Canada

Capital gains tax changes not included in Freeland's motion to introduce budget bill

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to ask Parliament to approve proposed changes to capital gains tax rates in a stand-alone bill. The most controversial measure from her recent feder...

Apr 30, 2024

Environment commissioner gives Canada failing grade on contaminated sites in North

OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says Ottawa is failing to remediate contaminated sites in the North, leaving Indigenous peoples at risk and raising the government's own financial liability ...

Apr 30, 2024

Federal government must track progress toward zero plastic waste goal: audit report

OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says most federal programs aimed at reducing plastic waste are working, but the government isn't tracking its progress toward the goal of zero waste. The gov...

Apr 30, 2024

McGill says it will try to de-escalate standoff with camps before calling in police

Montreal's McGill University says it will make efforts to de-escalate before asking for police help with a camp that's been set up on campus by pro-Palestinian activists. An update from the school lat...

Apr 30, 2024

In the news today: StatCan to release February GDP report today

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... StatCan to release February GDP report today Statistics Canada is set to releas...

Apr 30, 2024

Conestoga is a foreign student mecca. Is its climb to riches leading it off a cliff?

KITCHENER, Ont. - The smell of South Asian spices wafts from the "Blends and Curries" food counter. Conversations in Hindi and Gujurati flood the bustling hallways, which quickly get packed as student...

Apr 30, 2024

Preliminary matter for man accused of killing four women goes into second day

WINNIPEG - Lawyers return to court today to hash out a pre-trial argument in the case of a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women. Lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki are arguing for a trial by judge alon...

Apr 30, 2024

CP NewsAlert: B.C. police make arrest in deadly White Rock stabbing

WHITE ROCK, B.C. - British Columbia homicide investigators say they have arrested a 28-year-old man in relation to a deadly stabbing near the White Rock pier last week. More coming. The Canadian Press

Apr 29, 2024

Interim commissioner Duheme to head RCMP permanently

OTTAWA - Mike Duheme is the new head of the RCMP, after filling in the role on an interim basis for the past year. Duheme was named interim commissioner in March 2023 following the retirement of Brend...

Apr 29, 2024

Québec solidaire party co-spokesperson resigns only months into the job

QUEBEC - The co-spokesperson of Quebec's second-largest opposition party has resigned only months into the job. milise Lessard-Therrien says the four months she spent as the public face of Qubec solid...

Apr 29, 2024