Canada

First Nations displaced by storm share concerns with Scheer campaign

WINNIPEG - Families forced to flee the Lake Manitoba First Nation are expressing frustration around evacuation efforts following a recent snowstorm that's left thousands of people in the province...

Oct 16, 2019

Repeat rent-dodger damages lives of N.S. landlords, brings call for system reforms

HALIFAX - A Halifax coffee shop owner says he's faced homelessness and despair as he tried for over four months to evict someone he called a "professional squatter." Jason Selby sa...

Oct 16, 2019

Marineland to sell 5 belugas to U.S. facility for research and breeding

TORONTO - Marineland has applied for permits to sell five beluga whales to a U.S. facility that plans to use them for research and breeding, which is currently banned in Canad...

Oct 16, 2019

Bloc leader says Tories should have shown love to Quebec earlier in campaign

CANDIAC, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says the recent Conservative push for votes in Quebec is too little too late as the prospect of a minority government looms. Blanchet ...

Oct 16, 2019

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike

EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...

Oct 16, 2019

Roughly 9,000 still without power after snowstorm pummels Manitoba

WINNIPEG - Some 9,000 Manitoba homes and businesses are still without power after last week's heavy snow storm - down 4,000 from yesterday. Manitoba Hydro says it's hoping to have electricity for ever...

Oct 16, 2019

'Save the kids!' Dorian survivor tells the harrowing story of his wife's death

TORONTO - Cialin Dany knew he was in trouble when he saw a massive palm tree laying on the ground next to the Abaco Lodge. As hurricane Dorian whirled at the door, Dany, 32, took his Canadia...

Oct 16, 2019

Just one of many election battlegrounds, Montreal gets love from three leaders

OTTAWA - Montreal is getting attention from the leaders of all the top three federal parties today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is campaigning hard in Quebec, making numerous stops to try to persona...

Oct 16, 2019

Conservatives stoke fear of NDP-Liberal coalition as Scheer pushes for majority

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer is raising the spectre of a reckless, tax-and-spend Liberal-NDP coalition government to urge Canadians to hand the Conservatives a majority on Oct. 21. ...

Oct 16, 2019

Greta Thunberg's Alberta visit and leaders in Quebec; In-The-News for Oct. 16

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. 16. What we are watching i...

Oct 16, 2019