Canada

Former Tory interim leader, longtime Manitoba MP Candice Bergen stepping down

OTTAWA - Former Conservative interim leader and longtime Manitoba member of Parliament Candice Bergen has announced she is stepping down. Bergen said in a video posted to Twitter that she submitted a ...

Feb 01, 2023

NDP seeks to probe federal contracts with other consulting firms — not just McKinsey

OTTAWA - The NDP is calling on the a House of Commons committee to expand its study of federal contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company and include other consulting firms that have received large c...

Feb 01, 2023

Trudeau says Quebecers are not racist as he stands by Elghawaby appointment

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's new special representative on combating Islamophobia is the perfect person to help Canadians grapple with difficult conversations about religion. Q...

Feb 01, 2023

MPs to vote on proposal to resettle 10,000 displaced Uyghur people

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will vote this afternoon on whether Ottawa should start a refugee program to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China. Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi proposed the ...

Feb 01, 2023

Competition Bureau to investigate industry claims of sustainable forestry management

The federal Competition Bureau has started an inquiry into whether industry claims that vast stretches of Canadian forest are sustainably managed constitute false advertising. The inquiry comes in res...

Feb 01, 2023

Poilievre says Tories will support studying federal childcare bill in committee

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre says Conservatives will support sending the Liberal government's childcare bill for further study, but he's stopping short of endorsing the national plan. Speaking to reporte...

Feb 01, 2023

Health-care deal should come shortly after Feb. 7 meeting with PM: Ford

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he hopes the provinces can reach a health-care deal with the federal government shortly after their meeting next week with the prime minister....

Feb 01, 2023

Tide begins to turn on shark and ray populations in Northwestern Atlantic: study

Researchers say improved fisheries management and conservation are turning the tide on shark and ray population declines in the Northwest Atlantic. The study published last week in PNAS journal, title...

Feb 01, 2023

In The News for Feb. 1: Will an updated Ontario Disability Support Program help?

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 Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 ... What we are watchi...

Feb 01, 2023

Biden, McCarthy meeting to stake out positions as clash looms over debt ceiling

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden is sitting down with his new Republican nemesis for the first time to talk about how to ensure the federal government can continue to pay its bills. House Speaker...

Feb 01, 2023