Canada

Green economy think tank gives thumbs up to tree planting promise

OTTAWA - An Ottawa-based green economy think tank says the federal government's promise to plant two billion trees over the next 10 years is a cheap way to pull greenhouse gases out of the a...

Dec 17, 2019

Financial support and Conservative leadership race; In The News for Dec. 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 Dec. 17. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...

Dec 17, 2019

Finance ministers push Morneau for stabilization, health-care money

OTTAWA - The country's finance ministers are meeting in Ottawa today, with more federal help for resource-dependent provinces such as Alberta on the agenda. All provinces say a federal program that cu...

Dec 17, 2019

Nova Scotia to rule on mill's plan to pump effluent into Northumberland Strait

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's environment minister is expected to release his decision today on a pulp mill's controversial proposal to pump 85 million litres of treated effluent daily into the Northumberla...

Dec 17, 2019

Victims of Danforth shooting file class-action lawsuit against gunmaker

TORONTO - Victims of a mass shooting in Toronto have filed a class-action lawsuit against U.S. gunmaker Smith & Wesson, alleging the company was negligent for failing to i...

Dec 16, 2019

Former chair of Conservative leadership race says quick vote on leader possible

OTTAWA - A senior Conservative instrumental in the party's last leadership race says choosing a new leader at the upcoming convention in April is feasible, but would take a lot of work. Dan Nowlan, wh...

Dec 16, 2019

Government announces revised carbon-tax rebate amounts for four provinces

OTTAWA - The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces that have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal requirem...

Dec 16, 2019

RCMP: Mountie who died in Winnipeg crash was father of three and hockey volunteer

WINNIPEG - A Mountie who died in a crash on Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway was "the proud father of three teenaged girls" who was just days shy of 13 years of service with the force, Manitoba's top...

Dec 16, 2019

Arrest in RCMP secrets case touched off a flurry of activity at highest levels

OTTAWA - The head of Canada's spy agency was briefed two dozen times over a six-week period last fall about a security lapse at the national police force - an indication of the gravity of th...

Dec 16, 2019

NDP wants more transparency, regular reviews of new North American trade deal

OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are asking the Liberal government to provide Canadians with more information about what's in the new North American free trade deal and commit to regular reviews of its ...

Dec 16, 2019