Canada

Firefighters calendar too hot to handle and anti-pipeline protests; In The News for Feb. 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 Feb. 14 ... What...

Feb 14, 2020

Pipeline protests expected today, governments to meet with First Nations

VICTORIA - Anti-pipeline protests that have severed vital freight and passenger rail links across Canada could heat up today, with the added threat of activists planning to shut down governm...

Feb 14, 2020

Global economic security critical, Trudeau to tell security conference

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address the Munich Security Conference today and urge global leaders to accept that a changing world requires more effort to bring economic prosperity for a...

Feb 14, 2020

Trudeau secures Senegal's vote for UN Security Council seat on Dakar trip

DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on the world to do more to spread freedom Wednesday, as he visited a museum in Senegal that was once a centre in the African slave trade...

Feb 14, 2020

A note on a dropped piano and a curtain call; In The News for Feb. 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 Feb. 12 ... What...

Feb 14, 2020

Chiefs head to court over pipeline as supporters take to streets in protest

Two hereditary chiefs from a British Columbia First Nation at the heart of a wave of national protests launched a constitutional challenge of fossil fuel projects on Wednesday as Prime Minister J...

Feb 14, 2020

'Valuable life lesson:' Woman arrested for anti-Indigenous comments apologizes

THE PAS, Man. - A woman arrested in northern Manitoba for online comments threatening violence against Indigenous people has asked for forgiveness and says she has learned valuable lessons. Destine Sp...

Feb 14, 2020

A timeline on rail disruptions by anti-pipeline protesters across Canada

RCMP began enforcing an injunction last week that prevents interference with construction of a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Here is a timeline of rail disruptions by...

Feb 13, 2020

Comedian launches bid to become leader of Quebec's struggling Parti Quebecois

MONTREAL - A well-known comedian launched his campaign for the leadership of the Parti Quebecois on Thursday by joking that he has been called a "clown in a party of clowns." Guy Nantel is w...

Feb 13, 2020

Travel restrictions during outbreak needless and illegal, global law experts say

OTTAWA - Global health law experts say dozens of countries - including the United States and Australia - are breaking international law by imposing travel restrictions during the n...

Feb 13, 2020