Canada

Residential school history and 'Transplant' success: In The News for Sept. 1

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 Sept. 1 ... What we a...

Sep 01, 2020

Sites to be commemorated: Residential schools recognized as 'historic event'

They blighted Indigenous lives for more than a century. Now their creation is being formally recognized as one of the events that helped shape today's Canada The federal government has ...

Sep 01, 2020

Patient wants B.C. to protect legal rights of mentally ill like most provinces

VANCOUVER - A week after giving birth to her daughter, Shareen Nimmo was forced to enter a psychiatric facility without being informed of her rights or having access to independent legal advice. ...

Sep 01, 2020

Tories and Liberals campaign in southeastern New Brunswick today

FREDERICTON - Three of New Brunswick's party leaders will be campaigning today in southeastern New Brunswick. Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs will stop in Sussex before travelling to Monc...

Sep 01, 2020

Canadians don't know much about Erin O'Toole but poll finds openness to him

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians know very little about new Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole but his personal qualities and policy positions could eventually give his party a boost. Fu...

Sep 01, 2020

Ad criticized by teachers meant to allay anxiety: B.C.'s public health officer

VICTORIA - The provincial health officer says a back-to-school ad being criticized by the B.C. Teachers' Federation as unrealistic wasn't meant to be a commercial about what classrooms would look...

Aug 31, 2020

Green Party expects eight candidates on final leadership ballot

OTTAWA - Green Party officials said Monday they anticipate eight people will be able to hit Tuesday's deadline to submit another $20,000 and make it onto the ballot for the party's leadership vote in ...

Aug 31, 2020

Former Edmonton nightclub employee appeals sex assault conviction

EDMONTON - A former Edmonton nightclub employee who was found guilty of sexually assaulting five women is appealing the convictions. Matthew McKnight, who is 33, was sentenced last month to eight...

Aug 31, 2020

Trade minister says she'll keep eye on U.S. probe of Canadian lobster industry

HALIFAX - International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she's keeping a close watch on a trade investigation into the Canadian lobster industry requested by the administration of United States P...

Aug 31, 2020

Calls mount, frustration grows over Trudeau's promise to help Hong Kong

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is facing increasingly frustrated and worried calls to help people leave Hong Kong for Canada as China continues to crack down on pro-democracy activists i...

Aug 31, 2020