Canada

New China ambassador Dominic Barton meets detainees Kovrig and Spavor

OTTAWA - Canada's new ambassador to China has met with two Canadian men the People's Republic imprisoned nearly one year ago. Dominic Barton led his first consular visits with Michael Kovrig and ...

Oct 29, 2019

Sedentary adults and the rise of mushroom poisonings; In-The-News for Oct. 29

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 Oct. 29. What we are watching i...

Oct 29, 2019

Justin Trudeau to meet with Gov. Gen. Payette today to form government

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to meet with Gov. Gen. Julie Payette at Rideau Hall today to confirm that he intends to form government. Trudeau's Liberals won 157 seats in last week's ...

Oct 29, 2019

Democrats can learn from slim Liberal win to beat Trump: ex-Obama envoy Heyman

OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former Canadian envoy says divided Democrats in his party can learn important lessons from Justin Trudeau's slim election victory in their quest to defeat Donald Trump and the ...

Oct 29, 2019

Permits and challenges delay transfer of panda cubs from Calgary to China

CALGARY - A pair of giant panda cubs at the Calgary Zoo will be remaining in Canada longer than anticipated. Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue were born in Toronto in 2015 at the Toronto Zoo, and were transfe...

Oct 28, 2019

Pressure for climate action mounts on Liberals as activists organize

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he heard loud and clear the message Canadians sent in the federal election for him to be bolder about climate change action. Now young Canadians want him to...

Oct 28, 2019

Guinean-Canadians in Montreal protest possible third presidential term

MONTREAL - Alpha Diallo arrived in Canada from Guinea in 2009, a year before that country's president won his first election and raised hopes amid the nation's sole democratic transition of ...

Oct 28, 2019

Multiple homicides, shooting ramp up pressure on Winnipeg police resources

WINNIPEG - The police chief in Manitoba's capital says a deadly weekend has strained resources as investigators deal with three homicides and a shooting that left four people, including an infant, in ...

Oct 28, 2019

RCMP, feds pressed to find missing reservist with alleged links to neo-Nazis

OTTAWA - A Manitoba army reservist accused of harbouring ties to neo-Nazis remains unaccounted for two months after he was first reported missing. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews disappeared at t...

Oct 28, 2019

Canada has shown 'uneven progress' on gender equality, says new report

OTTAWA - A new report says it would take Canada 164 years to close the economic gap between men and women if things keep going the way they are. The review of how close - or far - Canada is from meeti...

Oct 28, 2019