Canada

Supreme Court ruling means children of Russian spies are Canadian citizens

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has decided the Toronto-born sons of Russian spies are actually Canadian citizens. The high court decision today upholds a Federal Court of Appeal ruling...

Dec 19, 2019

Climate change chosen as Canadian Press News Story of the Year for 2019

OTTAWA - In late September, hundreds of thousands of Canadians took to the streets across the country to demand more from their governments on climate change. It was one of the largest mass prote...

Dec 19, 2019

Three former St. Michael's students to be sentenced in sex assault case

TORONTO - Three former students of an all-boys Catholic school in Toronto are expected to be sentenced today for their roles in an assault and two sexual assaults on campus. Court has heard that the t...

Dec 19, 2019

Supreme Court to rule on Super Bowl TV ads, spies in setting review principles

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to set down legal principles today that help settle disparate feuds over Super Bowl TV commercials and whether the sons of Russian spies...

Dec 19, 2019

B.C. father who killed his daughters, aged 4 and 6, to be sentenced

VICTORIA - A father convicted of murdering his two daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 is scheduled to be sentenced today by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Victoria. A...

Dec 19, 2019

In Quebec, there's no embarrassment in being called a nationalist

MONTREAL - Buying a new bathtub or kitchen sink isn't a usually a political decision, but Quebec Premier Francois Legault tried to make it one this year with a subtle call in October to ...

Dec 19, 2019

Green economy think tank gives thumbs up to tree planting promise

OTTAWA - A green economy think tank at the University of Ottawa says the federal government's promise to plant two billion trees over the next 10 years is a cheap way to pull greenhouse gase...

Dec 19, 2019

St. Mike's sex assault and Trump impeachment; In The News for Dec. 19

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 Dec. 19. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...

Dec 19, 2019

Nova Scotia withholds approval, seeks more information on pulp mill plan

HALIFAX - The fate of thousands of jobs in Nova Scotia's forestry sector remains uncertain after the province's environment minister chose to withhold approval of a pulp mill's controversial...

Dec 19, 2019

Wheels in motion to rework payments to budget-strained provinces, Morneau says

OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is ordering his officials to come up with ways to change how Ottawa hands out money to cash-starved provinces - hinting changes could be coming soon ...

Dec 19, 2019