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Canada extends emergency visa applications for Ukrainians fleeing war until July

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Canada will extend the emergency visa application period for Ukrainians looking for a safe haven until July 15. The deadline to apply for the three-year ...

Mar 22, 2023

Biden visit puts Canadian defence spending back under microscope

OTTAWA - U.S. President Joe Biden's long-anticipated first trip to Ottawa this week is expected to put Canada's defence spending back under the microscope. American presidents have a long history of p...

Mar 22, 2023

Ottawa to spend $1.5 billion to improve access to drugs for rare diseases

MONTREAL - The federal government says it will spend up to $1.5 billion over the next three years to improve access to drugs used to treat rare diseases. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says up to $1...

Mar 22, 2023

Five still missing as search continues at site of fatal fire in Old Montreal

MONTREAL - Firefighters and police are continuing to search for at least five missing people at the site of a fatal fire in Old Montreal while the investigation continues. While the plan had been to d...

Mar 22, 2023

In The News for March 22 : A spring renewal for Canada's housing market

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 22 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 22, 2023

Take hard line on Canada's digital tax, online laws, tech associations urge Biden

WASHINGTON - A high-tech industry coalition in the United States is urging President Joe Biden to take a hard line against Canada's approach to digital services. The group says the proposed digital se...

Mar 22, 2023

Don't assume U.S. minds are made up about Safe Third Country treaty: Canada's envoy

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration is not dismissing out of hand the idea of renegotiating the bilateral 2004 treaty that governs the flow of asylum seekers across its northern border, ...

Mar 22, 2023

Transportation Safety Board to report on 2020 scallop vessel sinking off Nova Scotia

HALIFAX - The Transportation Board of Canada is to release a report today on its investigation into the sinking of a scallop dragger off Nova Scotia more than two years ago. The Chief William Saulis c...

Mar 22, 2023

Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island. Documents ...

Mar 21, 2023

Manitoba agrees to pay $17 million and apologize to settle disabled abuse lawsuit

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has agreed to pay $17 million and apologize in the legislature to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of former residents who say they were abused at a centre for peopl...

Mar 21, 2023