Canada

Saskatchewan First Nation chief says Buffy Sainte-Marie should take DNA test

The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation that has been thrust into the controversy over Buffy Sainte-Marie's ancestry says the legendary singer and songwriter should take a DNA test to provide a defin...

Nov 30, 2023

Montreal youth facing trial for double murder arrested in jail for two other killings

MONTREAL - An 18-year-old Montreal man who is now facing charges in connection with two double homicides committed last year will return to court in January. The man - who was 17 at the time of the al...

Nov 30, 2023

Survey finds scientists feel interference in research has lessened but still occurs

A survey of hundreds of scientists has found nearly one in 10 say they have experienced political or workplace pressure to alter their findings. The survey in a newly published research paper says the...

Nov 30, 2023

Create national breast-implant registry to help prevent complications: committee

OTTAWA - The House of Commons health committee is echoing long-standing calls from plastic surgeons and patient advocates for a national breast-implant registry to prevent illness and problems linked ...

Nov 30, 2023

Time to table online harms bill, experts, advocates, researchers say in open letter

OTTAWA - An open letter from experts the government convened last year to provide advice on legislating against online harms is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to table legislation. The letter pu...

Nov 30, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Claims of toxic workplace at CSIS absolutely 'devastating': PM says

AJAX, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says allegations of a toxic workplace culture, involving harassment and sexual assault at Canada's spy agency are "devastating" and "absolutely unacceptable....

Nov 30, 2023

Chiefs of Ontario asks for judicial review of carbon price regime

TORONTO - First Nations leaders in Ontario are asking a court to review what they call Canada's "discriminatory" carbon price system. A group representing more than 130 First Nations in the province h...

Nov 30, 2023

Conservative critic draws criticism after she asks heritage minister to speak English

OTTAWA - A Conservative critic is drawing criticism after she asked federal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge to answer a question in English during a parliamentary committee meeting. Heritage critic ...

Nov 30, 2023

Ottawa taking legal action to recoup anti-racism funds from Laith Marouf: bureaucrat

OTTAWA - The deputy minister for Canadian Heritage says her department has taken legal action in order to recoup funds it doled out to a consultant accused of antisemitism. The federal government term...

Nov 30, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Moe says Saskatchewan to stop collecting carbon levy for electric heat

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province is to stop collecting the carbon levy on electric heat starting Jan. 1. He says many people in northern Saskatchewan use electricity to heat t...

Nov 30, 2023