Canada

Canada supports genocide case against Myanmar at International Criminal Court

OTTAWA - Canada is supporting a genocide prosecution against the Myanmar government for systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their country. Gambia filed the genocid...

Nov 11, 2019

Canada among three G20 countries least likely to hit emissions targets

OTTAWA - A report card on global climate action says Canada's plan to meet its greenhouse-gas emissions targets is among the worst in the G20. Climate Transparency today is grading all the countr...

Nov 11, 2019

Quebec overturns decision to deny French woman immigration documents over her French

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has overturned a decision to deny a French woman her Quebec immigration documents because a chapter of her PhD thesis was written in English. The c...

Nov 11, 2019

Jury has questions as deliberations continue in Halifax jail cell death case

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia jury will return to deliberations Sunday morning in the case of two special constables charged in the death of an impaired 41-year-old man who suffocat...

Nov 11, 2019

Canadians to mark Remembrance Day this morning

OTTAWA - Canadians will gather at cenotaphs and monuments across the country this morning to remember and honour those who took up arms - and in some cases paid the ultimate price - to defend this cou...

Nov 11, 2019

Remembrance Day and Don Cherry's poppy rant; In-The-News for Nov. 11

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 Nov. 11. What we are watching in Canada ... Ca...

Nov 11, 2019

Parti Quebecois mulls name change after 2018 defeat, but few seem eager

TROIS RIVIERES, Que. - The Parti Quebecois has reopened the debate over changing its name, but few of its members seem ready to take such a drastic step as the party seeks to recover from a 2018 elect...

Nov 10, 2019

Metis veterans get long-awaited recognition ahead of Remembrance Day

OTTAWA - A fiddle played the sombre strains of the Last Post and Amazing Grace during a special ceremony Friday to remember the contributions of Canada's Metis people during the Second World War ...

Nov 10, 2019

RCMP official back in custody after judge revokes bail in secrets case

OTTAWA - A senior RCMP intelligence official charged with breaking Canada's secrets law was headed back to an Ottawa jail after a judge rescinded his bail Friday. Under the terms of bai...

Nov 10, 2019

Neil Young says U.S. dual citizenship stalled because of marijuana use

TORONTO - Neil Young says his marijuana use has cast a cloud over his application to become a dual citizen in the United States. The legendary singer-songwriter and proud Canadian says in a statement ...

Nov 10, 2019