Canada

'Pay-what-you-feel' grocery store opens in Vancouver, aims to combat food insecurity

VANCOUVER - More than 35.5 million tonnes of food is thrown out each year in Canada, but one group in Vancouver is hoping to divert some of that to help people who are food insecure. The Food Stash Fo...

Oct 01, 2021

'A steady rock': former longtime CP journalist Sufrin remembered as calm, caring

The billowing cigar smoke made it easy to spot Mel Sufrin in the newsroom. It curled around him as he coached young journalists, championed a labour union for reporters, or regaled staffers with tales...

Oct 01, 2021

Contagious Delta means more people need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity

OTTAWA - Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer, says the Delta variant is moving the goalposts on the rate of vaccination to reach herd immunity from COVID-19. Tam has previously said she w...

Oct 01, 2021

PM accused of "callousness" for heading to Tofino during reconciliation events

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing backlash over his decision to fly to British Columbia to spend time with his family on the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. The Native W...

Oct 01, 2021

Enbridge says still willing to talk on Line 5, despite Michigan's frustration

WASHINGTON - Enbridge Inc. says it remains committed to a mediated settlement of its Line 5 dispute, even though the state of Michigan has given up on the talks. The Calgary-based pipeline giant says ...

Oct 01, 2021

Environment minister restores federal assessment of Alberta coal mine

Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has reinstated his decision to subject a thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta to a federal review. Wilkinson said in July 2020 that the Vista project ...

Oct 01, 2021

Quebec to move ahead with plan to redistribute $39 million to Lac-Mégantic victims

LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - The Quebec government is moving ahead with plans to redistribute $39 million to those impacted by the 2013 rail disaster in Lac-Mgantic, Que., that killed 47 people. About $20 mill...

Oct 01, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Quebec coroner urges Quebec to recognize systemic racism

MONTREAL - The coroner who investigated the death of Joyce Echaquan says the Quebec government should recognize the existence of systemic racism and make a commitment to rooting it out of institutions...

Oct 01, 2021

Quebec watchdog probes fatal police shooting of man in Laurentians

SAINTE-ADLE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is probing the death of a man shot by provincial police in Ste-Adle, north of Montreal. According to preliminary information, provincial police were called...

Oct 01, 2021

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Statistics Canada says GDP fell 0.1 per cent in July

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product was down 0.1 per cent in July. The agency's initial estimate for July had been for a contraction of 0.4 per cent. Its initial estimate for A...

Oct 01, 2021