Canada

'Unacceptable': Group says government ignored process in awarding Afghan monument

OTTAWA - The architectural group that was chosen by a jury to build a monument to Canada's mission in Afghanistan says the government's decision to award the contract to a different group is outrageou...

Oct 05, 2023

Competition intensity has decreased over last two decades, Competition Bureau finds

OTTAWA - Competition Bureau commissioner Matthew Boswell says new research from the bureau finds the competition intensity in the country has decreased over the last two decades. Boswell shared the in...

Oct 05, 2023

Victoria 'embraces adventure,' for top spot on Condé Nast list of world's best cities

An award-winning travel magazine says British Columbia's capital city tops its 2023 list of the world's best cities. Cond Nast Traveller, a luxury and lifestyle travel magazine, says Victoria captured...

Oct 05, 2023

Champagne to announce initial commitments from grocers to stabilize prices today

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says he is ready to announce the initial commitments he has secured from grocers to stabilize food prices. The Liberal government last month calle...

Oct 05, 2023

In the news today: Pharmacare legislation 'extremely fluid': Holland

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals and NDP haven't yet agreed on promised pharmacare bill The New Democra...

Oct 05, 2023

'Extremely fluid': Liberals and NDP haven't yet agreed on promised pharmacare bill

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats have rejected the first draft of the Liberals' pharmacare legislation, in what the health minister describes as "extremely fluid" negotiations over the highly antici...

Oct 05, 2023

Long-necked marine reptile from 80 million years ago to become B.C.'s fossil emblem

VICTORIA - A large, fierce-looking marine reptile with huge teeth that swam 80 million years ago in waters over what is now Vancouver Island could soon be British Columbia's fossil emblem after a five...

Oct 04, 2023

Canada opens applications for scholarships commemorating victims of Iran flight PS752

OTTAWA - The Liberals have launched a scholarship to commemorate those killed in the downing of Flight PS752 by Iranian officials in 2020. The program will disburse 176 scholarships, one for each of t...

Oct 04, 2023

Manitoba Tory cabinet minister denounces right-wing pivot in election campaign

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba cabinet minister defeated in Tuesday's provincial election says the Progressive Conservative party she has served for years took a hard-right pivot during the election campaign, ...

Oct 04, 2023

A look at recent deaths of police officers in Canada

A regimental funeral for RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien is being held in Langley, B.C. on Wednesday. O'Brien, a father of six children who was a member of the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment in Metro Vancouve...

Oct 04, 2023