Canada

Air Force establishes new division to 'protect Canadian interests in space'

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force's newest division is focused on extraterrestrial matters. A reorganization of the existing space-focused team will now be known as 3 Canadian Space Division, with...

Jul 22, 2022

Conservative party moving ahead with third debate Aug. 3, still deciding format

OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada is pushing ahead with a third leadership debate, telling members to tune in Aug. 3. The party informed members of the date in an email Thursday night after co...

Jul 22, 2022

Canada's 2003 world hockey junior team also accused of group sexual assault

HALIFAX - Hockey Canada says members of its 2003 men's world junior hockey championship team are being investigated for a group sexual assault. The national sports organization says it learned of the ...

Jul 22, 2022

Clash over whether U.S. officers can be armed in Canada keeps Nexus offices closed

MONTREAL - A dispute over legal protections for American customs officers has kept Nexus enrolment centres closed in Canada more than three months after they reopened south of the border - due in part...

Jul 22, 2022

Canada shares expertise on moving grain from Ukraine, but faith in Russia 'nil'

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is working to help get much-needed grain out of Ukraine to famine-threatened parts of the world now that the embattled country and Russia have signed...

Jul 22, 2022

Confronting Pope Francis, Monkeypox experience : In The News for July 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 July 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jul 22, 2022

Advanced DNA offers hope to solve cold cases, but some Canadian cops slow to adopt it

MONTREAL - Advances in DNA technology are being credited with solving a growing pile of cold case murders in the United States, but some Canadian police forces are lagging behind their U.S. counterpar...

Jul 22, 2022

Dancer tells of excruciating pain, isolation and stigma of monkeypox infection

Peter Kelly was still bouncing back from COVID-19 when a case of monkeypox gave him the "worst pain" of his life. The 28-year-old Toronto resident had only just returned to work as a dancer and physic...

Jul 22, 2022

Environment Canada warning of humidex levels in the mid to high 30s

Heat warnings remain in place throughout Eastern Canada, with Environment Canada warning of humidex levels in the mid to high 30s or even 40 C heading into the weekend. Large regions of Newfoundland a...

Jul 22, 2022

'Say it where it happened': Inuit residential school survivor looks to papal apology

It won't be easy for Peter Irniq, a residential school survivor, to meet Pope Francis in Iqaluit next week. "It's going to be scary," said Irniq, who was abused by a nun at the age of 11 as a student ...

Jul 21, 2022