Canada

Ousting of U.K. PM Boris Johnson won't affect ties with Canada, trade talks

OTTAWA - The Canadian government says the ousting of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson by his party will not affect Canada's negotiations on a free-trade agreement. A spokeswoman for International Tra...

Jul 7, 2022

Driver who killed woman and three daughters seeks to appeal conviction, sentence

A driver who struck and killed a woman and her three young daughters in Brampton, Ont., two years ago is challenging his conviction on drug-impaired driving charges as well as his sentence. In a notic...

Jul 7, 2022

Péladeau family quarrel over inheritance ends as high court rejects brothers' appeal

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is refusing to hear an appeal by Quebec media mogul Pierre Karl Pladeau and his brother of a ruling that awarded $36 million in inheritance to their sister. Canada...

Jul 7, 2022

Quebec enters 7th wave of COVID-19, officials urge prudence during summer vacations

MONTREAL - Quebec's public health director says the province is into a seventh wave of COVID-19. Despite the uptick in COVID-19 indicators, officials told a news conference today they don't plan to re...

Jul 7, 2022

Feds urged to crack down on fake Indigenous art, copyright breaches

OTTAWA - First Nations art, from hand-carved masks to totem poles, draws on generations of tradition and skill and can take months to craft. But a flood of fakes and commercial knock-offs produced in ...

Jul 7, 2022

As life's rhythms return, Highland Park residents resist 'normalization' of shootings

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. - The trauma of the Fourth of July was already beginning to yield to life's regular rhythms Wednesday, just 48 hours after America's latest mass shooting brought tragedy and infamy...

Jul 7, 2022

Que. man denied surgery in BC, return of the Calgary Stampede: In The News for July 7

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 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Jul 7, 2022

Hospital 'nightmare' in B.C. for Quebec patient denied surgery: father

VANCOUVER - A Quebec man who fell and broke his jaw, cheekbone and a bone around his left eye while visiting British Columbia says his surgery was cancelled after he was told his home province "won't ...

Jul 7, 2022

'Pent up demand': Calgary Stampede returns with parade, spectators and no limits

CALGARY - The rides are going up, concession stands are waiting, stuffed animals are displayed at games tables and the Calgary Stampede is raring to go Friday in its first return to full capacity sinc...

Jul 7, 2022

AFN delegates expected to vote on national chief's suspension as convention closes

VANCOUVER - It's the last day of the Assembly of First Nations annual gathering Vancouver and the issue of leadership still hasn't been solved. Chiefs are expected to vote today on an emergency resolu...

Jul 7, 2022