OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up deportation procedures. The Liberals pledged in late 2021 to "explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing ...

From new plant-leaning hospital menus tofewer surgical gloves, gas-spewing inhalers and single-use syringes, health-care professionals are finding ways to combat waste and pollutants. Dr. Wendy Levinson,chair of the eco-advocacy group Choosing Wisely Canada, said physicians are changing their practice to reduce the env...

Wildfires have forced thousands out of several communities in Western Canada. Roughly 6,600 residents have been told to leave their homes in Fort McMurray, Alta., while the rest of the city remains on evacuation alert. In Fort Nelson, B.C., the northern community of about 4,700 people has been evacuated for a week. And...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is ordering all petrochemical companies operating in Sarnia, Ont., to take steps to control leaks of the cancer-causing chemical benzene. The order comes a month after elevated levels of benzene pollution were recorded around the Ineos Stryolution plant in Sarnia. More co...

MONTREAL - A woman in Quebec's Eastern Townships has been awarded nearly $460,000 in damages after she was attacked five years ago by a trio of dogs. In a May 15 decision, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that the dogs' owner, Alan Barnes, and the municipality of Potton were jointly liable. The court said the munici...

FORT NELSON, B.C. - A rainy Thursday in and around Fort Nelson was exactly what fire crews were looking for. In a video released late Thursday night by the B.C. Wildfire Service, fire behaviour specialist for the Parker Lake and Patry Creek blazes Evan Peck said recent rain was much needed and made for excellent condit...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Rain, cooler temperatures help Western wildfires The oilsands hub city of Fort McMurray got a watery reprieve from a menacing wildfire Thursday as steady rain fell and water cannons delivered a soaki...

EDMONTON - RCMP in Alberta say they have linked the killings of four women in the 1970s to a serial sex offender. They say the killer has since died. Investigators with the historical homicide unit were scheduled to give a media briefing today in Edmonton. Mounties say some details are sensitive and disturbing in natur...

TORONTO - A defamation lawsuit filed by the mother of Marc and Craig Kielburger against the Canadaland podcast and its host will head to trial after an Ontario court rejected an application to have it thrown out, finding there is reason to believe the claim has "substantial merit." Canadaland, its host Jesse ...

WINNIPEG - Two former acquaintances of an admitted serial killer are expected to testify today in the murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki. One of those is set to provide details about the behaviour of the man charged with killing four Indigenous women. Skibicki is facing four counts of first-degree murder for the slaying...