National News

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 Wednesday, June 21, 2023 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

OTTAWA — More than one in four Canadians told a polling firm this week that they have been affected by the record-setting wildfires that have rocked much of Canada over the spring, and more than three in four say they think there are more fires now t

A Canadian aircraft has detected underwater noise during its search for a lost sub near the wreck of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S.

DAUPHIN, Man. — Joe Coffey is preparing for something that doesn't normally happen in his small community. He owns Sneath-Strilchuk Funeral Services, one of two funeral homes in Dauphin, Man.

A close associate of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar said his friend was warned by Canadian intelligence officials about being targeted for assassination by "mercenaries" before Nijjar was gunned down in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday.

As crews raced to locate a submersible vessel that vanished Sunday during a descent to the wreckage of the Titanic, explorers who have completed the journey recalled that during their voyages, they took comfort in safety protocols and the laws of phy

PETAWAWA, Ont. — A search and recovery operation was underway near Garrison Petawawa early Tuesday evening as crews tried to find two people missing since a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter crashed overnight.

MONTREAL — Residents of three rural areas of Val-d'Or, Que., in the province's northwest, have been ordered to evacuate because of an encroaching wildfire. The city says a fire burning in the area is once again out of control.

OTTAWA — Lobbying commissioner Nancy Bélanger says the law needs to be changed to ban former public office holders from lobbying on behalf of corporations.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man has been convicted in United States district court of running a mail fraud scheme that used fake psychics to steal more than US$175 million from Americans over 20 years.