Category Archives: National News – CP

MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the death of a 29-year-old man who allegedly fell from a balcony after he was arrested for shoplifting. The watchdog said in a news release Thursda...

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 July 31 ... What...

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:54 p.m. on July 31, 2020: There are 116,312 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,312 confirmed (including 5,674 deaths, 50,886 resol...

OTTAWA - The WE controversy that has been dogging the Liberals is expected to continue to follow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government after Trudeau's appearance before a House of Commons c...

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to move as many out-of-work Canadians into the employment insurance system when a key emergency benefit runs out in the fall, and provide an EI-like support ...

EDMONTON - A former Edmonton nightclub employee convicted of sexually assaulting five women has been sentenced to eight years in prison, a term reduced partly because of a beating he suffered while in...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman is recovering after being attacked by a Muskie while swimming with her family at a fishing resort. The attack happened on July 25 at the North Star Village, in Minaki, Ont....

OTTAWA - The federal environment minister is backtracking on a previous decision to keep Ottawa out of the approval process for a major coal mine expansion in Alberta. The existing Vista mine, which i...

HALIFAX - RCMP investigators confirmed Thursday that the gunman who went on a rampage in Nova Scotia in April had hidden compartments in buildings and had converted personal assets into ...