Canada

Ottawa gives $212M funding boost for housing asylum seekers

Ottawa is putting $212 million more toward interim housing for people claiming asylum in Canada, including about $97 million for Toronto, where a shelter system at capacity has forced people to sleep ...

Jul 18, 2023

Saskatchewan government releases recommendations from review of Prince Albert police

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government has released the recommendations from an investigation into Prince Albert police amid ongoing concerns from Indigenous leaders over how the force han...

Jul 18, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Blockade dismantled at Winnipeg landfill

WINNIPEG - A blockade has been taken down at a Winnipeg landfill where demonstrators have been calling for the search of a different landfill north of the city for the remains of two Indigenous women....

Jul 18, 2023

Capelin conservation concerns and Inflation numbers get an update: In The News today

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today. Experts call for pause in N.L. capelin fishery Marine scientists and conservation...

Jul 18, 2023

Scientists head to Nunavut island to help solve Mars methane mystery

AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND, NUNAVUT - A team of researchers has travelled to a remote Arctic island in the hopes of better understanding the possibility of life on Mars. Astrobiologist Haley Sapers, an adjun...

Jul 18, 2023

B.C. expected to surpass record 2018 wildfire season for most area burned

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is encroaching on its worst wildfire season on record as more than 370 fires burn in the province. BC Wildfire Service figures show wildfires have consumed more than 12,90...

Jul 18, 2023

She planted more than 4,500 trees in a day and found an audience of millions

To plant more than 4,500 trees in one day, you don't move like a gardener, you move like a machine. In a video viewed millions of times on social media, Leslie Dart walks across a desolate and burnt l...

Jul 18, 2023

Capelin feed Newfoundland's puffins and whales, and some worry they're in trouble

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Marine scientists and conservationists are calling on officials to pause Newfoundland and Labrador's commercial capelin fishery. The tiny shimmering fish are an important staple in ...

Jul 18, 2023

CP NewsAlert: BC Coroner issues safety alert over wildfire smoke after child's death

VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroner has issued a public safety bulletin about wildfire smoke as it confirmed a nine-year-old boy died from a medical condition aggravated by the smoke. The service sa...

Jul 17, 2023

First troops in B.C. for wildfire fight, as helicopters and Hercules plane readied

The Canadian Armed Forces says the first troops to help in British Columbia's wildfire fight have arrived in the province, with more soldiers, helicopters and a Hercules plane poised for deployment. T...

Jul 17, 2023