Canada

Alberta waited a month to declare emergency response to oilsands releases: document

EDMONTON - The Alberta government waited a month before calling an emergency response to one of the biggest releases of oilsands tailings in the province's history, a leaked document shows. The docume...

Apr 04, 2023

AFN chiefs endorse revised child-welfare settlement, call on Trudeau to apologize

OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs have endorsed a revised multi-billion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve child and family services. Chiefs gathered...

Apr 04, 2023

Former Quebec doctor faces manslaughter charge after patient dies following surgery

MONTREAL - Laval police say a former doctor is facing a manslaughter charge after an 84-year-old patient died following a 2019 surgery. Isabelle Desormeau was arrested March 30 and released under cond...

Apr 04, 2023

Federal privacy watchdog probing OpenAI, ChatGPT after complaint about popular bot

OTTAWA - The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has launched an investigation into the company behind ChatGPT, an explosively popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot. The office says...

Apr 04, 2023

Federal spending on staff grew rapidly during pandemic: parliamentary budget officer

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government's spending on employees saw record growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A newly published report says federal spending on personne...

Apr 04, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Driver faces first-degree murder charges in Quebec pedestrian deaths

AMQUI, Que. - The Quebec man charged after a pickup truck crashed into pedestrians last month is now facing three counts of first-degree murder. According to charges filed today in Amqui, Que., Steeve...

Apr 04, 2023

Police say missing Akwesasne man tied to migrants found dead in St. Lawrence River

MONTREAL - Authorities investigating the disappearance of an Akwesasne man whose boat was found near the bodies of eight migrants pulled from the St. Lawrence River last week are confirming he is conn...

Apr 04, 2023

Quebec shipyard formally added to federal shipbuilding plan after lobbying, delays

Ottawa and Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie finally have a deal, after years of lobbying followed by years of delays. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the agreement during an event at the shipyar...

Apr 04, 2023

Progressive Conservatives win big in P.E.I. : In The News for April 4

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 April 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Apr 04, 2023

Head of Canadian Museum of History looks to move past a tumultuous few years

GATINEAU, Que. - Caroline Dromaguet first started working at the Canadian Museum of History as a summer guide, where as a student she fell in love with the world of museums. Over the years she saw the...

Apr 04, 2023