Canada

In the news today: Lockout could derail Canadian supply chains and disrupt commuters

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Rail shutdown begins as workers locked out In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways ...

Aug 22, 2024

Japanese Canadian paper, pillar for community during war, saved from digital oblivion

VANCOUVER - More than eighty years ago, Japanese Canadians came together to sustain The New Canadian, the only newspaper specifically for the community that was allowed to be published through the Sec...

Aug 22, 2024

Municipalities say Alberta oilpatch policies harming tax base, public interest

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is trying to increase production from the province's declining conventional oil and gas fields at the expense of local tax bases, environmental over...

Aug 22, 2024

Crown wants closed-door hearings in lawsuit of Canadian who was detained in Sudan

OTTAWA - The Crown wants at least six current and former security officials to testify behind closed doors in the lawsuit of a Montreal man who was detained in Sudan - a move the man's lawyer calls a ...

Aug 22, 2024

Despite efforts to turn the tide, Quebec's education system struggling with shortages

MONTREAL - Lately, Karine Boudreau has toyed with the idea of quitting. For most of her 18-year career as a school psychologist, the thought of doing something else never crossed her mind. But in the ...

Aug 22, 2024

One-third of Canadians report being personally impacted by severe weather: poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme weather, but that has not changed overall opinions about climate change. The results from a recent Leger poll sugg...

Aug 22, 2024

Former U.S. ambassador to Canada gives 'tsunami warning' about Trump

CHICAGO - A former United States ambassador to Canada is sounding the alarm that a second Donald Trump presidency would cause chaos for Canadians as he urged Americans abroad that their votes could pr...

Aug 22, 2024

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Rail shutdown begins as employees locked out

Canada's largest railway has locked out its employees and halted all trains after Canadian National and its workers couldn't agree on a new contract before a 12:01 a.m. deadline. Canadian Pacific Kans...

Aug 21, 2024

B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by 6 years, says report

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017. The First Nations He...

Aug 21, 2024

Northwestern Quebec helicopter crash victims identified as couple and their grandson

D'ELVERT LAKE - The Quebec coroner's office has identified the three people who died in a helicopter crash late Sunday in the province's northwest. Eighty-year-old Grard Legault and 77-year-old Aurore...

Aug 21, 2024