Canada

Alberta minister says federal strings on electricity climate funding a 'threat'

EDMONTON - Alberta Environment and Protected Areas Minister Rebecca Schulz says Ottawa is threatening the province by suggesting it will withhold federal funding from electricity projects that don't r...

Aug 8, 2023

Moon mission with Canada's Jeremy Hansen remains on schedule for November 2024: NASA

WASHINGTON - Officials at NASA say the mission that will send a Canadian astronaut into lunar space for the first time is still on track to launch in November of next year. Mission specialist Jeremy H...

Aug 8, 2023

Pilot program seeks to reward companies that better protect temporary foreign workers

Ottawa is introducing a new three-year pilot program that would incentivize employers to follow worker-protection rules by making it easier for them to hire temporary foreign workers. Under the pilot ...

Aug 8, 2023

Health advocacy work helped to heal Mark Holland during mental health crisis

OTTAWA - Newly appointed Health Minister Mark Holland says advocating for health research and preventive medicine gave him a sense of purpose during the darkest time in his life. Holland was in politi...

Aug 8, 2023

Police investigating overnight fire at future Montreal light rail station as arson

Montreal police say they're are investigating a suspicious overnight fire that caused significant damage at a light rail station under construction. Const. Mariane Allaire Morin says flames were repor...

Aug 8, 2023

Quebec police say 22 people died in road and off-road crashes over two-week period

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say 22 people died in crashes on the province's roads and trails over the past two weeks, marking a particularly deadly summer holiday period. Police say there were...

Aug 8, 2023

Rain, cooler weather could bring relief to B.C. wildfire crews as new fires start

Crews with the BC Wildfire Service faced a busy long weekend as the number of active wildfires in the province jumped above 400, including 34 reported Monday. The wildfire service says more than 200 o...

Aug 8, 2023

Canada sanctions Iran's new national security chief, six drone executives

OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning Iran's new security chief, alongside six Iranians accused of destabilizing the Middle East and Ukraine. Ali Akbar Ahmadian, a former commander of the navy division of th...

Aug 8, 2023

In the news today: B.C. wildfire forces evacuation of music festival

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... B.C. festival evacuated due to wildfire, more properties on alert over long wee...

Aug 8, 2023

Former Saskatchewan RCMP boss warned officers to watch opinions after Stanley verdict

The RCMP braced for backlash across rural Saskatchewan and kept a close eye on Indigenous groups after the not guilty verdict of a farmer charged in the death of Colten Boushie, emails show. The forme...

Aug 8, 2023