, 2021