Canada

New system will bring families of immigrants to Canada faster: Fraser

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government is using a new system to bring spouses, children and parents of recent immigrants to Canada more quickly. Family members who want to move ...

May 26, 2023

Americans should be exempt from Canada's foreign housing tax, members of Congress say

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging the State Department to ask that Americans be exempted from Canada's tax on foreign property owners. The group has written to Secretary of S...

May 26, 2023

About half of Canada's environment ministers skip meeting on biodiversity loss

OTTAWA - More than half of the provinces' ministers have skipped out on a meeting with the feds and Indigenous leaders to discuss halting land and water loss in Canada. Environment ministers from Sask...

May 26, 2023

Florida man pleads not guilty after Canada-U.S. human smuggling tragedy in Manitoba

DULUTH, Minn. - A Florida man has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges after the frozen bodies of a family of four migrants were found near the Canada-U.S. border last year. Steve Shand, 48, ...

May 26, 2023

Fire still burning at Montreal heritage building that once housed monastery

MONTREAL - A major fire at a Montreal heritage building that broke out Thursday evening was still not out as of early today. The fire broke out just before 5 p.m. at the Monastre du Bon-Pasteur, a 19t...

May 26, 2023

In The News for May 26 : Are Canadian homeowners covered in cases of flooding?

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 26 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

May 26, 2023

Feds warned about risks of delaying 24 Sussex decision almost a year before it closed

OTTAWA - Almost a year before the closure of 24 Sussex Drive due to disrepair and an infestation of rodents, the chairman of the National Capital Commission's board of directors warned that further de...

May 26, 2023

Quebec adopts motion calling for release of documents from 1995 referendum probe

Quebec's legislature has unanimously adopted a motion calling on the province's chief electoral officer to release all documents related to an investigation into illegal spending ahead of the 1995 ref...

May 25, 2023

Ottawa to spend $2.5 billion on small vessels as it replaces aging Coast Guard fleet

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will invest $2.5 billion in new money to renew the Canadian Coast Guard's fleet of small vessels. The coast guard plans to acquire up to 61 small vessels, inclu...

May 25, 2023

Israeli cabinet minister's unofficial visit comes amid strained relations

OTTAWA - An Israeli cabinet minister's plan to visit Canada next week comes amid an already turbulent relationship between Ottawa and that country's far-right government. Diaspora Affairs Minister Ami...

May 25, 2023