Category Archives: Canada

Police: More complaints possible after ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor charged in Alberta
TSUUT'INA FIRST NATION - Police in Alberta say they anticipate more people will come forward after a former actor and self-described medicine man was charged with sexual exploitation and sexual assaul...
Jun 14, 2023

Suicides in Quebec: Coroner wants friends and family included in mental health care
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says the province's Health Department should do more to involve friends and family members in the treatment of people suffering from mental health issues and addictions in ...
Jun 14, 2023

New changes to Canadian Environmental Protection Act just a start: minister
OTTAWA - The Canadian Environmental Protection Act has been updated for the first time in more than 20 years, and the environment minister says that's just a start. Steven Guilbeault says there will b...
Jun 14, 2023

Russia says relations 'on the verge of being severed' as Ottawa seizes cargo plane
OTTAWA - Moscow is warning that relations with Canada are "on the verge of being severed" after the Trudeau government moved to forfeit a massive Russian cargo plane. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vis...
Jun 14, 2023

B.C. border agents find 6,300 kg of meth, including largest single seizure to date
DELTA, B.C. - The Canada Border Services Agency says it has confiscated more than 6,300 kilograms of methamphetamine in British Columbia over the last six months, including the largest ever single sei...
Jun 14, 2023

What you need to know about wildfires in Canada
Wildfires continue to rage in Canada in one of the worst seasons in recent memory. Not enough rain in Quebec fell to help the firefight, while B.C. reports fire above highway is held. Here's a look at...
Jun 14, 2023

Seamus O'Regan gives impassioned defence of global LGBTQ labour rights
OTTAWA - Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan spoke strongly in favour of keeping LGBTQ rights enshrined in labour standards this week while a United Nations agency faced a push to remove them. Some...
Jun 14, 2023

Deportations for international students caught in fraud scheme put on hold
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says deportation orders for international students caught up in a fraud scheme have been put on hold while a task force investigates each case. Hundreds of st...
Jun 14, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Canada halting activity at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada will halt all government-led activity at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. This comes after a Canadian citizen resigned from the financi...
Jun 14, 2023

CP NewsAlert: B.C. provides universal coverage for opioid treatments
VICTORIA - British Columbia says it is providing universal coverage for opioid agonist treatments that help people with substance use disorders, making it the first province in Canada to do so. More c...
Jun 14, 2023