Category Archives: National News – CP

MONTREAL - The Montreal archdiocese has named an independent ombudswoman to handle complaints regarding abuse and other inappropriate behaviour connected to the Catholic Church. Montreal lawyer Marie ...

Health Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 12 and older on Wednesday, prompting Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba to announce they would offer the shot to kids in th...

OTTAWA - Canada is inching closer to the purchase of armed drones for its military as details around how the controversial weapons will be used are starting to come together after nearly two decades o...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick health officials on Wednesday reported the province's first death of someone who developed a blood clot after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The individual in th...

HALIFAX - The common law spouse of the man responsible for killing 22 people in April 2020 in Nova Scotia is pleading not guilty to charges she illegally provided him ammunition. Lisa Banfield, 52, is...

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the federal Liberals' budget overestimates how much of an impact its stimulus measures will have on Canada's economy. The budget last month outlined what t...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:30 p.m. B.C.'s top doctor says the province will work to integrate children 12 years and up into its vaccination program. Dr. ...

OTTAWA - More health experts and politicians are breaking with advice from the national immunization panel, and instead urging Canadians that the best vaccine for them is the first one they can get. T...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Climate change is rarely factored into management decisions for fisheries in Atlantic Canada and the eastern Arctic, according to a report released Wednesday from a national marine ...

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 May 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... A...