Canada

Quebec judge authorizes class-action lawsuit against 'addictive' Fortnite video game

MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge has authorized a lawsuit brought by Quebec parents who allege their children became addicted to the popular online video game Fortnite. Justice Sylvain Lussier issued...

Dec 08, 2022

Children's deaths from influenza up in B.C., with five mortalities last month

VICTORIA - At least five children died in British Columbia from influenza last month alone, a rise that comes as an early season of respiratory illnesses adds strain to the beleaguered health-care sys...

Dec 08, 2022

Federal environment minister certifies 14 bird-friendly cities in six provinces

MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is certifying 14 more Canadian cities as bird-friendly. Guilbeault, who's attending the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, says cities...

Dec 08, 2022

AFN chiefs to vote on opposing federal gun-control bill, citing risk to treaty rights

OTTAWA - Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations are set to vote on whether to publicly oppose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's proposed gun-control legislation. An amendment to Bill C-21, which is cur...

Dec 08, 2022

Trudeau says Ottawa to work constructively with Alberta after sovereignty act passes

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is going to work as constructively as possible with Alberta after lawmakers passed Premier Danielle Smith's controversial sovereignty...

Dec 08, 2022

First Nations leaders call for police chief to resign after not searching landfill

First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg's police chief after the force decided to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women. Police chief Dann...

Dec 08, 2022

In The News for Dec. 8 : Liberals set to introduce promised child-care legislation

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 Dec. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 08, 2022

Liberals set to introduce promised child-care legislation

OTTAWA - Families Minister Karina Gould is expected to introduce legislation today to strengthen child care in Canada, which is likely to include an effort to secure a long-term role for Ottawa in the...

Dec 08, 2022

From urinal mats to unicorns, cargo from 2021 spill still washes up on B.C. shores

When Jill Laviolette started picking debris off Cape Palmerston beach on Vancouver Island following the container spill from the MV Zim Kingston freighter, the inflatable dinosaur and unicorn toys she...

Dec 08, 2022

Military received 2,400 applications from permanent residents in November

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says it has received hundreds of applications from permanent residents interested in joining the military, but getting those prospective recruits into uniform could ...

Dec 08, 2022