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In The News for Feb. 14: Gun control group looks to convince MPs about disinformation

In The News for Feb. 14: Gun control group looks to convince MPs about disinformation

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 Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Totem at Royal B.C. Museum on way home to Central Coast after repatriation ceremony

Totem at Royal B.C. Museum on way home to Central Coast after repatriation ceremony

VICTORIA — Drummers and dancers helped reawaken the spirit of a totem pole Monday in preparation for a lengthy repatriation journey to its ancestral home more than 100 years after it was taken from a British Columbia First Nation.
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Ottawa moves to acquire land for Lac-Megantic rail bypass, 10 years after disaster

Ottawa moves to acquire land for Lac-Megantic rail bypass, 10 years after disaster

OTTAWA — The federal government is moving to acquire land so that it can build a rail bypass in Lac-Megantic, Que., nearly 10 years after a downtown freight train derailment killed 47 people.
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B.C. park site of Chinese-style matchmaking, as parents seek wedded bliss for kids

B.C. park site of Chinese-style matchmaking, as parents seek wedded bliss for kids

BURNABY, B.C. — In a corner of a park in Metro Vancouver, the hunt for marital bliss is on.
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The truth is down there: Canada helps U.S. search Lake Huron for latest object debris

The truth is down there: Canada helps U.S. search Lake Huron for latest object debris

WASHINGTON — A Canadian Coast Guard vessel churned across the Great Lakes to join the search for answers Monday after U.S. fighter jets shot down yet another mysterious object
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Premiers agree to accept new federal health-care funding offer

Premiers agree to accept new federal health-care funding offer

OTTAWA — Canada's premiers will formally accept an offer from the federal government for billions in additional health-care funding, but say they will also insist the money continue to flow for more than 10 years.
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John Tory to stay on as mayor of Toronto for budget process

John Tory to stay on as mayor of Toronto for budget process

TORONTO — John Tory will stay on as Toronto's mayor to see his budget get debated at city council, his office said Monday, despite his announcement last week that he planned to resign following an affair with a former staffer.
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Russian ambassador claims Canada a 'very dangerous country' to visit

Russian ambassador claims Canada a 'very dangerous country' to visit

OTTAWA — Russia's ambassador in Ottawa claims Canada is unsafe for his compatriots to visit. "Canada today is a very dangerous country for Russian citizens," Oleg Stepanov said in a Russian-language interview last Friday.
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Investigation underway into apparent gas explosion that injured 10 adults, two kids

Investigation underway into apparent gas explosion that injured 10 adults, two kids

OTTAWA — Officials say the investigation is now ongoing after 12 people were injured in an apparent gas explosion that rocked an east Ottawa suburb on Monday morning, including two children and two people who were pulled out of the rubble.
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Photojournalist, news organization file lawsuit against RCMP over 2021 arrest

Photojournalist, news organization file lawsuit against RCMP over 2021 arrest

VANCOUVER — Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken and news organization the Narwhal have filed a lawsuit against the RCMP, claiming Bracken was wrongfully arrested and detained for three nights while reporting on a British Columbia pipeline dispute.
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