Category Archives: Canada

Evacuations, road closures and plenty of cleanup after B.C. flooding, landslides
VANCOUVER - Several British Columbia communities are cleaning up and digging out after a storm swept over the southern part of the province on Friday, prompting flooding and landslides. Local sta...
Feb 04, 2020

Second psychiatrist had worried Desmond was 'falling through the cracks'
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A psychiatrist who saw Lionel Desmond two days before he fatally shot his family and himself says the former soldier showed no signs he was thinking about hurting anyone when ...
Feb 04, 2020

WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica turns back after false coronavirus claim
TORONTO - A WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica had to turn back Monday after the airline says a passenger made an "unfounded claim regarding coronavirus." The airline said in a statement that...
Feb 04, 2020

Liberals revive Rona Ambrose's bill on sexual assault law training for judges
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is introducing legislation to help ensure judges are trained in sexual assault law. It would require all newly appointed provincial superior court judges to receive the...
Feb 04, 2020

Canadians in Wuhan to be evacuated Thursday, government letter says
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says a plane meant to pick up Canadians from Wuhan, China is on its way to Vietnam. In a tweet Tuesday morning, Champagne says the charter fli...
Feb 04, 2020

Trump sure to claim victory on USMCA, impeachment in state of the union
WASHINGTON - It was once among the most predictable spectacles on the American political calendar - but with Donald Trump on the dais, there's as much suspense surrounding tonight's sta...
Feb 04, 2020

Most Canadian households will get more than they pay from carbon tax: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says most Canadian households will receive more money back from the federal government's carbon-tax scheme than it will cost them. The assertion is contained i...
Feb 04, 2020

Iowa caucus crashed and street preacher gets noise ticket; In The News for Feb. 4
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. 4 ... What ...
Feb 04, 2020

Report tells Health Canada to rethink funding in opioid fight
OTTAWA - How governments fund the country's fight against the opioid crisis might explain "a lack of progress" on the issue, say newly disclosed documents on an alte...
Feb 04, 2020

Federal Court to rule on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion challenge
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on the latest challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion today. Four First Nations from British Columbia filed court chal...
Feb 04, 2020