Canada

New video shows RCMP tackling, punching Alberta chief during arrest

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - New video has emerged of the violent arrest of a prominent chief of a northern Alberta First Nation. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says the RCMP dash-camera vid...

Jun 12, 2020

RCMP equity drive and Bell pulls Mulroney series; In The News for June 12

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 June 12 ... --- ...

Jun 12, 2020

RCMP workforce equity drive spun its wheels last year, new statistics indicate

OTTAWA - A drive to make the RCMP's workforce more diverse stalled last year as the Mounties struggled to become fully representative of the communities they police, newly availabl...

Jun 12, 2020

Caution abounds as Alberta eases huge raft of COVID-19 restrictions

CALGARY - Restaurateur Leslie Echino laughs at the notion that even as Alberta lifts many more COVID-19 restrictions her business could return to anywhere close to normal. Res...

Jun 12, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...

Jun 12, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on June 12, 2020: There are 97,530 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 53,485 confirmed (includin...

Jun 12, 2020

Man found dead in Regina lake twice went to hospital for help, called 911

REGINA - The family of a young man says he tried twice to get mental help at a hospital the day he drowned in a lake in Regina - and that he was taken there the second time, just hours befor...

Jun 11, 2020

Guelph police defend decision not to publicize Ontario MP's arrest

GUELPH, Ont. - Police in southwestern Ontario say they didn't inform the public about assault charges against a member of Parliament because the force didn't believe he posed a significant risk to the...

Jun 11, 2020

Alberta licence plates become targets for COVID-19 fears in some B.C. towns

VICTORIA - Some British Columbia communities are urging residents to show kindness during the COVID-19 pandemic following media reports of confrontations and rudeness shown to people driving...

Jun 11, 2020

Coroner to feds: Take action on B.C. overdose epidemic like with pandemic

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has recorded the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths in a single month, prompting the chief corner to say the federal government should take bold acti...

Jun 11, 2020