Category Archives: National News – CP

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 6 ... What...

VANCOUVER - As members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation mull a draft deal over rights and title, another Indigenous community knows what that kind of recognition could look like.  The Tsilhqot'in Natio...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A judge is scheduled to deliver her verdict today in the case of a man charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a student at a British Columbia high school. I...

VANCOUVER - Countless treasured Indigenous cultural objects and ancestral remains are held by museums in Canada and across the world, and local communities and human rights experts say it's ...

EDMONTON - Alberta says it has its first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus. The province's chief medical officer of health is to hold a news conference about the case. The government says publ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia has announced eight new cases of COVID-19, but the provincial health officer says the additional cases are not surprising. Dr. Bonnie Henry says four of the new cases are p...

OTTAWA - The federal cabinet has approved an agreement that will see Canada pay nearly $240 million in compensation to the Mohawks of Akwesasne to settle a land claim. The agreement is the result...

VICTORIA - B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and will not seek re-election next year. James says she plans to remain in her posts as finance ...

OTTAWA - The officer in charge of human resources at the Canadian Armed Forces says women need to make up 30 per cent of the ranks in order to bring about a real culture change in the milita...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Canadian National Railway says there is no danger to public safety after about 20 rail cars derailed in a small community in northern British Columbia. The company says its ...