Canada

Updated legislation aims to tackle discrimination in public service: PSC

OTTAWA - Federal government departments and agencies will now have to evaluate whether their hiring practices are discriminatory as changes to the Public Service Employment Act take effect. Public Ser...

Jul 05, 2023

Evacuated residents returning to Quebec town where landslide killed two people

MONTREAL - Residents of Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region are returning home after torrential rain over the weekend caused a series of landslides, including one that killed two people. An official ...

Jul 05, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Canadian government suspends advertising on Facebook, Instagram

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the federal government will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The decision comes after Meta began blocking Canadian news content on its Facebo...

Jul 05, 2023

Ottawa man first to face terrorism, hate charges linked to far-right propaganda

OTTAWA - An Ottawa man is the first ever to be charged in Canada with terrorism and hate propaganda offences for advocating a violent, far-right ideology. RCMP say they arrested and charged 26-year-ol...

Jul 05, 2023

Canada follows peers, blasts Hong Kong bounties that include Edmonton-born activist

Ottawa is condemning Hong Kong officials for issuing bounties for the arrest of eight activists living abroad, days after Canada's peers slammed the move. Hong Kong's national-security law restricts c...

Jul 05, 2023

Provinces falling short of national long-term care standards: report

OTTAWA - The National Institute on Ageing has found that provincial long-term care standards vary drastically across the country and, in some cases, fall far short of new national standards released e...

Jul 05, 2023

UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations' highest court Wednesday over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passeng...

Jul 05, 2023

B.C. port strike enters day five, with talks deadlocked over maintenance

VANCOUVER - Talks between maritime employers and the union representing British Columbia port workers remain deadlocked over maintenance issues as a strike by the workers enters its fifth day. Both si...

Jul 05, 2023

In the news today: Still no resolution in B.C. port strike

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... B.C. port strike enters fifth day Both sides in the B.C. port workers' strike a...

Jul 05, 2023

Ten years after Lac-Megantic rail disaster, fish not biting 'like they used to'

LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - Pierre Grenier says that ever since the 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que., spilled 100,000 litres of crude oil into the Chaudire River, the fishing hasn't been the same. ...

Jul 05, 2023