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Commuters forced to walk through smoky tunnel after fire shuts down Toronto subway
TORONTO - Nearly 200 commuters were forced to evacuate a train and trudge through a smoky tunnel after a small fire shut down a stretch of Toronto's busy crosstown line for several hours Mon...
Dec 03, 2019
Alberta legislature adjourns after shooting on steps; police say 'non-criminal'
EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature adjourned for a few hours Monday after a shooting on the front steps of the building. Edmonton police said they were called to the building mid-afternoon and that wh...
Dec 03, 2019
Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton
EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton. United Conservative Premier Jason Kenney announ...
Dec 03, 2019
Trudeau to hold first post-election meeting with Trump on NATO sidelines
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday on the sidelines of a major gathering of NATO leaders. The meeting between the Canadian and American leader...
Dec 03, 2019
NATO and can a judge be a feminist?; In-The-News gets existential on Dec. 3
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 Dec. 3. What we are watching in...
Dec 03, 2019
U.S. Congress has to move on new NAFTA, Trump says before Trudeau meeting
LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump says his country's legislators have to ratify the new North American free-trade deal before Mexico and Canada lose interest in finalizing it. He and Prime Minister...
Dec 03, 2019
Old-age benefits have dramatic effect on poverty for immigrants, study says
OTTAWA - A new study says recent immigrants who are seniors when they arrive in this country are far less likely to live in poverty if they have access to federal old-age benefits. To qualify for...
Dec 03, 2019
National focus needed on suicide crisis among Indigenous youth: AFN
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on the federal government to make up a national suicide-prevention strategy for young people, with a suicide crisis grippin...
Dec 03, 2019
Alberta loses beer battle in Appeal Court, but won't have to repay brewers
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court is dismissing the province's appeal of a ruling that disallowed a program intended to promote sales of local craft beers. But the Court of Appeal tossed out an earlier j...
Dec 03, 2019
Enchaced camera surveillance, stiffer panhandling fines floated in safety report
WINNIPEG - A report from the Manitoba Police Commission says the province should consider enhanced security cameras, a crackdown on panhandlers and other measures to improve safety in downto...
Dec 03, 2019