Canada

History fuels Latvian determination to support Ukraine and resist Putin's Russia

RIGA, Latvia - The Ukrainian flag can be seen flying almost everywhere in the central neighbourhoods of Riga, the Latvian capital. Across from the Russian embassy, a giant portrait of Russian Presiden...

Nov 22, 2022

Online Streaming Act won't police user-generated content: heritage minister

OTTAWA - Canada's heritage minister says a bill meant to regulate online streaming won't cover user-generated content, despite senators being told by industry members that this material will fall unde...

Nov 22, 2022

Federal consumer carbon price to expand to three Atlantic provinces next summer

OTTAWA - Three Atlantic provinces will be subject to the federal consumer carbon price next summer, with their residents getting the quarterly rebate cheques meant to prevent households from being wor...

Nov 22, 2022

Canada announces new sanctions on Belarus as opposition leader visits Ottawa

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is announcing new sanctions on Belarus today in response to its support for Russia's war on Ukraine. Joly says in a statement that Belarusian leadership i...

Nov 22, 2022

Mendicino to testify at inquiry, Russia active over Arctic : In The News for Nov. 22

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 Nov. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 22, 2022

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino to testify at 'Freedom Convoy' inquiry

OTTAWA - Top government ministers will continue testifying today at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which has already heard from more than 65 witnesses over five weeks on the federal government...

Nov 22, 2022

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to deliver televised address during dinner hour

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to deliver a televised address to Albertans this evening. Smith, who became leader of the United Conservative Party in early October, is to return next w...

Nov 22, 2022

Sentencing hearing to begin for Alberta man who admitted to murdering woman, toddler

HINTON, Alta. - A sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin today for a man who admitted to killing a woman and her 16-month-old son in western Alberta. Robert Major pleaded guilty in May to two counts...

Nov 22, 2022

Vancouver city council to vote on motion allocating funding for more police, nurses

Vancouver city council is expected to vote on a motion today launching a flagship promise by the city's new mayor to hire more police and mental health nurses, but the idea facing pushback. Mayor Ken ...

Nov 22, 2022

Russia resuming bomber, submarine patrols near North America after pause: Norad

OTTAWA - A senior Canadian military official says Russia has started sending long-range bombers back across the Arctic toward North America following a pause during the early months of its war in Ukra...

Nov 21, 2022