Category Archives: Canada

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says now is the time for lawmakers in the United States to remove prominent symbols of the country's racist past from places like Capitol Hill. Pelosi is callin...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expressing confidence in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki after the top Mountie said she is struggling with the definition of systemic racism. Lucki made the co...

Ottawa will spend a further $133 million on helping Indigenous businesses suffering the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has heard f...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Early analysis of vessel speeds in the Cabot Strait shows that almost two-thirds are not complying with a voluntary slowdown meant to protect endangered right whales that migra...

EDMUNDSTON, N.B. - A funeral service is being held today for Chantel Moore, a 26-year-old Indigenous woman who was killed by police in Edmundston, N.B., last week. The private service is being held in...

OTTAWA - Federal politicians are being urged to work together to help Canadians with disabilities weather the COVID-19 crisis. This after opposition parties refused Wednesday to give the unanimou...

OTTAWA - The Defence Department's top civilian official is touting the importance of continued investments in the Canadian Armed Forces, and says she has received no indications the Liberal government...

OTTAWA - Federal prison chaplains are stepping up a bid to negotiate their first collective agreement to secure better wages and working conditions. The chaplains, who pr...

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 11 ... --- ...

CALGARY - An Alberta Crown appeal of a couple's acquittal in the death of their son is to be heard in Calgary today. David and Collet Stephan were accused of not seeking medical attention sooner ...