Canada

Four Conservative MPs want Jean Charest to enter party's leadership race

MONTREAL - Four Conservative members of Parliament say they want former Quebec premier Jean Charest to enter the race for the party's leadership. In an open letter published Tuesday, the MPs say Chare...

Feb 22, 2022

A look at the lives lost in the April 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting

HALIFAX - The victims in the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history included an RCMP officer, a teacher, health-care workers, retirees, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers ...

Feb 22, 2022

Ottawa police respond to Rideau Centre mall same day it reopens

Ottawa's largest mall has been evacuated and a suspect has been arrested with a possible weapon, on the first day the shopping centre has been open since protests forced stores to shut down late last ...

Feb 22, 2022

People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier to plead not guilty to COVID-19 charges: lawyer

ST-PIERRE-JOLYS, Man. - A lawyer for People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier says Bernier will plead not guilty to charges of violating COVID-19 restrictions. Alex Steigerwald told court today ...

Feb 22, 2022

The latest on protests against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa and beyond

OTTAWA - The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, in Ottawa and various locations across Canada, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2...

Feb 22, 2022

Biden putting 'Buy American' frame around critical minerals development efforts

WASHINGTON - The White House is unveiling plans today for what it calls a "made in America" supply chain for the rare-earth minerals at the heart of the electric-vehicle revolution. But despite the pr...

Feb 22, 2022

Ottawa judge expected to issue bail decision for protest leader Tamara Lich

OTTAWA - An Ottawa judge is expected to decide today whether to grant bail to Tamara Lich, one of the leading organizers behind protest against COVID-19 restrictions and the Liberal government on Parl...

Feb 22, 2022

Emergencies Act passes Commons vote and Ukraine on edge: In The News for Feb. 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 Feb. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Feb 22, 2022

Public inquiry into 2020 mass shooting in rural Nova Scotia begins today in Halifax

HALIFAX - Almost two years after a gunman disguised as a Mountie went on a shooting rampage that claimed 22 lives in rural Nova Scotia, an independent public inquiry is set to begin public hearings to...

Feb 22, 2022

Climate change focus of B.C. budget after floods, wildfires and heat waves

VICTORIA - The challenges of climate change facing British Columbia are expected to be the main focus of the budget Finance Minister Selina Robinson tables today. Robinson says ensuring communities ha...

Feb 22, 2022