Canada

No deal at union deadline; federal workers hit the picket lines as talks continue

OTTAWA - Negotiations are expected to continue despite thousands of members with Canada's largest federal public-service union walking off the job this morning at 12:01 a.m. ET. A late Tuesday news re...

Apr 19, 2023

'Slap in the face': Freeland's Disney Plus comment made her a villain, records show

OTTAWA - Once upon a time, Chrystia Freeland attempted to relate to Canadians' cost-of-living concerns with a personal anecdote - and it didn't produce a fairy-tale ending. "I personally, as a mother ...

Apr 19, 2023

Inquest hears Vancouver officer 'feared for safety" when meeting man killed by police

BURNABY, B.C. - The first officer to interact with a man who died after a beating that involved several Vancouver police officers has told a coroner's inquest that she wasn't thinking about mental hea...

Apr 19, 2023

Former consultant to wind industry warns of turbines' toll on migrant birds in N.S.

HALIFAX - Environmental researcher John Kearney says the whirring blades of a proposed 13-turbine wind farm in Nova Scotia may cut greenhouse gases, but the risks they pose to migrating birds are too ...

Apr 19, 2023

CP NewsAlert: With no deal with feds in hand, union says federal workers will strike

OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers will go on strike after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before its 9 p.m. ET deadline. MO...

Apr 18, 2023

Missing Canadian women and girls called family from Syrian camp, lawyer says

A lawyer for two Canadian women and three teen girls, who were set to be repatriated from northeastern Syria earlier this month, says they were mistreated by guards and are being detained in a camp pr...

Apr 18, 2023

Group crossing border called 911 suffering from cold, Minnesota sheriff says

ROSEAU, Minn. - Nine people were detained and one was missing after trying to walk across the Canada-United States border in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a Minnesota sheriff says. The group mad...

Apr 18, 2023

Alberta premier rolls back part of government's media-question restriction policy

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is reversing part of her government's new media-question restriction policy but says she will continue to limit queries in order to provide more answers. Smit...

Apr 18, 2023

Liberal minister promises plan on Access to Information as MPs highlight woes

OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says she hopes to share a plan in coming months for improving the key federal transparency law and how it is managed. Fortier is telling a House of Commo...

Apr 18, 2023

Auditor general 'assessing' mandate in terms of Trudeau Foundation ask to investigate

OTTAWA - The federal auditor general's office says it is still "assessing" its mandate as it relates to a request from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to investigate its handling of two donation...

Apr 18, 2023