Canada

Indigenous fishers in N.S. have lobster taken, van burned as tensions heighten: chief

HALIFAX - The chief of a Mi'kmaq First Nation says an angry group of non-Indigenous people damaged lobster pounds holding his people's catch and burned a vehicle on Tuesday night. Video being ci...

Oct 14, 2020

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccines and fake letter about wolves: In The News for Oct. 14

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. 14. What we are watching in Canada ... Ca...

Oct 14, 2020

Liberals make plea for seniors to file taxes as thousands at risk of losing benefits

OTTAWA - The federal government says tens of thousands of seniors are at risk of losing benefits because they haven't yet filed their taxes. The Liberals are making a public plea for them to submit th...

Oct 14, 2020

Canadians divided over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines, priority inoculations

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are turning against the idea of the government requiring people to get a vaccine for COVID-19 when it becomes available. Only 39 per cent of respondents in the p...

Oct 14, 2020

Man accused of murdering Alberta doctor back in court after psychiatric exam

RED DEER, Alta. - A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta is scheduled to be back in court today after a psychiatric exam. Deng Mabiour is charged with fi...

Oct 14, 2020

'Wake-up call:' Manitoba chief says increasing COVID-19 cases on reserves concerning

WINNIPEG - A COVID-19 outbreak at a fly-in reserve in Manitoba and increasing infections in First Nations populations in the province has leaders worried. "It's a wake-up call for all of us," sa...

Oct 14, 2020

Party leaders in Saskatchewan to square off in televised debate

REGINA - Leaders of Saskatchewan's two main political parties are to face off tonight in a televised election debate. Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and NDP Leader Ryan Meili are to stand two met...

Oct 14, 2020

Man expected to plead guilty in four deaths in Penticton, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. - A man accused in a shooting that left four people dead in Penticton, B.C., is expected to plead guilty today in court. A lawyer for 69-year-old John Brittain told a B.C. Supreme Court ...

Oct 14, 2020

Leaders of B.C.'s three main political parties clash on pandemic response, recovery

VANCOUVER - NDP Leader John Horgan's decision to call an election during a pandemic and the B.C. Liberal promise to cut the provincial sales tax were the focus of attacks during a televised debate on ...

Oct 13, 2020

Supreme Court stays charges against Alberta man over delay in bail hearing

OTTAWA - An Alberta man accused of domestic violence will not face trial after the Supreme Court of Canada found he experienced undue delay in seeing a judge after his arrest. Following a hearing Tues...

Oct 13, 2020