Canada

Lawsuit settled in fatal wheelchair accident at New Brunswick train crossing

MONCTON, N.B. - Three years after a Moncton man in an electric wheelchair was struck and killed by a freight train at a level crossing in the city, a lawsuit stemming from his death has been reso...

Oct 10, 2019

Climate change threatens extinction for most birds, especially in Canada: report

Climate change threatens extinction for two-thirds of bird species across North America, including almost all of those filling the forests and tundra of northern Canada, says an extensive report....

Oct 10, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)

'Looking at the world around us:' Canadian scientist wins Nobel Prize in physics

James Peebles, a Manitoba-born scientist who won the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday, said his relatively quiet life isn't so quiet anymore. Peebles, who was born in the francophone commu...

Oct 10, 2019

No-strike hooky, Mike Tyson and travelling with your pet; In-The-News for Oct. 8

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. 8. What we are watching in...

Oct 10, 2019

Nirvana and the Nordiques; for the Oct. 10 In-The-News we go Unplugged

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. 10. What we are watching i...

Oct 10, 2019

RCMP shuns lie-detector tests for top security clearances despite federal rules

OTTAWA - The Canadian Press has learned the RCMP does not give lie-detector tests to employees undergoing top-level security screenings despite federal rules that require such examinati...

Oct 10, 2019

Singh's stance on Bill 21 called out by anti-hate group

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Tuesday he is trying to fight support for Bill 21, Quebec's controversial secularism law, among Quebecers by proving to them that a man who wears a turban d...

Oct 10, 2019

Mother of slain Hamilton teen says 'everyone' failed her son

HAMILTON - A mother who witnessed her son being stabbed to death outside his high school broke her silence on Wednesday, blaming the system for failing to protect the 14-year-old f...

Oct 09, 2019

Girl recalls stabbing that injured her and killed her friend at B.C. high school

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A teenage girl wrote the words "this is amazing grace" on a piece of paper moments before she and her friend were attacked by a man with a knife inside a British Columbia high ...

Oct 09, 2019

British Columbia premier defends chief of staff over handling of allegations

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan defended how his chief of staff handled allegations made against the former clerk of the B.C. legislature when he first learned of them in July 2018 as the Liberals...

Oct 09, 2019