Canada

Ottawa police investigate egging of Holocaust monument as a hate crime

OTTAWA - Police in Ottawa are looking for a man believed to have thrown eggs at the National Holocaust Monument. They're investigating the apparent vandalism as a hate crime. Chief Peter Sloly says su...

Jan 31, 2020

Details on new federal daycare spending coming in budget, minister says

OTTAWA - Canada's minister in charge of federal efforts to expand child care says funding to create 250,000 before- and after-school spaces will be on top of $7.5 billion in already planned spend...

Jan 31, 2020

Canada preparing plane to fly Canadians from Wuhan, once China gives OK

Canada has a plane being prepared to fly Canadians out of the province in China at the centre of an outbreak of a new coronavirus, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday. ...

Jan 31, 2020

Federal coffers post $11.8 billion deficit just past midway point of fiscal year

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $11.8 billion over seven months of its 2019-20 fiscal year compared with a deficit of $2.1 billion in the same period last year. The Finance Department...

Jan 31, 2020

Manitoba government to end controversial practice of birth alerts in April

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ending a controversial practice that allowed hospitals to flag new mothers to child welfare agencies. Families Minister Heather Stefanson says birth alerts will b...

Jan 31, 2020

Trudeau predicts orderly Brexit with minimal trade, investment disruption

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident that Britain's exit from the European Union later today will be an orderly process with minimal disruption to Canadian trade and i...

Jan 31, 2020

Champagne discusses coronavirus response, evacuation with China counterpart

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has spoken to his Chinese counterpart about the coronavirus outbreak, a day after the World Health Organization called it a global health ...

Jan 31, 2020

New coronavirus has now infected almost 10,000, including three in Canada

A mysterious new type of coronavirus has now infected almost 10,000 people globally, including three in Canada, pushing the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a global he...

Jan 31, 2020

Tory leadership race shaping up as colour war, suggests MP considering bid

OTTAWA - New Brunswick MP John Williamson framed the ongoing Conservative leadership race as a colour war Wednesday, with progressive "reds" and traditional "blues" set to battle over the directi...

Jan 31, 2020

Trump's peace plan and Canadians quarantined in China; In The News for Jan. 29

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 Jan. 29 ... What we are wa...

Jan 31, 2020