Canada

Lifetime cost of Canada's F-35 fighter jets is $73.9B: parliamentary budget officer

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer has pegged the lifetime cost of Canada's new fleet of F-35 fighter jets at $73.9 billion over 45 years. Yves Giroux says the cost of the acquisition phase is ...

Nov 02, 2023

Hydro-Québec to spend up to $185 billion to increase capacity, reliability

MONTREAL - Quebec's public hydroelectric utility says it plans to spend up to $185 billion by 2035 to increase generating capacity and improve the reliability of its network. Hydro-Qubec forecasts tha...

Nov 02, 2023

More funding, laws can stop anti-Muslim online hate from causing violence: senators

OTTAWA - A Senate committee says anti-Muslim hate needs to be met with the creation of new criminal offences, more education and less bias in federal tax audits. A report by the upper chamber's human-...

Nov 02, 2023

RCMP official accused of leaks was acting on secret info from foreign agency: lawyer

OTTAWA - A lawyer for Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official accused of leaking classified material, says Ortis was acting largely on secret information communicated to him by a foreig...

Nov 02, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Foreign interference inquiry work underway, commissioner says

OTTAWA - Justice Marie-Jose Hogue, the commissioner of the public inquiry into foreign interference, says her work is underway and will share more information about its process on Nov. 10. More coming...

Nov 02, 2023

Trudeau headed to D.C. for Western Hemisphere trade summit Friday at White House

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to the U.S. capital for a summit meeting to talk about growing trade connections across the Western Hemisphere. Friday's White House summit, hosted...

Nov 02, 2023

Defunding CBC would be 'devastating' to news in rural Canada: Catherine Tait

OTTAWA - The president of CBC and Radio-Canada defended the public broadcaster and its independence at a House of Commons committee this morning. Catherine Tait was called to testify at the heritage c...

Nov 02, 2023

High court upholds extradition for B.C. men accused of smuggling pot in hollow logs

OTTAWA - Three British Columbia men who allegedly tried to smuggle marijuana into the United States in hollowed-out logs almost 20 years ago are facing extradition again, and Canada's highest court wi...

Nov 02, 2023

Canada's health spending growth 'modest,' remains below pre-pandemic levels: CIHI

Growth in Canada's health spending increased slightly but has remained below pre-pandemic levels and is expected to reach $344 billion in 2023, new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Informat...

Nov 02, 2023

In the news today: Holocaust education thumbs up, immigration targets to get tweaked

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Holocaust educators applaud B.C. and Ontario To combat rising antisemitism, bot...

Nov 02, 2023