Canada

Disorganized foreign-aid reporting means Ottawa can't track feminist outcomes: audit

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an audit tabled in Parliament today. The a...

Mar 27, 2023

Quebec girl, 9, dies after snow fort collapses behind residence

SAINT-UBALDE, Que. - A nine-year-old girl has died after a snow fort collapsed in a forest behind a rural Quebec home. The young victim was building a fort with another girl, 7, when it collapsed on t...

Mar 27, 2023

Border crossings returning to pre-pandemic opening hours

OTTAWA - Opening hours are being extended at 39 border crossings with the United States and at several airports across the country as the Canada Border Services Agency returns to pre-pandemic hours. T...

Mar 27, 2023

Canada sanctions more Iran guard corps members, police after Toronto rally criticism

Ottawa is adding more Iranian individuals and companies to its sanctions list after the government faced heavy criticism at a diaspora event this weekend. The new sanctions apply to eight people, as w...

Mar 27, 2023

Israeli embassy in Canada joins strike against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul

OTTAWA - Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the country's judiciary. Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that th...

Mar 27, 2023

In The News for March 27 : A final goodbye to two fallen Edmonton police officers

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 March 27 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 27, 2023

Funeral for two Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to family dispute

EDMONTON - A regimental funeral is set to be held today for two Edmonton police officers who were shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy. Police say a 2 1/2-kilometre procession from the Alberta legisla...

Mar 27, 2023

Sask. judge to decide on bail for sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted

YORKTON, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge is set to deliver his decision on whether to give bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions. ...

Mar 27, 2023

Canada argues court misconstrued Charter in directing feds to bring men in Syria home

OTTAWA - The Canadian government says a federal judge misinterpreted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in directing officials to secure the release of four men from detention in northeastern Syria. G...

Mar 27, 2023

Slain officers' families issue statements thanking public for support

EDMONTON - The families of two Edmonton police officers fatally shot earlier this month have issued statements thanking the public for their support. The statements from the families of Const. Brett R...

Mar 26, 2023