Canada

Suncor tells regulator reconsidering approvals would arm industry opponents

Oilsands giant Suncor says reopening the debate over mining an ecologically valuable wetland would play into the hands of industry opponents and upset Alberta's energy development. In April, the Alber...

Jul 28, 2023

Plaintiff in abuse lawsuit supports call to halt federal funding for Calgary Stampede

CALGARY - One of the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Calgary Stampede says he agrees with a member of Parliament who wants the federal government to temporarily withdraw funding for t...

Sheldon Spackman Jul 28, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Akwesasne police say body found was man linked to migrant deaths probe

MONTREAL - Police in Akwesasne say a body found this month in the St. Lawrence River is that of a man connected to the investigation into the deaths of eight migrants. Police say the coroner's office ...

Jul 28, 2023

Enbridge, Bad River Indigenous band both appealing Line 5 court ruling in Wisconsin

WASHINGTON - Both sides in the ongoing dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline are appealing last month's court decision in Wisconsin. That's where a district court judge gave Calgary-based Enbr...

Jul 28, 2023

New justice minister arrives amid bail debate, vows fresh look at judicial vacancies

OTTAWA - Canada's new justice minister says he plans to tell his staff and department to move "expeditiously" on addressing judicial vacancies, an issue that dogged his predecessors. Prime Minister Ju...

Jul 28, 2023

Major Montreal water main break leaves buildings flooded, vehicles submerged

MONTREAL - A major water main break in northeastern Montreal has forced evacuations and left vehicles submerged. The City of Montreal says some 18 buildings the Villeray-St-Michel-Park-Extension borou...

Jul 28, 2023

Montreal's new light-rail train network inaugurated, will open for free over weekend

BROSSARD, Que. - Montreal's electric light-rail train network has been officially inaugurated. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Franois Legault and Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante were among the di...

Jul 28, 2023

'Very proud moment': Valdez becomes first Filipino-Canadian woman to serve in cabinet

TORONTO - Rechie Valdez, who made history this week when she became the first Filipino-Canadian woman named to the federal cabinet, took an unusual path to high political office, transitioning from ba...

Jul 28, 2023

White House escalates extreme-heat efforts as record July marks 'global boiling' era

WASHINGTON - The hottest month in recorded history is going out with a bang in the United States. Much of the populous U.S. northeast is facing temperatures today and Saturday that will feel like 40 C...

Jul 28, 2023

Three dead, three injured in crash in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region

SAGUENAY, Que. - Three people were killed and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday evening in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region. Quebec provincial police say the collision betw...

Jul 28, 2023