Canada

RCMP issue Amber Alert for 14-month-old child abducted near Hinton

BRULE - RCMP just east of Jasper National Park have issued an Amber Alert for a 14-month-old child believed to have been abducted by his father.Mounties issued the alert early Friday morning and say W...

Dec 20, 2019

Statistics Canada says annual pace of inflation climbs to 2.2 per cent

OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation heated up in November as gasoline prices posted their first year-over-year increase since October 2018, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The agency said the...

Dec 20, 2019

Right whale gives birth to first calf off the coast of Georgia: Oceana

HALIFAX - An international conservation group has announced the birth of the first North Atlantic right whale calf of the 2019-2020 calving season. Oceana says the calf was first observed Monday off t...

Dec 20, 2019

Canadian son of Russian spies to speak to media in Toronto this afternoon

TORONTO - The Toronto-born son of Russian spies, whose Canadian citizenship has now been affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada, will speak to media in his hometown this afternoon. Alexander Vav...

Dec 20, 2019

Nova Scotia premier to decide fate of pulp mill that supports thousands of jobs

HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia is expected to issue a decision today on the fate of an aging pulp mill that supports thousands of jobs across the province. Almost five years ago, Steph...

Dec 20, 2019

A Nerf 'gun fight' in North Delta, B.C. and spy kids; In The News for Dec. 20

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 Dec. 20. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...

Dec 20, 2019

Contractors to help Air Force manage shortage of experienced pilots, technicians

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is turning to contractors to address a shortage of experienced military pilots that has forced commanders to walk a delicate line between keeping enough seasoned ...

Dec 20, 2019

Last tanker cars to be removed from site of derailment in Saskatchewan

LANIGAN, Sask. - Canadian Pacific Railway says it expects the last of its damaged cars will be removed by the end of the week from the site of a fiery derailment in Saskatchewan. It also says in an em...

Dec 19, 2019

Mom of slain girls tells court her life is like a nightmare she never wakes from

VICTORIA - A mother of two murdered girls says her life has become a living nightmare from which she never awakes. Sarah Cotton told a B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing for her...

Dec 19, 2019

Ottawa's consultation with Indigenous groups on pipeline was meaningful: Lawyer

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Canadian government say it conducted a new round of consultations with Indigenous groups about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that was reasonable, adequate...

Dec 19, 2019