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From Victoria to Montreal, climate marches dominate federal campaign Friday
OTTAWA - Climate change will dominate the federal election campaign today, with most of the leaders joining marches demanding cuts to greenhouse-gas emissions. The exception is Conservative Leader And...
Sep 27, 2019
Golden arches and a sick singer; In-The-News is a little squirrely for Sept. 27
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 Sept. 27. What we are watching ...
Sep 27, 2019
Algerian ex-president's brother, former spy bosses convicted
ALGIERS, Algeria - A military court in Algeria on Wednesday sentenced the brother of the country's longtime former leader and two ex-intelligence chiefs to 15 years in prison for plotting against the ...
Sep 27, 2019
Scheer, Trudeau spar over climate pledges, as May offers cost breakdown
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer and Justin Trudeau fought Wednesday for the high ground on who was best suited to fight the ravages of climate change, a battle that exposed the wide valley in their approaches....
Sep 27, 2019
Canada's top 1% saw fastest income acceleration, overall decrease in taxes
OTTAWA - The incomes of Canada's top one per cent grew at a faster pace than everyone else in 2017 - and, overall, they saw their taxes edge down, a new st...
Sep 27, 2019
Scheer, Trudeau spar over climate pledges, as May offers cost breakdown
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer and Justin Trudeau fought Wednesday for the high ground on who was best suited to fight the ravages of climate change, a battle that exposed the wide valley in their approaches....
Sep 27, 2019
Calgary man convicted in five-year-old grandson's death to be sentenced
CALGARY - A Calgary man convicted of killing his young grandson is to learn his sentence today. Allan Perdomo Lopez was found guilty of manslaughter last month in the 2015 death of...
Sep 27, 2019
RCMP to release report today on B.C. homicides that sparked massive manhunt
SURREY, B.C. - The investigative findings from the homicides of three people in British Columbia are being released today by the RCMP, more than seven weeks after the bodies of two teen...
Sep 27, 2019
Security-clearance backlogs bedevilled RCMP as employee allegedly leaked secrets
OTTAWA - An internal RCMP audit shows the Mounties were struggling to keep staff security clearances up to date during the time a senior employee allegedly tried to pass secrets to...
Sep 27, 2019
Canadian youth take calls from drastic climate action to the streets today
OTTAWA - Thousands of Canadians are expected to hit the streets today demanding "widespread, systemic change" to halt the scary impact of a warming planet. From St. John's to Tofino, B.C., and as...
Sep 27, 2019