Canada

Roughly 13,000 without power days after snowstorm pummels Manitoba

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hydro says about 13,000 customers remain without power six days after a snowstorm started pummeling the province. Spokesman Bruce Owen says crews need to rebuild much of the t...

Oct 15, 2019

Alberta joining class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors

CALGARY - The Alberta government says it's joining a class-action lawsuit to recoup health-care costs related to the opioid crisis. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says there were almost 800 fatal overd...

Oct 15, 2019

Crown appealing verdict in Alberta meningitis case citing comments by judge

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The Crown is appealing the not guilty verdict in the case of an Alberta couple charged with not seeking medical help sooner for their sick toddler son. Last month Justice...

Oct 15, 2019

Trudeau plays defence in Maritimes today while Scheer fights for seats in Quebec

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is barnstorming New Brunwick and Nova Scotia today, while his Conservative rival Andrew Scheer does the same in Quebec. The difference is that Trudeau is spendin...

Oct 15, 2019

Unprecedented snowstorm leads to state of emergency in Manitoba

WINNIPEG - Nearly 21,000 Manitoba homes and businesses remained without power early Monday in the wake of a snowstorm that the province's Crown energy utility said had left an unprecedented amount of ...

Oct 15, 2019

Sprinting to the finish line and disappearing dimples; In-The-News for Oct. 15

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 ... Li...

Oct 15, 2019

Rewards for good behaviour part of school-violence prevention: teachers' union

VANCOUVER - Hearing about the stabbing death of a 14-year-old boy outside a school in Hamilton has Darrel Crimeni grappling with questions of bullying and a lack of empathy that may also hav...

Oct 15, 2019

Manitoba Hydro unable to estimate how long some customers will be without power

WINNIPEG - Electricity is returning to many Winnipeg customers affected by an intense winter storm, but Manitoba Hydro says it can't even estimate how long it will be before power is restored to ...

Oct 14, 2019

First Nations displaced by storm share concerns with Scheer campaign

WINNIPEG - Families forced to flee the Lake Manitoba First Nation are expressing frustration around evacuation efforts following a recent snowstorm that's left thousands of people in the province...

Oct 14, 2019

Montreal demonstrators protest Turkish military invasion in northern Syria

MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal Saturday to protest Turkey's incursion into northeast Syria, warning of humanitarian disaster and U.S. strategic folly. Members of the Kurdish-C...

Oct 14, 2019