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Aeroplan-funded flights bringing Ukrainians to Canada expected to begin in June

OTTAWA - The first free commercial flights to Canada for Ukrainian refugees offered through a fundraising drive involving Aeroplan points won't be available until June. The goal was to cover flights t...

May 18, 2022

Federal lawyer asks judge to strike out spy service employee's discrimination lawsuit

OTTAWA - A federal lawyer is asking a judge to toss out the claim of a spy service employee who alleges he endured racial discrimination and physical abuse from colleagues. Lawyer Sean Gaudet, represe...

May 18, 2022

Animal welfare advocates ask court to stop white-tailed deer cull south of Montreal

MONTREAL - A well-known Quebec lawyer is going before the Superior Court to prevent the cull of white-tailed deer living in a forest on Montreal's South Shore. Lawyer Anne-France Goldwater, who has pr...

May 18, 2022

Tory finance critic says Poilievre's bid to fire Macklem hurts party's economic cred

OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Ed Fast says he believes Pierre Poilievre's pitch to fire the Bank of Canada governor over the country's record-high inflation rate hurts the party's credibility o...

May 18, 2022

Chantel Moore shot by N.B. police officer in chest, abdomen and leg, inquest hears

FREDERICTON - The pathologist who conducted an autopsy on Chantel Moore says the 26-year-old Indigenous woman was shot twice in the chest, once in the abdomen and once in her left leg. Moore was kille...

May 18, 2022

Russia shuts down CBC/Radio-Canada Moscow bureau, removes journalist accreditations

Russia's Foreign Ministry says it is shutting down CBC/Radio-Canada's Moscow bureau and revoking the accreditations and visas of its journalists. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says the ...

May 18, 2022

RCMP incident commander says radio service a challenge during N.S. mass shooting

HALIFAX - A retired RCMP officer who led much of the response to the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia testified today that spotty radio service posed challenges as Mounties chased a murderous suspect...

May 18, 2022

Day 3 of jury deliberations in Quebec City Halloween 2020 murder trial

QUEBEC - The 11 jurors considering the fate of the accused in Quebec City's Halloween 2020 sword attack that left two people dead and five others injured are deliberating for a third day. Carl Girouar...

May 18, 2022

Joly heads to UN to mobilize action on food crisis sparked by invasion of Ukraine

OTTAWA - Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly will travel to New York today for two days of meetings at the UN to help mobilize a global response to the food security crisis resulting from Russia's invasion o...

May 18, 2022

Royals visit Ottawa, April inflation rate : In The News for May 18

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 May 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

May 18, 2022