Canada

Federal parties left dozens of potential election promises on cutting-room floor

OTTAWA - A new report by the parliamentary budget officer suggests political parties left dozens of potential platform proposals on the cutting-room floor during the last election campaign. ...

Jan 22, 2020

Feds, Ontario sign funding deal for French-language university in Toronto

OTTAWA - The federal and Ontario governments have reached a deal on funding a new French-language university in Toronto. An agreement signed today says the two will spend $126 million on the project o...

Jan 22, 2020

One dead, five French tourists missing after snowmobiles break through ice in Quebec

ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - One person is dead and five tourists from France are missing after a group of snowmobilers plunged through the ice Tuesday night near Quebec's Lac-Saint-Jean. Police s...

Jan 22, 2020

Military must nearly double annual female recruitment to reach its own target

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces needs to nearly double the number of women it has been recruiting in recent years to reach its goal of having women represent one-quarter of all military person...

Jan 22, 2020

Harry and Meghan should cover their own security costs: NDP heritage critic

OTTAWA - The NDP's Canadian-heritage critic says he believes Prince Harry and his family should pay for their own security while they're in Canada. Alexandre Boulerice, who is also deputy leader of th...

Jan 22, 2020

Cdn envoy Dominic Barton to testify at Canada-China parliamentary committee

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, will be among the first witnesses to testify before a new special parliamentary committee created to examine Canada's fraught relationship with C...

Jan 22, 2020

Soldiers trade rifles for snow shovels to help dig out St. John's

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Military personnel armed with shovels spread out across St. John's, N.L., Monday in response to calls from people still struggling to dig out from last week's unprece...

Jan 22, 2020

Volkswagen expected back in court to plead guilty to environment charges

TORONTO - German automaker Volkswagen is expected back in court in Toronto today to plead guilty to environment-related charges. The company had wanted to enter a guilty plea to 60 charges last month ...

Jan 22, 2020

Lawyers for Canada's attorney general to argue for extradition of Meng Wanzhou

VANCOUVER - Lawyers representing the Canadian attorney general are set to begin arguments today at an extradition hearing for Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. The hearing in Vancouver...

Jan 22, 2020

Trudeau meets Pallister and the Meng hearing; In The News for Jan. 20

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. 20. What we are watching in Canada ... WI...

Jan 22, 2020