Canada

Trudeau, Scheer hit the road again for second full week of federal campaign

OTTAWA - After a day off the campaign trail Saturday, Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer are on the road again today. Trudeau is promising a new policy announcement in the middle of a residential subdiv...

Sep 22, 2019

B.C. auditor says tighter expense rules, oversight needed at B.C. legislature

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the province's legislature must set higher standards for expense reporting by top administrative officials following allegations of spending abuses&n...

Sep 21, 2019

Indigenous candidates 'hurt,' 'frustrated' by Trudeau blackface photos

VANCOUVER - Indigenous candidates and community leaders expressed shock, pain and frustration Thursday after multiple photographs surfaced of Justin Trudeau made up in brownface and blackfac...

Sep 21, 2019

'I'd do it again,' says B.C. man who jumped naked into Toronto shark tank

TORONTO - A British Columbia man apologized to a judge on Thursday for stripping naked and jumping into a shark tank at a Toronto aquarium last year only to moments later say ...

Sep 21, 2019

Quebec Provincial Police question 17 people about Desjardins data breach

MONTREAL - Quebec Provincial Police have questioned 17 people of interest and conducted property searches relating to the breach of personal information of 2.9 million Desjardins Group membe...

Sep 21, 2019

Appeal court rules 3-2 in favour of law that slashed Toronto city council

TORONTO - Ontario's top court has upheld a provincial law that slashed the size of Toronto's city council nearly in half last year, saying the unexpected move did not interfere with candidates' o...

Sep 21, 2019

Health organizations call for end to promotion of vaping products

OTTAWA - Federal officials have to act right away to avoid further risks of serious illness from vaping, eight Canadian health organizations said Thursday. The groups are asking for an inter...

Sep 21, 2019

Mountie who alleged unrelenting harassment loses final bid to sue RCMP

TORONTO - An RCMP officer who accused his superiors of waging an unrelenting campaign to ruin his career lost his 12-year battle to sue the force for harassment and intentional infliction of distress ...

Sep 21, 2019

Trudeau's 2001 'brown face' and moving Beyond Meat; In-The-News for Sept. 19

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 Sept. 19. What we are watching ...

Sep 21, 2019

'We can move on with our lives:' Alberta parents acquitted in death of toddler

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta mother and father who treated their ill son with herbal remedies rather than get him medical attention have been acquitted in the boy's death. The courtro...

Sep 21, 2019