Canada

Indigenous group wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose 2018 Juno over ancestry doubts

The Indigenous Women's Collective is calling for Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose her 2018 Juno Award for Indigenous album of the year, after a CBC story raised doubts about the singer's ancestry. The colle...

Oct 30, 2023

Feds ban WeChat, Kaspesky apps from government-issued devices over security concerns

OTTAWA - The federal government is banning WeChat and Kaspersky applications from its phones over security concerns. WeChat is a social network, messaging and payments app from Chinese company Tencent...

Oct 30, 2023

Climate change: Droughts, heavy rain turn Canada's pumpkin harvest spooky

Severe weather across Canada caused by climate change has wreaked havoc with the pumpkin harvest this year. Nova Scotia pumpkin farmer Danny Dill says the spring planting season was arid because of wi...

Oct 30, 2023

Joly to plead for humanitarian pauses as she says time is running out to help in Gaza

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says time is running out to help people in Gaza. In a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto this afternoon, Joly is expected to plead for human...

Oct 30, 2023

Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home h...

Oct 30, 2023

White House lays out early framework for regulating AI development, growth

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order later today laying out the ground rules and guardrails for the explosive development and growth of artificial intelligence....

Oct 30, 2023

In the news today: Son of Canadian presumed hostage in Gaza fears military escalation

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Son of Canadian presumed hostage in Gaza: 'Military actions don't solve anythin...

Oct 30, 2023

Disabled B.C. man forced to drag himself off flight says he's pushing for changes

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A disabled British Columbia man who dragged himself off an Air Canada flight in Las Vegas after the airline's ground assistance personnel were not available to help him says he d...

Oct 29, 2023

Son of Canadian hostage in Gaza: "Military actions don't solve anything"

OTTAWA - The son of a Canadian woman believed to be among those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza wants the world to push for an end to the fighting and says he fears Israel's escalating offensive could e...

Oct 29, 2023

Beloved actor Matthew Perry grew up in Canada and is linked to big names in politics

Matthew Perry's iconic performance on "Friends" may forever link him with New York City, but the actor behind Chandler Bing described himself as half Canadian and had deep ties to some of the biggest ...

Oct 29, 2023