Canada

Health agency emphasizes tighter research security after firing of two scientists

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it has taken steps to bolster research security after two scientists lost their jobs over their dealings with China. The agency, which is responsible f...

Feb 29, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court will not hear N.L. constable's sex assault appeal

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a Newfoundland police officer convicted of a 2014 sexual assault. The decision today from the country's highest court closes...

Feb 29, 2024

Canada bringing back visa requirements for Mexico to slow asylum claims

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will bring back visa requirements for people from Mexico because of a spike in asylum claims in recent years. Miller says Mexicans accounted for 1...

Feb 29, 2024

In the news today: Pharmacare legislation to be tabled and "Not a chance" PM resigns

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals to table pharmacare legislation Health Minister Mark Holland is expect...

Feb 29, 2024

Liberals to table Pharmacare bill one day ahead of deadline negotiated with NDP

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is expected to table a long-awaited bill Thursday meant to pave the way for national pharmacare and preserve a deal that secures NDP support for the government in...

Feb 29, 2024

Online booking fees 'completely avoidable,' Cineplex argues in junk fee case

OTTAWA - The Competition Tribunal is hearing a second day of arguments today in a case that could decide whether Cineplex can keep charging customers an extra fee for buying movie tickets online. Lawy...

Feb 29, 2024

Fair treatment of African Nova Scotians at the centre of new prosecution policy

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors were handed new tools today to root out systemic anti-Black racism long embedded within the province's justice system. After years of study, the province's Publ...

Feb 29, 2024

New Brunswick government reaches settlement deal with two wrongfully convicted men

FREDERICTON - Innocence Canada says a "satisfactory" conditional settlement has been reached between the New Brunswick government and two men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1983 murder. Ron Dalton...

Feb 29, 2024

Saskatchewan inquest into killer's in-custody death to hear from final two witnesses

SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan coroner's inquest into the death of a man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others in a stabbing rampage is expected to hear from its final two witnesses. Jurors have hear...

Feb 29, 2024

Saskatchewan government to decide on remitting carbon levy to Ottawa

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is set to decide whether its natural gas utility will remit carbon levies to Ottawa. Premier Scott Moe had announced SaskEnergy would stop collecting carbon levies...

Feb 29, 2024