Category Archives: Canada
Hockey Quebec has 'lost confidence' in Hockey Canada; withholding funds
MONTREAL - Hockey Quebec says it has lost confidence in Hockey Canada and will not transfer funds to the national organization. The provincial federation confirmed to The Canadian Press that its board...
Oct 5, 2022
Fiona recovery continues and Russia formalizes annexation: In The News for Oct. 5
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 Oct. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 5, 2022
As Quebec's Legault expands his majority, Montrealers choose opposition parties
MONTREAL - After Monday night's provincial election results, Montreal shows up on Quebec's election map as a small red-and-orange island in a sea of light blue. The blue represents Franois Legault's C...
Oct 5, 2022
No way to enforce fire codes on First Nations, and new law would be costly: document
OTTAWA - There is no way to enforce building or fire codes on First Nations and pursuing a legislative fix would require significant time and money, federal officials warn in an internal briefing docu...
Oct 5, 2022
Decade-high suicide statistics in N.W.T. 'devastating': health minister
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories health minister says recent statistics indicating an increase in suicides in the territory are "devastating." N.W.T. chief coroner Garth Eggenberger released th...
Oct 4, 2022
Naval officer relieved of duties for alleged misconduct while deployed to Europe
OTTAWA - A naval officer serving as second in command of a Canadian minesweeper deployed to Europe was relieved of her duties over an allegation of "inappropriate conduct of a sexualized nature." The ...
Oct 4, 2022
Police in B.C. kill bear that attacked two women then guarded them from rescue: RCMP
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - A black bear is dead and two women are critically hurt after an attack near Dawson Creek, B.C. Mounties say they were called around 6:50 Monday night to a report that a black bear...
Oct 4, 2022
Federal cabinet ministers OK Nunavut iron ore mine temporary production increase
POND INLET, Nunavut - Federal cabinet ministers have approved a temporary production increase for an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island, preventing potential job losses in Nunavut. Nor...
Oct 4, 2022
Lewis confident Poilievre will include all caucus voices, as he picks critics
OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis says she is confident Pierre Poilievre will ensure all of the party's caucus voices are heard, amid calls for him to name her to a critic role. Lewis ran ...
Oct 4, 2022
B.C. attorney general says increasing arrests to fight violent crime is 'futile'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says the government has no plans to arrest its way out of the province's crime issues because it won't work. Murray Rankin says fighting crime by arresti...
Oct 4, 2022