Canada

Minister urges U.S. to stand strong with Canada in regulating tech giants like Meta

WASHINGTON - Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is urging the United States to stand strong with Canada over regulating tech giants in order to protect the news industry. St-Onge made the comm...

Sep 27, 2023

Turkey senior diplomat 'disappointed' by Canada's ongoing arms-export embargo

OTTAWA - Turkey's deputy minister of foreign affairs says Ankara still wants Canada to drop its arms embargo. Ahmet Yildiz said in a keynote address Tuesday, during a forum organized by the Institute ...

Sep 27, 2023

Military's key witness takes stand at court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan

OTTAWA - The court martial for Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan is hearing today from the complainant in the case, who is testifying about the personal relationship she had with Whelan in 2010 and 2011. Whelan ...

Sep 27, 2023

Ottawa rolls out voluntary code of conduct for AI as 'fear' persists over its use

MONTREAL - The federal government is unfurling a voluntary code of conduct for generative AI as anxiety persists over its proliferation and pace of development. Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Ch...

Sep 27, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Company at centre of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares charged

CALGARY - The City of Calgary says it has charged a catering company and school lunch delivery service provider at the centre of an E. coli outbreak affecting several Calgary daycares. The city allege...

Sep 27, 2023

Disputed immigration provision requires link to national security, Supreme Court says

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a provision of federal immigration law can be used to bar people on security grounds for engaging in violence only when there is a clear connection to nationa...

Sep 27, 2023

Hundreds of derelict vessels removed from Canadian waters, Coast Guard says

Vancouver developer Howard Meakin has owned thefamed Expo 86-era floating McDonald's restaurant vessel known as the McBarge for decades, and despite its outward appearance, by no means is it derelict,...

Sep 27, 2023

In the news today: Speaker resignation effective today, potential gravesites in Yukon

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Speaker's resignation to take effect The resignation of House of Commons Speake...

Sep 27, 2023

Jury at Peter Nygard's Toronto sexual-assault trial set to hear more evidence today

TORONTO - Jurors at the Toronto sexual-assault trial of former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard are set to hear more evidence today. Nygard, the founder of a now-defunct international women's cloth...

Sep 27, 2023

Poilievre's Tories maintain summer lead over Trudeau's Liberals in September poll

OTTAWA - The Conservatives have maintained their summer lead in the polls, according to fresh numbers from Leger. Leger has released the findings of an online survey conducted over the weekend with mo...

Sep 27, 2023