Canada

'Vast majority' of officers committed to bias-free policing: Alberta police chief

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA - The chief of the Lethbridge Police Service says it will co-operate fully with a probe into officers who allegedly made unauthorized checks on a provincial cabinet ministe...

Mar 10, 2021

COVID-19 lockdowns violate federal inmate rights, suit alleges

TORONTO - Federal prison authorities have repeatedly violated the rights of inmates with efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, a civil lawsuit alleges. The unproven claim, filed in British Columbia ...

Mar 10, 2021

Jody Wilson-Raybould set to publish memoir of time in cabinet and SNC-Lavalin affair

OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is set to publish a political memoir that's promising to shed new light on her final controversial days in the Trudeau government. HarperC...

Mar 10, 2021

Ottawa won't set new deadline for providing clean water in First Nations communities

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada won't set a deadline for lifting all remaining long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations communities. Department officials say public health measures, co...

Mar 10, 2021

COVID-19-related spending set to drop sharply over coming year: PBO report

OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the portion of federal spending related to COVID-19 is set to drop by 86 per cent in the coming fiscal year compared to 2020-21, as Canada transitions away f...

Mar 10, 2021

Inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting accepting applications from participants

HALIFAX - The public inquiry into the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives last spring is now accepting applications from potential participants. The commission of inquiry, formally know...

Mar 10, 2021

As Texas casts off shackles of COVID-19, lessons of 2020 still loom large for many

AUSTIN, Texas - True to form, Texas is going big in its effort to cast off the shackles of COVID-19. As of today, masks are no longer required in public and businesses can fully open in America's seco...

Mar 10, 2021

Interest rate announcement and a moose's 'Garden of Eden': In The News for March 10

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 March 10 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 10, 2021

Bank of Canada to make rate announcement, almost one year after slashing it to 0.25%

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will provide a window into its thinking on the economy as it makes an announcement about its trendsetting rate. The key policy rate has been at 0.25 per cent almost exactly...

Mar 10, 2021

Ford government trampled democracy with mid-election changes, Toronto tells top court

OTTAWA - The City of Toronto is telling the Supreme Court of Canada the Ontario government "trampled on" basic democratic norms when it slashed the size of city council during a municipal election. In...

Mar 10, 2021