Canada

MPs to vote on sending Speaker Fergus video controversy to committee

OTTAWA - The House of Commons is debating whether to have a committee determine if Speaker Greg Fergus should be punished for a video message he filmed that was played at a political party convention....

Dec 06, 2023

B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe retiring, saddened by overdose crisis policy

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe has announced she is leaving her post after 13 years, deeply saddened the province has been unable to reduce the "tragic impacts" of toxic dru...

Dec 06, 2023

Defence minister announces panel members tasked with reviewing military colleges

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair has announced the names of seven people who will be responsible for reviewing Canada's military colleges over the next year. Former Supreme Court justice Louise Ar...

Dec 06, 2023

Tories threaten to table thousands of amendments and delay rise of House of Commons

OTTAWA - The official Opposition is threatening to delay government work and hold up billions of dollars in spending if the Liberal government doesn't drastically revise its carbon-pricing plan. The C...

Dec 06, 2023

Environmentalists pin satirical Fossil of the Day award on Alberta at climate meeting

A global network of environmental groups is giving its satirical Fossil of the Day award to Alberta. The Climate Action Network, which includes 2,000 organizations from around the world, bestowed the ...

Dec 06, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Oil and gas emissions cap coming Thursday, targets 2026 start date

OTTAWA - Canada is poised to outline a federal emissions cap on the oil and gas sector using a cap-and-trade framework that would begin as early as 2026, says a federal government source. The source, ...

Dec 06, 2023

In the news today: Canadians to Ottawa: spend on health care, housing and AFN votes

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ottawa should spend on health care, housing A majority of Canadians think the f...

Dec 06, 2023

StatCan: Eight million people, 27 per cent of Canadians, have at least one disability

The number of Canadians with at least one disability has doubled in ten years, a reality that should push governments to help reduce barriers to accessibility, says the head of a human rights organiza...

Dec 06, 2023

First-degree murder trial of Saskatchewan Mountie set to hear autopsy evidence

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The first-degree murder trial of a former Saskatchewan Mountie is set to continue today with autopsy evidence. Bernie Herman, who is 55, has pleaded not guilty in the 2021 death...

Dec 06, 2023

Most Canadians want more federal spending on health care, housing: poll

OTTAWA - A majority of Canadians think the federal government should spend more on health care, a housing strategy and initiatives to ease inflation and cost-of-living issues, a new poll suggests - bu...

Dec 06, 2023