Canada

87-year-old identified as Montreal driver who hit baby in carriage without stopping

Montreal police have identified an 87-year-old man who they say was behind the wheel of a vehicle that hit a baby stroller last month and drove off. Police had asked for the public's help to find the ...

Dec 14, 2022

In The News for Dec. 14 : New poll shows Tories retaining lead over Liberals

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 Dec. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Dec 14, 2022

Conservatives retaining lead over Liberals with slightly wider gap, new poll says

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the Tories still have a small lead over the governing Liberals and have slightly widened the gap. The poll conducted by Leger over the weekend says 33 per cent of responde...

Dec 14, 2022

Montreal biodiversity conference to discuss role of financial sector in conservation

MONTREAL - The role of private money and industry in preserving enough natural ecosystems to keep the planet functioning will be the focus of talks Wednesday at an international conference on biodiver...

Dec 14, 2022

Transport Canada must be 'more vigilant,' relatives say two years after N.S. sinking

MILTON, N.S. - Geno Francis loved most things about fishing on the high seas, but his son says that in his final year, fear overshadowed that passion. "My father said, 'After this trip, this was it,' ...

Dec 14, 2022

Supply-chain turbulence is here to stay, so what is Canada doing about it?

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has lots of reasons to be losing sleep. Soaring living costs have Canadians lined up at food banks. The federal Liberals are anticipating a possible recessi...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 14, 2022

Inside SickKids: As the operating room sits quiet, staff worry about growing backlog

TORONTO - Three large television screens in the nerve centre of the operating room at Canada's largest pediatric hospital display a list of its surgical spaces, showing which ones have children underg...

Dec 14, 2022

Several provinces to be hit by 'widespread' winter storm system moving up from U.S.

A strong and widespread air pressure system coming from the U.S. will bring snowfall, wind, and icy conditions to several Canadian provinces this week, an Environment Canada meteorologist said Tuesday...

Dec 13, 2022

Timeline of investigation into slayings of four women in Winnipeg

Winnipeg police have charged Jeremy Skibicki, 35, with first-degree murder in the deaths of four women. Investigators believe the killings of Rebecca Contois, 24; Morgan Beatrice Harris, 39; Marcedes ...

Dec 13, 2022

First Nations groups determining next steps in landfill search, consulting experts

WINNIPEG - Indigenous groups are considering their own study into a potential search of a landfill outside Winnipeg for the remains of two women believed to be the victims of an alleged serial killer ...

Dec 13, 2022