Canada

Bell Canada CEO Mirko Bibic defends job cuts in Commons committee testimony

OTTAWA - The head of Bell Canada is defending his company's decision to cut thousands of jobs, citing a shift in Canadians viewing habits from traditional TV to online. CEO Mirko Bibic is appearing be...

Apr 11, 2024

French prime minister to address Quebec legislature today, meet with premier

QUEBEC - French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is scheduled to address Quebec's legislature this afternoon. It's the first speech by a foreign leader at the province's legislature since then-French pres...

Apr 11, 2024

House of Commons faces marathon voting session over government's jobs bill

OTTAWA - MPs are staring down another voting marathon as the Conservatives push forward with dozens of proposed amendments to the government's sustainable jobs bill. Bill C-50 is a bureaucratic to-do ...

Apr 11, 2024

CP NewsAlert: B.C. judge rejects bid to throw out Ibrahim Ali's murder conviction

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected an application to throw out the conviction of Ibrahim Ali for the murder of a 13-year-old in Burnaby, B.C., over what his lawyers say we...

Apr 11, 2024

The board has spoken: Teacher fired after competing on 'Survivor Québec' reality show

MONTREAL - An elementary school teacher competing on the Quebec franchise of "Survivor" was recently fired after she took unauthorized time off to participate in the reality television competition. Db...

Apr 11, 2024

Élections Québec scraps plan to hold internet vote pilot project in 2025

MONTREAL - Quebec's elections agency has cancelled a pilot project to test internet voting during the 2025 municipal elections. lections Qubec said in a statement today the companies that answered a c...

Apr 11, 2024

Foreign interference is 'huge challenge,' French PM says after meeting with Trudeau

OTTAWA - French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal says foreign interference is a "huge challenge" that requires countries to keep their citizens informed about the risks. Attal made the comment today along...

Apr 11, 2024

Canada needs to build 1.3M additional homes by 2030 to close housing gap, says PBO

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Canada would need to build 1.3 million additional homes by 2030 to eliminate the country's housing gap. The newly released report looks at how many more ...

Apr 11, 2024

Montreal English school board seeks leave to appeal Bill 21 ruling to Supreme Court

MONTREAL - The English Montreal School Board says it will seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a recent decision upholding Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21. Quebec's Court...

Apr 11, 2024

Higgs says he didn't expect gender policy changes in schools to become national wave

OTTAWA - Premier Blaine Higgs says he never expected other provinces to follow New Brunswick's lead on requiring teachers to seek parental consent before using a student's preferred pronouns. Higgs wa...

Apr 11, 2024