Canada

U.S. crackdown on fentanyl trade underway as Canada vows 'public health approach'

WASHINGTON - Senior members of President Joe Biden's cabinet will be in Ottawa in the coming weeks to meet with their Canadian counterparts about cracking down on fentanyl. The timing of this year's C...

Apr 18, 2023

Montreal-area mayor discloses being sex assault victim of ex-PQ member Harold LeBel

MONTREAL - The mayor of a Montreal suburb has revealed herself as the sexual assault victim of ex-Parti Qubcois legislator Harold LeBel. Catherine Fournier had asked Quebec Superior Court Justice Serg...

Apr 18, 2023

In The News for April 18, 2023: Did you miss out on the new federal benefits?

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 Tuesday, April 18, 2023 ... What we are watchi...

Apr 18, 2023

Ontario tells court of 'unwarranted incursion' into cabinet in mandate letters case

OTTAWA - The Ontario government is telling the country's top court the disclosure of ministerial mandate letters would reveal the substance of deliberations of the premier and his cabinet - breaching ...

Apr 18, 2023

Inquest to hear officers' testimony in 2015 police-involved death of B.C. man

BURNABY, B.C. - Vancouver police officers involved in a fatal beating of a man almost eight years ago are expected to testify this week at a coroner's inquest into the death. Myles Gray, who was 33, d...

Apr 18, 2023

Thousands of Canadians missed out on federal housing and dental benefits: report

OTTAWA - A new report says hundreds of thousands of Canadians may have missed out on government money intended to help with the rising cost of living because the housing and dental benefits rolled out...

Apr 18, 2023

Premier calls for silent reflection to mark anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is asking people to pause for a moment of silence today at noon and again on Wednesday to remember the 22 people killed three years ago during the worst mass ...

Apr 18, 2023

Vancouver officers involved in beating death should be fired, victim's sister says

BURNABY, B.C. - The family of a man beaten to death during a confrontation with Vancouver police says the officers involved should lose their jobs, while others should be better trained to respond to ...

Apr 17, 2023

Twenty-year-old arrested following stabbing death of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus

SURREY, B.C. - Police say they have arrested a 20-year-old man from Burnaby, B.C., in connection with the stabbing of a teenager on a Metro Vancouver transit bus last week. Seventeen-year-old Ethan Be...

Apr 17, 2023

Media question restrictions apply only to Alberta premier, cabinet ministers say

EDMONTON - Three Alberta cabinet ministers say the government's new question restriction policy for media applies only to Premier Danielle Smith. Kaycee Madu, Adriana LaGrange and Demetrios Nicolaides...

Apr 17, 2023