Canada

Vancouver food delivery workers stabbed after seizing Facebook Marketplace thief: VPD

Vancouver Police are commending the bravery of two food delivery workers who were stabbed when they intervened in an attempted robbery stemming from a Facebook Marketplace sale. VPD Sgt. Steve Addison...

Dec 27, 2023

On Christmas Day, the work went on for overdose prevention society in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - On Christmas Day, Trey Helten and colleagues at Vancouver's Overdose Prevention Society were still at work, dealing with the latest victim of what Helten says is a seasonal spike in the dr...

Dec 27, 2023

Man died in Christmas Day tent fire in downtown Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A man has died in a Christmas Day tent blaze in downtown Vancouver, with the fire service saying a crew arrived to find the man still on fire. Vancouver Fire Rescue Services say they respo...

Dec 27, 2023

Are we ready? Should we do this? The debate on expanding medical assistance in dying

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals face a choice early in 2024. They can allow a sunset clause to take effect so that eligibility for medical assistance in dying expands to adults whose only reason for see...

Dec 27, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Quebec reaches tentative deals with all 'common front' labour unions

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has reached tentative agreements on working conditions with all the unions that are part of a labour alliance representing about 420,000 public sector workers. The las...

Dec 27, 2023

Occupancy rates surging at Quebec emergency rooms after dropping earlier this month

MONTREAL - Occupancy rates in Quebec's emergency rooms are shooting up again after a small period of reprieve that began Dec. 19. Website Index Sant shows the average ER occupancy rate at six a.m. was...

Dec 27, 2023

In the news today: Nuke waste in Ontario; No carbon levy remittance for Saskatchewan

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Key milestone upcoming for Canada's nuclear waste A critical milestone is on th...

Dec 27, 2023

Site for Canada's underground nuclear waste repository to be selected next year

A critical milestone is on the horizon for Canada's 175-year-long plan to bury its nuclear waste underground, with two pairs of Ontario communities set to decide if they would be willing hosts. Late n...

Dec 27, 2023

Quebec public sector negotiations resume after Christmas break as strike threat looms

QUEBEC - Negotiations between the Quebec government and unions representing hundreds of thousands of public-sector employees are resuming today after a short Christmas break. Quebec announced a flurry...

Dec 26, 2023

Search for girl who fell into Quebec river now a recovery mission as it enters Day 5

DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI, Que. - Quebec provincial police say the search for a four-year-old girl who fell into a river last week is no longer a rescue operation, but a recovery mission. The child has been ...

Dec 26, 2023