Canada

'A mess out here:' Manitoba farmers struggling with wet crops after snowstorm

WINNIPEG - More Manitoba residents saw their electricity restored Thursday - one week after a major snowstorm brought down power poles and transmission towers and delivered another wallop to...

Oct 19, 2019

Quebec man found guilty of first-degree murder in slaying of ex-wife, stranger

ST-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2017 stabbing death of his ex-wife and the fatal beating of an elderly stranger in order to ...

Oct 19, 2019

Leaders pour it on with rallies, boosts for candidates as campaign reaches peak

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has a marathon day of campaigning ahead, starting early this morning near Niagara Falls, Ont., and ending with a late-night rally in Calgary after a stop in Winn...

Oct 19, 2019

Bail hearing in RCMP secrets case to conclude with final submissions

OTTAWA - Final submissions will be made Friday at a bail hearing for Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law. Ortis, 47, is charged with&...

Oct 19, 2019

Prison needle use should be supervised to ensure safety, guards say

OTTAWA - Setting up supervised injection sites at federal institutions is the way to go if the Correctional Service plans to continue making needles available to drug-using inmates, prison g...

Oct 19, 2019

Attention everyone: Something's fishy with In-The-News for Oct. 17

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. 17. What we are watching i...

Oct 19, 2019

Scheer, Trudeau, Singh haggle over potential minority government outcome

OTTAWA - Four days before Canadians go to the polls, the leaders of Canada's three largest federal parties argued Thursday over how the country will be governed if there is no clear win...

Oct 19, 2019

Beef recall expands as Toronto slaughterhouse co-operates with food watchdog

A large recall of raw beef and veal products continued to expand this week with food safety watchdogs in Canada and the United States issuing safety warnings about meat linked to an Ontario compa...

Oct 18, 2019

Probation for some new Alberta bus, truck drivers after Broncos family pressure

EDMONTON - Alberta's transportation minister says there will be a two-year probationary period for thousands of bus and truck drivers who passed their exams before new training rules took effect....

Oct 18, 2019

Alberta introduces legislation allowing access to partner's criminal records

EDMONTON - Alberta is introducing legislation first developed in Britain that allows people in abusive relationships to request information about a partner's criminal record. Premier Ja...

Oct 18, 2019