Canada

Public health measures working, reason for optimism in fight against fourth wave: Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer has shot a dose of optimism into the country's fight against the fourth wave of COVID-19. Dr. Theresa Tam says the efforts made to slow the spread where t...

Oct 08, 2021

Elections Canada confirms Bloc win over Tories in Trois-Rivières after recount

OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois is being confirmed as the winner of the Quebec riding of Trois-Rivires after a judicial recount. Elections Canada says the Bloc beat the Conservatives by 83 votes, after vote...

Oct 08, 2021

New Brunswick coroner's jury says 2020 police killing of Rodney Levi was a homicide

MIRAMICHI, N.B. - A coroner's jury in New Brunswick examining the 2020 fatal police shooting of Rodney Levi has ruled his death a homicide. The 48-year-old man from the Metepenagiag First Nation was s...

Oct 08, 2021

Sept. job numbers and Rocky Mountain coal mining: In The News for Oct. 8

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. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Oct 08, 2021

Jury to deliberate in Nunavut shooting inquest; Mountie also faces assault charge

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A jury in a coroner's inquest is to start deliberations today in a fatal shooting by a Nunavut RCMP officer who also faces an assault charge in another case. Cpl. Ian Crowe was c...

Oct 08, 2021

'I can't back down' on COVID-19 vaccine message, says threatened B.C. politician

VANCOUVER - Politicians accustomed to sparring in British Columbia's legislature have joined forces outside the house to push for higher vaccination rates in the north, but a longtime member of the Op...

Oct 08, 2021

Statistics Canada to say how labour market fared in September after August bump

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how the country's labour market made out in September after the economy added jobs in August. The economy added 90,200 jobs in August to drop the unemp...

Oct 08, 2021

Allowing Rocky Mountain coal lease transfers during debate sends wrong signal: group

EDMONTON - An environmental group says an exchange of coal exploration lease applications in Alberta's Rocky Mountains suggests mining companies expect to be able to go ahead with their plans despite ...

Oct 08, 2021

Quebec premier to prorogue legislature, with new session starting Oct. 19

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he will prorogue the province's legislature and a new session will begin Oct. 19. Legault made the announced Thursday afternoon in a news release, but the decision ...

Oct 07, 2021

COVID-19 shot 'could save your life,' RCMP boss says after federal vaccination order

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is encouraging vaccination against COVID-19 a day after the Liberal government announced Mounties must be immunized. In a tweet today, Lucki urges getting vacci...

Oct 07, 2021