Canada

How the truckers' convoy might show where the Conservative party is headed next

OTTAWA - A convoy of protesters against COVID-19 restrictions that has settled into downtown Ottawa has provided a test for the Conservative party as it rolls into a leadership race. "I spent the week...

Feb 4, 2022

Views from the front lines: The stories of those inside an Ontario hospital

SARNIA, Ont. - Behind the daily statistics of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are grieving families, exhausted nurses and frightened patients. Here's a look at some of their stories. SISTERS ...

Feb 4, 2022

'With a heavy heart,' N.B. judge temporarily suspends unvaccinated father's custody

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has temporarily suspended an unvaccinated father's in-person parenting time with his three children and ruled that their mother can have the children vaccinated des...

Feb 4, 2022

Feds to press ahead with anti-hate bill, including online speech: minister

OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government is preparing to press ahead with a law to combat racial and religious hatred, including online hate. In an interview, the minister condemne...

Feb 4, 2022

Quebec City ready for demonstration against COVID-19 health orders, premier says

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he's confident a trucker protest planned in Quebec City this weekend against COVID-19 public health orders won't be a repeat of what's happening in Ottawa. Legault ...

Feb 4, 2022

Quebec cuts funding to English college in favour of French schools ahead of election

MONTREAL - Squeezed for space, Montreal's Dawson College has for years been planning an expansion of its medical technology department that would include a clinic to serve the community and train its ...

Feb 4, 2022

Ottawa police deploy 'surge' in bid to control, end 'increasingly volatile' protest

Ottawa police are deploying a "surge" of about 150 extra police officers to central areas of the city paralyzed by the protest against COVID-19 mandates that has been going on for days. Police Chief P...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 4, 2022

Convoy stalemate and Olympic opening ceremonies: In The News for Feb. 4

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. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Feb 4, 2022

'We hear their frustrations': RCMP unsure when Alberta border protest will end

COUTTS, Alta. - An RCMP spokesman says there's no way to predict when the protest at Alberta's main border crossing will end but he understands the public's growing frustration as it drags on. Demonst...

Feb 4, 2022

Statistics Canada to report January jobs figures and show Omicron's impact

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled this morning to report on how the job market fared in January amid tightened restrictions as the Omicron variant spread. The Canadian economy added 55,000 jobs ...

Feb 4, 2022