Canada

Quebec rocker Eric Lapointe pleads not guilty to a charge of assault

MONTREAL - Quebec rock musician Eric Lapointe has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault. Lapointe's lawyer entered the plea on his behalf during a hearing this morning in Montr...

Oct 28, 2019

Alberta budget weakens environmental, climate monitoring: Opposition

EDMONTON - The Alberta budget tabled last week cuts funds for environmental monitoring and for managing greenhouse gas emissions. Critics say that will weaken the province's ability to track...

Oct 28, 2019

Montreal artist known as Zombie Boy died accidentally, Quebec coroner rules

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has ruled that the death of a tattooed artist and model who starred in a massively popular music video was an accident. Rick Stephan Genest, known as Zombie Boy, was f...

Oct 28, 2019

Feds leave national-security level at medium following ISIL leader's death

OTTAWA - The federal government says the national-threat level remains unchanged despite concerns of retaliatory strikes by the Islamic State group after the killing of its leader....

Oct 28, 2019

Cigarette packaging and Bill 21; In-The-News for Oct. 28

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. 15. What we are watching in Canada ... OT...

Oct 28, 2019

Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos hockey player to get spinal surgery in Thailand

CALGARY - A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is to depart on a 12,000-kilometre journey to Thailand later this week for surgery that could help restore some of his m...

Oct 28, 2019

Protesters against Quebec's secularism law say they're not giving up

MONTREAL - Protesters against Quebec's secularism law say they aren't giving up the fight to overturn Bill 21. About 200 of them braved the cold rain and gathered in Montreal's Parc-Extension nei...

Oct 27, 2019

Activist Greta Thunberg says adults must protect kids from climate change

VANCOUVER - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg says those in power need to realize what they are doing to future generations through climate change because if adults really loved children, they...

Oct 27, 2019

N.S. government to return to talks with Crowns, as controversial law paused

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government held off Friday on enacting legislation that would have put striking Crowns back to work, promising to return to talks in ...

Oct 27, 2019

Planned event reignites debate about libraries' role as forum for free speech

TORONTO - An event featuring a self-described feminist speaker known for saying transgender rights endanger women has reignited an old debate about the role of public libraries as forum...

Oct 27, 2019