Canada

Ottawa accepts New Brunswick's carbon tax proposal

Ottawa says New Brunswick's proposed carbon tax passes the federal smell test. Today's decision by the Trudeau Liberals means as of April, New Brunswick consumers will stop paying the federal car...

Dec 11, 2019

Multiple fatalities after plane crashes on Gabriola Island off B.C. coast

GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - Three investigators from the Transportation Safety Board are expected to arrive early this afternoon at the scene of a plane crash which officials say took several lives o...

Dec 11, 2019

Police investigate after woman, two young boys found dead in east-end Montreal home

Montreal police are investigating the discovery of three bodies in an east-end home. Police say the bodies of a woman, 42, and two boys, ages 4 and 2, were found today in Montreal's Poi...

Dec 11, 2019

Multiple fatalities after plane crashes on Gabriola Island off B.C. coast

GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service and police have confirmed multiple fatalities in a plane crash off the east coast of Vancouver Island. Coroners Service spokesman Andy Wa...

Dec 11, 2019

Bill to ratify new North American trade deal coming in short order: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will move quickly to approve the updated North American free trade deal. Trudeau says he has given his personal promise to U.S. President D...

Dec 11, 2019

Conservationists criticize Quebec plan to protect caribou by killing wolves

MONTREAL - A Quebec government plan that involves shooting wolves if they get too close to an endangered caribou herd is drawing criticism from environmentalists. Trained shooters ...

Dec 11, 2019

Decision reserved in hearing for N.B. officers involved in fatal shooting

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick arbitrator has 15 days to decide the fate of two Bathurst, N.B., police officers who were involved in a fatal shooting almost five years ago. Constables Mathieu...

Dec 11, 2019

Trudeau's minority Liberal government survives first confidence vote

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals survived Tuesday their first test of confidence in the House of Commons but got a pointed reminder of how opposition parties can still make life complicated for...

Dec 11, 2019

New NAFTA, a school strike and a school streaker; In The News for Dec. 11

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. 11. What we are watching i...

Dec 11, 2019

'Kind of lacking:' Injured Bronco wonders why Canada won't fund spinal surgery

CALGARY - A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says it feels good to be home after spending five weeks in Thailand, where he underwent spinal surgery. "It feels good. I mea...

Dec 11, 2019