Canada

CP NewsAlert: Appeal Court overturns stay granted to Quebec judge in wife's killing

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has overturned a stay of proceedings granted to a retired Quebec judge whose conviction for fatally shooting his wife in 2012 was reversed by the federal justice mi...

Sep 06, 2023

Montreal-area police equip schoolchildren with backpacks that display speed cameras

MONTREAL - Children in Quebec are becoming living speed cameras as a way to get drivers to slow down in school zones. Police in the Montreal area are equipping a handful of schoolchildren with backpac...

Sep 06, 2023

Montreal landmark church says people ignited a flare, not a fire, at famous shrine

MONTREAL - A landmark Montreal church is confirming that a group of people ignited a flare - and not a bonfire - on the steps leading to the Catholic shrine on Saturday. Representatives of Saint Josep...

Sep 06, 2023

Quebec anti-corruption unit arrests former junior college manager on fraud charges

MONTREAL - Quebec's anti-corruption police force says a former executive at a junior college north of Montreal has been arrested for allegedly defrauding the student union. The force, known as UPAC, s...

Sep 06, 2023

After fleeing alone to Newfoundland, Ukrainian boy begins Grade 11 in 'second home'

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In many ways, Serhii Semenets is like any other 17-year-old starting Grade 11 in Newfoundland this week. He likes playing guitar, he struggles with Shakespeare, and his ideal dinner...

Sep 06, 2023

NDP leader calls for Bank of Canada mandate review as key rate holds steady

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the federal government needs to review the mandate of the Bank of Canada to put people first. Singh's comment today comes as the bank holds its key interest rate...

Sep 06, 2023

On eve of party convention Poilievre says he's not bound by grassroots' policy ideas

OTTAWA - On the eve of his first policy convention as leader, Pierre Poilievre is reminding Canadians that he is not bound by the policies the Conservative grassroots choose to advance. He is in Quebe...

Sep 06, 2023

Feds award $15 million contract to Sun Life to lay groundwork for dental care program

OTTAWA - The federal government has awarded a contract worth up to $15 million to lay the groundwork for a new national dental insurance plan. Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Health Minister...

Sep 06, 2023

CPTPP panel sides with New Zealand over Canada dairy supply-management rules

OTTAWA - A Pacific Rim trade panel says Canada's dairy-sector protections violate obligations Ottawa signed with countries like New Zealand. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacif...

Sep 06, 2023

Deb Haaland, first Indigenous member of U.S. cabinet, meets counterparts in Ottawa

WASHINGTON - The first-ever Indigenous member of the U.S. cabinet is in Canada to talk about how best to help First Nations, Mtis and Inuit communities across the continent. Interior Secretary Deb Haa...

Sep 06, 2023