Canada

The latest on the Ukranian plane crash in Iran that killed 176 people

The latest on the Ukranian plane crash that killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians, in Iran: 8 a.m. Ukranian International Airlines has released a list of the passengers on a plane that...

Jan 08, 2020

63 Canadians killed in plane crash near Tehran, Ukrainian official says

SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran - Dozens of Canadians were among the 176 people killed in a plane crash just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs s...

Jan 08, 2020

Canada watching Iraq and cannabis edibles; In The News for Jan. 6

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. 6. What we are watching in Canada ... A&n...

Jan 08, 2020

Streaming companies like Netflix will have to fund Canadian content: CRTC chair

OTTAWA - Canada's broadcast and telecom regulator says it's inevitable that foreign media companies streaming content into Canada, including Netflix and Amazon, will have to make an "equitable" contri...

Jan 08, 2020

New poll suggests Tories know what they want in a new leader but not whom to pick

OTTAWA - A new poll finds Conservative voters are far more sure about what they want in a new leader for their party than they are about who should fill that job. A Leger Marketing survey suggest...

Jan 08, 2020

Canadians unharmed in Iraq and out-of-this world cookies; In The News for Jan. 8

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. 8: What we are watching in...

Jan 08, 2020

Diane Ford, mother of Rob and Doug Ford, dies at 85, premier's office says

TORONTO - Diane Ford, the mother of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the late Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has died at the age of 85. The premier's office said the Ford matriarch died in her Etobicoke home on...

Jan 07, 2020

A brief look at some of Canada's biggest wildfires in the last two decades

OTTAWA - Okanagan Mountain Park, B.C., 2003: 25,600 hectares burned, 33,050 people evacuated, 238 homes burned. McLure, B.C., 2003: 26,420 hectares burned, destroying or damaging 72 homes, and forcing...

Jan 07, 2020

Iranian-Canadian man on day trip to U.S. day says he faced discrimination

VANCOUVER - Sam Sadr's first trip to the United States from his home in North Vancouver was supposed to be a relaxing getaway but he says his birth in Iran made him a target at the border, where ...

Jan 07, 2020

Company says work delay possible as it seeks meeting over B.C. pipeline dispute

SMITHERS, B.C. - A company building a natural gas pipeline though northwestern British Columbia says it could delay work in an area at the centre of a dispute with a First Nation,&...

Jan 07, 2020