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RCMP investigating harassment of Chrystia Freeland during Alberta visit

RCMP investigating harassment of Chrystia Freeland during Alberta visit

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it is investigating an incident last Friday in which Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was subjected to a profane tirade in Grande Prairie, Alta.
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Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber to go on trial in September 2023

Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber to go on trial in September 2023

OTTAWA — Two of the main "Freedom Convoy" organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, are expected to go on trial in September 2023 for charges related to the massive protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa earlier this year.
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Ottawa invokes pipeline treaty, infant death in B.C.: In The News for Aug. 30

Ottawa invokes pipeline treaty, infant death in B.C.: In The News for Aug. 30

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 Aug. 30... What we are watching in Canada...
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Pete the peacock remains on the lam about two months after escape from N.B. garden

Pete the peacock remains on the lam about two months after escape from N.B. garden

FREDERICTON — Pete the peacock flew the coop on his first night in Kingsbrae Garden, on the southern shores of New Brunswick. That was about two months ago — and it's been a wild goose chase ever since.
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Polls say question in Quebec election is not who will win, but who will come second

Polls say question in Quebec election is not who will win, but who will come second

MONTREAL — With the Coalition Avenir Québec party dominating the polls at the start of the provincial election campaign, the most pressing question of the race may not be who wins, but who comes in second.
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Cruise ship sails for Alaska after overnight delay in Vancouver due to tugboat strike

Cruise ship sails for Alaska after overnight delay in Vancouver due to tugboat strike

VANCOUVER — An Alaska-bound cruise ship set sail from Vancouver Monday after an almost daylong delay because of a tugboat strike sparked a flood of complaints from stranded passengers. The Celebrity Eclipse had been scheduled to depart at 4 p.m.
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Canada formally initiates challenge of 'unfair' U.S. duties on softwood lumber

Canada formally initiates challenge of 'unfair' U.S. duties on softwood lumber

OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge of "unwarranted and unfair" U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber. The Canadian government filed notice of the challenge today under the U.S.
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B.C. mayor seeks change after report of infant's death while waiting for ambulance

B.C. mayor seeks change after report of infant's death while waiting for ambulance

BARRIÈRE, B.C. — The mayor of a small community in British Columbia's southern Interior is calling for flexibility around which first responders are allowed to take patients to hospital after an infant reportedly died while waiting for an ambulance.
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Ottawa invokes 1977 pipeline treaty in separate Line 5 dispute, this one in Wisconsin

Ottawa invokes 1977 pipeline treaty in separate Line 5 dispute, this one in Wisconsin

WASHINGTON — For the second time in a year, the federal government is invoking a little-known 1977 energy treaty between Canada and the United States in an effort to prevent a federal court from shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.
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CAQ, Liberals compete to offer tax cuts on Day 2 of Quebec election campaign

CAQ, Liberals compete to offer tax cuts on Day 2 of Quebec election campaign

MONTREAL — Acknowledging that Quebecers are among the highest taxed people in Canada, the two top parties running in Quebec's election campaign held competing news conferences in the provincial capital on Monday to promise income tax cuts if they are
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