Canada

Bay du Nord not liable for end-use emissions, marine shipping, company lawyer says

OTTAWA - A lawyer representing the Norwegian energy firm behind a proposed offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador says the company is only responsible for the immediate environmental impact...

Mar 2, 2023

At least one dead, several injured in avalanche in southeastern B.C.

INVERMERE, B.C. - RCMP confirm at least one person has been killed in an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia, about 150 kilometres southwest of Banff, Alta. Cpl. James Grandy says several other...

Mar 2, 2023

Last captive walruses in Canada moved to new SeaWorld in Abu Dhabi

Canada's three remaining captive walruses have been moved to a new marine park in Abu Dhabi. SeaWorld says it has acquired Marineland's last two walruses and a third from the Quebec Aquarium. The aqua...

Mar 2, 2023

Court reduces sentence for Moncton Mountie killer Justin Bourque

FREDERICTON - A court has reduced the precedent-setting sentence of a New Brunswick man who fatally shot three Mounties in 2014. Justin Bourque had been sentenced to serve three consecutive life sente...

Mar 2, 2023

In The News for March 2 : CSIS, Elections Canada to testify on foreign interference

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 March 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Mar 2, 2023

Ottawa ends shipments of rapid COVID-19 tests as millions set to expire

The federal government has stopped shipping rapid COVID-19 antigen tests to provinces as millions are set to expire within the year, and experts say the once-essential tool has lost its importance in ...

Mar 2, 2023

Asylum seekers face hurdles, discrimination as they compete for housing in Montreal

MONTREAL - Pedro Fonseca, a 43-year-old asylum seeker from Colombia, says if he doesn't start receiving social assistance from the Quebec government soon, he'll likely become homeless. He says he coul...

Mar 2, 2023

National security agencies, Elections Canada set to testify on foreign interference

OTTAWA - The head of Canada's spy agency is among the witnesses expected at a Parliamentary committee studying allegations of foreign interference in elections today. Representatives from the Canadian...

Mar 2, 2023

Climate activists splash Royal B.C. Museum's mammoth 'Woolly' with pink paint

VICTORIA - A centrepiece of the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Woolly the mammoth, was defaced with pink paint by protesters trying to draw attention to climate change. A statement issued by the new c...

Mar 1, 2023

Special prosecutor decides against charges in B.C. money laundering investigation

VICTORIA - Charges won't be laid in one of British Columbia's largest money laundering probes, despite a government directive for a special prosecutor to conduct a second review of a police investigat...

Mar 1, 2023