Canada

Trudeau to host top EU officials in Newfoundland, amid growing focus on green tech

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to welcome the top two leaders of the European Union to Newfoundland next month. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is to visit St. J...

Oct 30, 2023

Fiscal and monetary policy rowing in opposite directions, Macklem says

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says fiscal and monetary policy are rowing in opposite directions, making it harder to bring inflation down. Macklem is appearing before MPs on the House ...

Oct 30, 2023

Health professionals, not police should care for intoxicated prisoners: B.C. watchdog

SURREY, B.C. - The head of British Columbia's police watchdog says caring for intoxicated prisoners is a health-care issue and shouldn't be a police responsibility. A report released by Ronald J. MacD...

Oct 30, 2023

Housing group brings renters' troubles with corporate landlords to review panel

HALIFAX - A national housing advocacy group delivered about 400 stories of renters' difficulties in dealing with large corporate landlords to federal offices in 10 Canadian citiestoday. The Associatio...

Oct 30, 2023

Labour shortages: Quebec to fast-track training for some in-demand construction jobs

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is offering paid fast-track training programs for workers in skilled trades that are most in demand in the province's construction industry. Quebec Premier Franois Legau...

Oct 30, 2023

Protesters condemn Quebec plan to double tuition for out-of-province students

MONTREAL - Protesters are marching in downtown Montreal to condemn the Quebec government's plan to double university tuition for students from other provinces. Protest organizer Alex O'Neill, who grew...

Oct 30, 2023

B.C. coalition seeks 'critical' crackdown on violent retail crime

VANCOUVER - A group of more than 30 British Columbia retailers, trade associations and other organizations is calling for a co-ordinated government response for repeat offenders they say are behind a ...

Oct 30, 2023

Canada to deport Montreal man facing death sentence in Egypt

OTTAWA - An Egyptian refugee claimant in Montreal says the Canadian government is deporting him to face a death sentence at the hands of the Egyptian legal system. Ezzat Gouda has been ordered to retu...

Oct 30, 2023

Canada expands drug strategy to prevent more overdoses, provide additional services

The federal government is expanding its drug and substance use strategy to try to save more lives and provide more services to people disproportionately affected by Canada's overdose crisis. The Publi...

Oct 30, 2023

Federal Court dismisses applications against Trudeau's 2020 firearms ban

OTTAWA - The Federal Court today dismissed a legal challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's May 2020 regulations banning some 1,500 styles of firearms. Justice Catherine Kane says in a decision re...

Oct 30, 2023