Canada

'He saw dead people.' Inquiry learns about the mental decline of Lionel Desmond

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Lionel Desmond experienced severe mental decline and horrible visions after he served as an infantryman in the Afghanistan war, a fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia learned Friday...

Feb 19, 2021

Provincial opposition won't deter federal action on municipal handgun bans, PM says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled today the federal government won't let provincial opposition stand in the way of municipalities that want to work with Ottawa to ban handguns. Trudeau ...

Feb 19, 2021

Sentencing hearing continues for man who pleaded guilty to murdering two children

EDMONTON - A sentencing hearing continues today in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench for a man who admitted to assaulting his girlfriend and killing her two young children. The 31-year-old man, who cann...

Feb 19, 2021

Jury deliberating in trial of man accused of killing woman in Edmonton hotel room

EDMONTON - A jury has begun deliberating the fate of an Ontario man accused of killing a woman whose bloody body was found in the bathtub of his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton has pleaded not gui...

Feb 19, 2021

Ethics committee rejects plan to relocate Quebec deer that were slated to be killed

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A plan to relocate deer from a Montreal-area park has fallen through after an ethics committee deemed the strategy unsafe. About half the population of white-tailed deer in Michel-Ch...

Feb 19, 2021

Extra weeks to be added to COVID-19 benefits for workers, parents, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits for unemployed workers and parents at home with children. The extra life for th...

Feb 19, 2021

Ottawa proposes to guarantee right to work in French in federally regulated companies

Ottawa says it intends to guarantee the right to work in French within all federally regulated private businesses with more than 50 employees in Quebec and in predominantly French-speaking communities...

Feb 19, 2021

COVID-19 variants could fuel surge of 20K daily cases if restrictions eased: feds

New federal forecasts project that COVID-19 variants could fuel a surge of 20,000 new cases per day by mid-March if public health restrictions are relaxed further. The Public Health Agency of Canada r...

Feb 19, 2021

Facebook's blocking news links in Australia 'irresponsible': Guilbeault

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault says Facebook won't intimidate Canada out of pushing online giants to pay Canadian media companies for content. The company has blocked users in Australia ...

Feb 19, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine distribution; Australia's Facebook tussle: In The News for Feb. 19

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 Feb. 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Feb 19, 2021