Canada

Canada to ratify new NAFTA next week following U.S. Senate approval: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will move next week to formally approve North America's new, long-delayed free trade pact. Trudeau says the government will introduce a way...

Jan 21, 2020

Iran has asked for technical help on black boxes in downed plane

Iran needs technical assistance from France and the United States to analyze data from the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down, says a preliminary report r...

Jan 21, 2020

St. John's still digging out and James Dean back to life; In The News for Jan. 21

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. 21 ... What we are wa...

Jan 21, 2020

Meng extradition case back in court for second day on double criminality test

VANCOUVER - The second day of a court hearing gets underway today in Vancouver over a request from the United States to extradite an executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei o...

Jan 21, 2020

New federal climate think tank looking for a pathway to zero emissions

OTTAWA - A new climate change think tank funded by the federal government says Canadians should expect to face the harsh realities of a changing climate even under the most aggressive global effo...

Jan 21, 2020

Liberal priorities for minority Parliament, NAFTA ratification, assault rifle ban

WINNIPEG - Ratifying the new North American Free Trade Agreement will be a top priority for the Trudeau government when Parliament resumes next week. Legislation to ban military-style assault rifles w...

Jan 21, 2020

State of emergency in St. John's, N.L., reaches Day 5 after massive blizzard

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It's now Day 5 of the state of emergency in the St. John's, N.L., as cleanup continues from Friday's massive blizzard that dumped 76 centimetres of snow in the area. Defence Mi...

Jan 21, 2020

Prison service trying to better understand the needs of black offenders

OTTAWA - Canada's prison service is working to better understand the needs of black offenders, a community whose overrepresentation in federal custody is second only to Indige...

Jan 21, 2020

Quebec minister says reform needed after people line up for days to sponsor refugees

MONTREAL - Quebec's immigration minister has acknowledged the province's system to sponsor refugees needs reform after hundreds of people camped out in his department's Montreal offices over...

Jan 20, 2020

A brief look at carbon taxing by province

OTTAWA - As of Jan. 1, every Canadian and all Canadian businesses are paying a price on carbon. The federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act means provinces that do not have their own price o...

Jan 20, 2020