Category Archives: Canada
Canadian Food Inspection Agency raises alarm as spotted lanternfly pest nears border
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is asking Canadians to keep an eye out for an invasive bug that could spell disaster for the country's wineries and fruit growers. The spotted lanternfly i...
Sep 26, 2022
MPs to study Access to Information system, federal 'culture of secrecy'
OTTAWA - The House of Commons information, ethics and privacy committee plans to look at Canada's much-maligned access-to-information regime - the latest in a long line of studies of a system intended...
Sep 26, 2022
Young Indigenous leaders speak on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Senate
OTTAWA - Dr. Meghan Beals says she wants Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to resemble Remembrance Day. The Prince Edward Island physician is one of five young Indigenous leaders who ...
Sep 26, 2022
Poilievre denounces Diagolon 'losers' over threat of sexual assault against his wife
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he has asked the RCMP to look into "disgusting" comments made by the founder of a far-right group about sexually assaulting his wife. Jeremy MacKenzi...
Sep 26, 2022
Suspect to face murder, arson charges following triple homicide near Montreal
MONTREAL - Police say a man detained at the scene of a Montreal-area triple homicide will appear in court today to face murder and arson charges. A 38-year-old woman and her children, aged five and tw...
Sep 26, 2022
COVID travel restrictions announcement, Fiona's aftermath : In The News for Sept. 26
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 Sept. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 26, 2022
Quebec votes: CAQ, PQ leaders head to Fiona-battered Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Two of Quebec's main party leaders are heading to the les-de-la-Madeleine region, which is in cleanup mode after a battering from post-tropical storm Fiona. Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamond...
Sep 26, 2022
Joly to raise abortion, sexual violence in closing UN speech
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is urging countries to uphold women's rights and abortion access while rooting out sexual violence, as the United Nations General Assembly comes to a clos...
Sep 26, 2022
Military en route to assist with recovery efforts
Residents of Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec are coming to terms with the full scope of the damage left behind after post-tropical storm Fiona tore through the region over the weekend as one of the...
Sep 26, 2022
Feds to lift border vaccine mandates, mandatory use of ArriveCan
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to officially announce the end of COVID-19 border restrictions today, including mandatory vaccinations, testing and quarantine of international travellers. ...
Sep 26, 2022