Canada

Commuter rail trips cancelled as protest blocks tracks near Belleville, Ont.

A blockade on a rail line in eastern Ontario has halted service along one of Via Rail's busiest routes and led to numerous cancellations. Spokesman Karl-Philip Marchand Giguere did not provide reasons...

Feb 09, 2020

Multiple road collisions, schools shuttered, flights cancelled as heavy snow lashes Quebec

MONTREAL - Drivers were urged to stay off the roads and children got an unexpected day off from school Friday as heavy snow battered a large swath of southern Quebec. More than 700 road inci...

Feb 09, 2020

Second plane for Canadians in Wuhan on its way to Asia: foreign minister

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Canada's foreign minister says a second plane has left for Asia to bring a second load of Canadians out of the Chinese city locked down over a viral outbreak. Foreign Affairs M...

Feb 09, 2020

On 10-year anniversary of Vancouver Olympics, public figures reflect on mixed legacy

VANCOUVER - When Gregor Robertson took office as mayor of Vancouver, he said he didn't anticipate the "financial meltdown" of a planned housing development as the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralym...

Feb 09, 2020

Iran doesn't have expertise to analyze PS752 recorders: Champagne

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Iran doesn't have experts who can analyze the data recorders from a civilian airliner it shot down last month and it's time to...

Feb 09, 2020

Trudeau says he pressed Egypt's president on detained Canadians

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he raised the cases of Canadian citizens detained in Egypt with that country's president at a summit of African leaders. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...

Feb 09, 2020

Pet support: Calgary group raising funds for animal-friendly homeless shelter

CALGARY - Chaz Smith has seen some homeless people have to make the heartbreaking decision of having a warm bed for a night or staying outside with their furry friends. "We don't have any pe...

Feb 09, 2020

Mother waits as father criminally probed for failing to return child to Canada

TORONTO - Canadian police are investigating a mother's complaint that her former spouse has failed to obey a court order to return their four-year-old son to Canada. The investigation into Oscar Maill...

Feb 09, 2020

Indigenous leaders should have keys to 100 Wellington, Metis leader says

OTTAWA - The Metis National Council wants to be given their own set of keys to a building across from Parliament Hill that has been designated as space for Indigenous Peoples. The leaders of the Metis...

Feb 09, 2020

Canadians arrive from Wuhan and call to 'recanvass' Iowa results; In The News for Feb. 7

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 Feb. 7 ... What ...

Feb 09, 2020