Canada

LeBlanc to update Trudeau on government's response to Emergencies Act report

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the prime minister will soon receive his report outlining the response to recommendations from a public inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act...

Aug 23, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Chinese mother of teen found dead in B.C. tearfully testifies at trial

VANCOUVER - The Chinese mother of a 13-year-old girl who was found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has taken the witness stand at the murder trial of her accused killer. The mother, who ca...

Aug 23, 2023

Quebec to ban cellphones in elementary and high school classrooms

QUEBEC - It's the final bell for cellphones in Quebec classrooms as the province's education minister plans to ban the devices in most teaching settings, calling them a distraction for students. Berna...

Aug 23, 2023

Canada sanctions Russian nuclear sector, assesses reports of Prigozhin death

OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning more Russians accused of supporting the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with a focus on banks, defence companies and the nuclear sector. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Jol...

Aug 23, 2023

Liberals look to tackle international student rackets as part of housing crisis

OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers are suggesting the federal government is ready to tackle long-standing problems related to the international student program, including cases of fraud and exploitati...

Aug 23, 2023

Video captures 'incredibly rare' B.C. wildfire tornado over lake

LILLOOET, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an "incredibly rare" fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interi...

Aug 23, 2023

Hospital worker fired after Indigenous woman's death should be reinstated: arbitrator

An arbitration tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of an orderly who was fired after an Indigenous woman filmed Quebec hospital staff insulting her as she died. Arbitrator Serge Brault says that wh...

Aug 23, 2023

As conservative premiers talk gender and kids, Poilievre's grassroots ask same of him

OTTAWA - As conservative premiers change the rules around pronoun use in schools, members of the federal Conservative grassroots want Pierre Poilievre to wade further into the debate around gender. A ...

Aug 23, 2023

Ottawa looked at changes to land claims process, acknowledged issues: documents

OTTAWA - Newly released internal documents show Canada has been pondering a new way to settle First Nation land claims. In briefing materials prepared for the deputy minister of Crown-Indigenous Relat...

Aug 23, 2023

Cabinet ministers leave retreat without new plans to address housing crisis

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal cabinet is wrapping up a three-day retreat in Charlottetown today promising concrete action on housing but without any specific new initiatives on the table. Prime Ministe...

Aug 23, 2023