Canada

Conservative leadership race to officially begin Monday as rules set

OTTAWA - The race for leadership of the federal Conservatives begins officially on Monday. The party released the rules for the contest late Saturday, and candidates have just over two months to pull ...

Jan 12, 2020

OPG says alert about Pickering nuclear plant incident was sent in error

TORONTO - An alert warning Ontario residents of an unspecified incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station early Sunday morning was sent in error, Ontario Power Generation said. OPG sent out a tw...

Jan 12, 2020

Father guilty of manslaughter in death of toddler found outside Edmonton church

EDMONTON - Dalyce Raine stood outside an Edmonton courthouse Friday in the bitter cold, unable to speak. She wiped away tears under her sunglasses. She had just heard that Joey Crier, h...

Jan 12, 2020

More shippers and shipping companies promise to avoid Arctic routes

Environmental groups are applauding international shippers and shipping companies that have voluntarily promised to stay away from controversial Arctic routes. "We were really excited to get this...

Jan 12, 2020

Fewer trees, less undergrowth: Study says wildfires changing boreal forest

EDMONTON - The increasing frequency of wildfires in Canada's boreal forest may be permanently changing one of the largest intact ecosystems left on Earth, research suggests. "We feel pretty confi...

Jan 12, 2020

'One of our giants:' Former federal cabinet minister John Crosbie dead at 88

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - John Crosbie had a tart tongue, a dry wit and what many have described as an unflinching devotion to Newfoundland and Labrador. The former federal cabinet minister often made headli...

Jan 12, 2020

Statistics Canada expects move to the digital cloud will prompt some rumbling

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is planning to move its information holdings to the digital cloud - a shift the national number-crunching agency acknowledges will prompt questions ...

Jan 12, 2020

Canada told to back crash allegations and a new $5 bill; In The News for Jan. 10

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. 10: What we are watching i...

Jan 12, 2020

Iran's president says Ukrainian jet unintentionally shot down, cites human error

OTTAWA - The president of Iran says a military investigation has concluded that missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of a Ukrainian plane and the deaths of 1...

Jan 12, 2020

Conservative leadership race to officially begin Monday as rules set

OTTAWA - The race for leadership of the federal Conservatives begins officially on Monday. The party released the rules for the contest late Saturday, and candidates have just over two months to pull ...

Jan 11, 2020