Canada

Canada pledges $71 million in aid for Sudan, South Sudan and Central African Republic

OTTAWA - International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan is announcing $71 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan and two neighbouring countries that are dealing with a large number of refugees in the...

May 03, 2023

Lawyers charged by regulatory body after investigation into surveilling judge

WINNIPEG - Two lawyers are facing charges under the Law Society of Manitoba after the regulatory body investigated complaints they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a cas...

May 03, 2023

Canada sanctions Iran morality police officers, prison and drone company

OTTAWA - Canada has slapped fresh sanctions on Iranian officials whom Ottawa blames for the arrest of Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked widespread anti-regime protests last September. Foreign Affairs M...

May 03, 2023

CSIS must inform MPs about all threats against them, no matter how credible: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's intelligence agencies are being directed to immediately inform MPs if there are any threats against them, regardless of whether the threats are con...

May 03, 2023

After overnight dress rehearsal, RCMP say they're ready to play key coronation role

Londoners up in the early hours of Wednesday morning were treated to a full dress rehearsal of King Charles' coronation procession -- including five RCMP members riding just ahead of the gold state co...

May 03, 2023

In The News for May 3 : Families of Canada's Afghan advisers are pleading for help

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 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... C...

May 03, 2023

Parliamentary Internship Programme in flux, as academics seek House involvement

OTTAWA - A program that for five decades has had young Canadians shadow MPs from across the political spectrum is facing an uncertain future because the model that has kept it running grates against m...

May 03, 2023

As Canada stays mum, which Commonwealth countries will put the King on their money?

OTTAWA - Countries around the world whose currencies pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II now have a new monarch - and a decision to make about whether the King has a place on their money. Since...

May 03, 2023

Terrified of the Taliban, families of Canada's Afghan advisers plead for help

OTTAWA - The threats started with phone calls in 2011 to her home in Kandahar. The mother of six had no idea her Canadian brother was working so close by, just 10 or 15 kilometres away, until the Tali...

May 03, 2023

Quebec premier heads to Charlevoix region to visit town hit hard by flooding

BAIE-SAINT-PAUL, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will visit a town in the province's Charlevoix region hit hard in recent days by spring flooding. Legault is to visit Baie St-Paul today, about 9...

May 03, 2023