MONTREAL - The search continues for six people missing after a fire swept through a historic Old Montreal building last week.
TORONTO - Employers who withhold the passports or work permits of foreign nationals could soon face hundreds of thousands of dollars in new penalties under legislation being introduced in Ontario today.
AMQUI, Que. - Provincial police say a third person has died after a pickup truck crashed into pedestrians in an eastern Quebec town one week ago.
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 March 20 ...
MONTREAL - One person has been confirmed dead and six people remain missing as police continue to search for victims after a fire swept through a building in Old Montreal on Thursday.
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a countrywide standardized testing process that would speed up licence approvals for doctors and nurses.
TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police have arrested and charged a suspect in the abduction of a 37-year-old woman from an Ontario town.
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's last official visit to Canada came with a palpable sense of foreboding.
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden will spend two days in Canada beginning Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament, his first visit north of the border since taking the oath of office in 2021.
Nick Ngo still vividly remembers the spring of 2020, and the sudden wave of new shops making the same acrylic barriers as his business.
MONTREAL - Fire officials now say at least seven people are missing after a blaze destroyed a building in Montreal's historic district Thursday.
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot this week will each receive $100,000 from the province's Heroes' Fund.
TORONTO - Canada will make it easier for temporary residents from Turkey and Syria to extend their stay in the country and will prioritize the visa applications of people from these two countries, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Saturday.
OTTAWA - Google said it will volunteer some of its top executives to testify at a parliamentary committee that is studying the actions of the Silicon Valley giant after it ran a five-week test that blocked news links to some of its Canadian users.
MONTREAL - The 19-year-old arrested Friday after three people were found stabbed to death in Montreal's Rosemont neighbourhood is facing three counts of second-degree murder.
Edmonton police say two patrol officers have been killed while responding to a call. Six other police officers have been killed in Canada since September 2022. Here's a look at their cases and who they were:
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. - An announcement this week that some 200 families would be relocated from a Rouyn-Noranda neighbourhood contaminated by smelter pollution was met with anxiety and concern for those who will be moved out.
MONTREAL - The Quebec government came under fire this week for funding a women's group that is alleged to have spread transphobic views and targeted trans activists online.
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is using her role to help build ties between Indigenous people across the globe — an effort experts say is leveraging a colonial institution to advance reconciliation abroad and bolster centuries of collaboration.
TORONTO - Ontario is set to double the number of economic immigrants it welcomes to the province under an agreement with the federal government to boost the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program.
A voluntary recall has been issued for one sku of Nestlé Good Start Soothe Infant Formula due to a potential bacteria contamination.
There was no winning ticket sold in Friday's Lotto Max $34 million draw.
YELLOWKNIFE - Unionized workers with the City of Yellowknife have ratified a new collective agreement after a labour dispute that began in early February that included a strike and a lockout.
MONTREAL - Hundreds of people gathered Friday evening for a special mass in Amqui, Que., a town where two people were killed and nine injured when a pickup truck crashed into pedestrians.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is "very troubled" by allegations of Chinese interference in Vancouver's municipal elections last year and has asked Canada's intelligence agency for a briefing.
EDMONTON - Two officers who were shot and killed by a teenager had no indication they were walking into a high-risk or dangerous situation, police say.
OTTAWA - The Ontario Court of Appeal has quashed a sentencing appeal in the case of a Manitoba man who stormed the gates of Rideau Hall in 2020 and sought an armed confrontation with the prime minister.
Ottawa's city council has made it clear it does not want to see the "thin blue line" symbol on police uniforms, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said Friday, but he did not condemn its use by the police union.
OTTAWA - The moment Suzanne Bitye was handed her citizenship certificate Friday, she pulled it toward her heart and held it there for a moment with a broad smile on her face.
MONTREAL - A large police investigation was underway on Friday after three people were found stabbed to death inside an east-end Montreal residence.
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has further spelled out what he wants to see in a new body that would oversee monitoring and communications around pollution problems in the oilsands.
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau accused his Conservative rival of trying to score political points at the expense of Canadian democracy on Friday by questioning his personal relationship with former governor general David Johnston.
TORONTO - Ontario’s highest court dismissed multiple murderer Dellen Millard’s conviction appeal for his father’s killing Friday, while applying a recent Supreme Court decision entitling him to seek parole after 25 years, not 75.
OTTAWA, Ill. - The federal government announced Friday that Mike Duheme will be the interim commissioner of the RCMP until a replacement is found for Brenda Lucki.
NANAIMO - Police say they have arrested a man in Nanaimo, B.C., who was allegedly threatening people with a toy bow and arrow that had a syringe with a needle attached to the arrow's tip.
OTTAWA - Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly is pushing Israel to drop its reform of the country's judiciary after two months of mass protests.
OTTAWA - After policing the "Freedom Convoy," the RCMP came away with lessons learned, newly released documents show — including the need to better prepare for the potential targeting of emergency phone lines.
TORONTO - Ontario's long-term care minister says the province is giving $1.25 billion in the next fiscal year to homes for hiring and staff retention.
POND INLET, Nunavut - The Nunavut Department of Health has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet.
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Unionized staff with the Iqaluit Housing Authority formed a picket line in chilly temperatures outside the housing office in the Nunavut capital Friday morning, demanding better wages.
Toronto saw an average of more than three deaths per week among people experiencing homelessness last year, totalling 187 deaths in 2022 according to new city data.
TORONTO - The National Newspaper Awards have named the finalists for its annual journalism honours and given six nominations to The Canadian Press.
TORONTO - Military reservists would see their civilian jobs protected even if they need time off to recover from mental or physical injuries under upcoming Ontario legislation.
TORONTO - A downtown Toronto college says it is investigating after a guest speaker used the N-word during a case study presentation on Wednesday.
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 March 17 ...
OTTAWA - Canada's inflation rate likely took another dip last month, but with many Canadians still struggling with the cost of living, the federal government is facing pressure to deliver more help in the upcoming budget.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said his race is behind "insinuations" in a newspaper report connecting him to election meddling by Chinese diplomats.
Ontario NDP candidate Sarah Jama won a provincial byelection Thursday in Hamilton Centre, securing a party stronghold represented for many years by former party leader Andrea Horwath.
OTTAWA - A central government agency has found discrimination against workers within a Canadian institution specifically designed to root it out.
MAYO, YUKON - A small Yukon First Nation says it's dealing with an "opioid emergency" that is terrorizing citizens and families with violence, crime, overdoses and death.
EDMONTON - Officers embraced each other and wiped away tears Thursday as Edmonton's police chief relayed details of how two constables were shot and killed at an apartment complex while responding to a domestic violence call.
