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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Heavy winds knock out power on East Coast More than 100,000 people were without...
Dec 19, 2023
OTTAWA - "Merry Christmas, everybody! Merry Christmas. Are we still allowed to say Merry Christmas in Justin Trudeau's Canada?" That's how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre greeted his caucus, and ...
Dec 19, 2023
Norm Allard knows he may never see the full impacts of his efforts to restore wetlands and floodplains in southeastern British Columbia, but he takes a"generational view"of the work that exemplifies a...
Dec 19, 2023
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION AND THUNDER BAY, ONT. - Charla Moonias lost her friends, her language and the connection to her culture after she left her northern Ontario First Nation at 14 years old to go t...
Dec 19, 2023
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will outline today the details of his plan to eventually phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles in Canada. The electric-vehicle sales mandate regula...
Dec 19, 2023
QUEBEC - Heavy rain across Quebec has officials monitoring rising water levels in the provincial capital region and ordering evacuations in some areas. Quebec City police say about 20 homes were evacu...
Dec 18, 2023
OTTAWA - An Ottawa youth facing terrorism charges for an alleged plot against the Jewish community is now also accused of having explosives in his possession. The youth, who cannot be identified, was ...
Dec 18, 2023
OTTAWA - Auto manufacturers will have three years to start showing a sizable increase in electric-vehicle sales as the federal government moves to finalize its new EV mandate this week. Environment Mi...
Sheldon Spackman Dec 18, 2023
Alberta volunteer firefighter Alison Archambault calls it her "soul work." But that doesn't mean some more help at tax time wouldn't be welcome too. A tax credit for volunteer firefighters currently s...
Sheldon Spackman Dec 18, 2023
MONTREAL - Emergency room doctors in Quebec say overcrowding in hospitals has reached dangerous levels. Dr. Judy Morris, head of an association of Quebec ER doctors, says occupancy rates are as high a...
Dec 18, 2023