Canada

Universities across Canada plan moment of silence for plane crash victims

Universities across Canada are coming together today to honour the victims of a plane crash in Iran that left no survivors a week ago. More than a dozen universities have said they are grieving s...

Jan 15, 2020

Universities plan moment of silence and the growing deficit; In The News for Jan. 15

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. 15 ... What we are watchin...

Jan 15, 2020

Vigils held for plane crash victims and assisted dying; In The News for Jan. 13

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. 13. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...

Jan 15, 2020

Feds to delete near-death requirement but could impose new limits to MAID

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has accepted a court ruling that Canadians should not have to be near death to qualify for medical assistance to end their lives but it is now considering whether ...

Jan 15, 2020

Refugee and chocolate maker Tareq Hadhad to become Canadian citizen today

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia chocolate maker who came to Canada as a Syrian refugee will become a Canadian citizen today. Tareq Hadhad, the founder of Peace by Chocolate in Antigonish, is to ...

Jan 15, 2020

Group cleaning up old oil wells says Alberta government rules inadequate

EDMONTON - A group tasked with cleaning up thousands of abandoned energy facilities in Alberta says the province's rules for ensuring polluters reclaim their wells before selling them off are&nbs...

Jan 15, 2020

Crown appeal of verdict in toddler's meningitis death set for June in Calgary

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

Jan 15, 2020

Senate Republicans expect USMCA vote Thursday, clearing decks for impeachment

WASHINGTON - Canada's hard-won continental trade deal with the United States and Mexico could be up for a vote in the U.S. Senate before the end of the week, thanks to the emerging timelines...

Jan 14, 2020

Harry and Meghan's royal move to Canada signals generational change: experts

VICTORIA - Royal experts and tourism officials say Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren't the only couple who have come to Victoria for a visit and ended up staying. If the couple decides to make ...

Jan 14, 2020

Haitian-Canadians commemorate 10 year anniversary of deadly earthquake

MONTREAL - Gael Stephenson Chancy remembers the time following the earthquake that struck Haiti ten years ago as the moment he was forced to grow up. As his family rode in a transport towards the...

Jan 14, 2020