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Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has reinstated his decision to subject a thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta to a federal review. Wilkinson said in July 2020 that the Vista project ...

LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - The Quebec government is moving ahead with plans to redistribute $39 million to those impacted by the 2013 rail disaster in Lac-Mgantic, Que., that killed 47 people. About $20 mill...

MONTREAL - The coroner who investigated the death of Joyce Echaquan says the Quebec government should recognize the existence of systemic racism and make a commitment to rooting it out of institutions...

SAINTE-ADLE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is probing the death of a man shot by provincial police in Ste-Adle, north of Montreal. According to preliminary information, provincial police were called...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19. The high court said in a press release Friday that Kavanaugh has no symptoms and has been fully vacci...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product was down 0.1 per cent in July. The agency's initial estimate for July had been for a contraction of 0.4 per cent. Its initial estimate for A...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A fire at a hospital in the Romanian port city of Constanta killed at least nine COVID-19 patients, authorities said Friday. All the victims were in the intensive care unit o...

MONTREAL - Quebec's proposed overhaul of its French-language charter is under the microscope at legislative hearings, with participants this week raising concerns about the bill's effect on English sp...

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. 1 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

WINNIPEG - An extradition hearing for a former Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is to begin today. Peter Nygard, who is 80, was arrested in W...