Canada

Feds rang up $1.4M in legal costs during failed prosecution of Mark Norman

OTTAWA - The federal government rang up more than $1.4 million in legal costs during the failed prosecution of retired vice-admiral Mark Norman. Revealed this week by Justice Minister David Lametti in...

Jan 28, 2020

Liberals' income tax cut to cost more in lost revenues than planned, PBO says

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget watchdog estimates the Liberal government's newly enacted income tax cut will cost $2.5 billion more than projected. A report from the budget office this mo...

Jan 28, 2020

Armed Forces wrap up blizzard response in Newfoundland after historic storm

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Armed Forces have wrapped up their mission in Newfoundland and Labrador after dispatching to the provincial capital more than a week ago to help with recovery from a histor...

Jan 28, 2020

Deputy prime minister asks Opposition not to delay new NAFTA deal

OTTAWA - The minority Liberals made another pitch Sunday for cross-partisan co-operation on a key priority for the government in the upcoming sitting of the House of Commons: passing the new U.S....

Jan 28, 2020

RCMP secrets-case arrest triggered internal warnings, advisories to Mounties

OTTAWA - After the shocking arrest of one of their own on national-secrecy charges, rank-and-file Mounties were encouraged to get counselling if needed, decline to speak with the media ...

Jan 28, 2020

Toronto-area mayors, police chiefs meet to discuss gun violence

TORONTO - Mayors and police chiefs from the Toronto area are meeting today to discuss a recent spike in gun violence throughout the region. Toronto Mayor John Tory says he called the meeting - wh...

Jan 28, 2020

Birds flocking to national parks in the Canadian Rockies

BANFF, Alta. - It turns out tourists aren't the only ones who love the national parks in the Canadian Rockies. Despite recent studies showing bird populations are declining in many areas of North Amer...

Jan 28, 2020

As 106 reported dead from a virus outbreak, countries look to evacuate citizens

China has confirmed more than 4,500 cases of a new form of coronavirus, with 106 deaths. Nearly all of the fatalities have been in central Hubei province, but the new total includes the first death in...

Jan 28, 2020

Inquiry into Afghanistan vet who killed family, self, to continue in Nova Scotia

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry into an Afghanistan war veteran who shot and killed three members of this family before turning the gun on himself continues today in Nova Scotia. It's the second full d...

Jan 28, 2020

A wolf is trapped and an RCMP arrest prompts warnings; In The News for Jan. 28

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 Jan. 28 ... What we are wa...

Jan 28, 2020