Canada

CP NewsAlert: 11 people sent to hospital in school bus crash in Burnaby, B.C.,

BURNABY, B.C. - Eleven people have been sent to hospital after a school bus crashed into a home in Burnaby, B.C. BC Emergency Health Services says in a statement that all 11 patients are in stable con...

Nov 09, 2023

Feds, mayors don't want to 'slow things down' after premiers criticize housing deals

OTTAWA - The mayor of Halifax, which recently secured a deal with Ottawa to fast-track the building of thousands of new homes, says he was caught off guard by recent complaints from premiers over bein...

Nov 09, 2023

Federal government will spend $900M to build housing in Quebec, matched by province

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing a $900-million federal contribution over the next four years to accelerate housing construction in Quebec. He made the announcement today ...

Nov 09, 2023

NDP MP calls on Commons to support her bill seeking to criminalize coercive control

OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Laurel Collins says she began paying close attention to the issue of coercive control when her sister showed up to her door in tears. The member of Parliament from Victoria sa...

Nov 09, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Freeland to table fall economic statement on Nov. 21

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to table the federal government's fall economic statement on Nov. 21. More coming. The Canadian Press

Nov 09, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Two Montreal Jewish schools hit by gunshots, police say, nobody injured

Montreal police say two Jewish schools in the city were hit overnight by gunshots. Staff members discovered bullet holes on the exterior of the buildings when they arrived this morning. Police say nob...

Nov 09, 2023

Labour minister tables replacement-worker legislation promised in Liberal-NDP deal

OTTAWA - Replacement workers would be banned during strikes and lockouts at federally regulated workplaces under new legislation introduced in the House of Commons today. Labour Minister Seamus O'Rega...

Nov 09, 2023

High court to hear appeal of B.C. law slapping health care costs on opioid companies

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal from four pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors or retailers trying to halt a proposed class-action lawsuit by the British Columb...

Nov 09, 2023

Republican presidential hopeful wants to build a wall — along the Canada-U.S. border

WASHINGTON - It was a well-worn Canadian punchline during the Trump years: someone should build a wall along the Canada-U.S. border. One of the former president's would-be successors says he wants to ...

Nov 09, 2023

Canadians and other foreign nationals still waiting for border crossing to reopen

A key crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt has remained closed today as hundreds of people connected to Canada await news of when - and whether - they will be able to escape the besieged Palestin...

Nov 09, 2023