Canada

Canadian Press NewsAlert: PM Trudeau unveils larger cabinet with nine new faces

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is swearing in his new cabinet, a slightly larger lineup that adds nine new faces, drops three and moves most other senior ministers to new posts. In one of the ...

Oct 26, 2021

The Latest: Trudeau to announce new cabinet after winning second minority mandate

OTTAWA - The Latest on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement of his new team of cabinet ministers. A major shuffle is expected. All times local: 9:26 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ...

Oct 26, 2021

New federal cabinet, improving health care in Ontario : In The News for Oct. 26

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 Oct. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Oct 26, 2021

Poll: Canadians still reluctant to hand out Halloween candy due to pandemic

OTTAWA - Many parents are planning to let their children go trick-or-treating this year - but a new poll suggests they may find fewer doors open than in pre-pandemic Halloweens. Some 93 per cent of re...

Oct 26, 2021

Judge orders return of items seized during 2018 arrest of Meng Wanzhou

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ordered the return of items seized from Meng Wanzhou during the Huawei executive's arrest at Vancouver's airport over an extradition request from...

Oct 25, 2021

Judge agrees to 'terrorism enhancement' in case of ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist

GREENBELT, Md. - The ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist convicted of gun charges linked to what the FBI called a neo-Nazi plot to attack a gun-rights rally in Virginia is facing up to 25 years behind ...

Oct 25, 2021

Online criteria for Afghan refugee program changes, applies to only those who've fled

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has quietly changed the criteria on its website for a special program for vulnerable Afghan refugees so that only those who have already managed to escape to other cou...

Oct 25, 2021

GG, Legion mark 100th anniversary of poppy symbol during fundraising campaign launch

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon received the symbolic first poppy Monday as the Royal Canadian Legion launched this year's annual national fundraising campaign for veterans ahead of Remembrance Day....

Oct 25, 2021

Ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist should get 25 years in prison: U.S. prosecutors

GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian Armed Forces reservist who faces up to 25 years in prison for his role in a plot to violently trigger a race war in the United States was already backing away from t...

Oct 25, 2021

Quebec coroner to hear from final witnesses in long-term care inquest

MONTREAL - A coroner's inquest into a suburban Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the pandemic's first wave is hearing from a handful of witnesses this week before it concludes. ...

Oct 25, 2021