Canada

Backlog targeted as Veterans Affairs reports nearly $1B for ex-soldiers was unspent

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing fresh calls to eliminate the backlog of disability claims from ill and injured veterans amid revelations Veterans Affairs Canada failed to spend nearly $1 bil...

Jan 31, 2023

Calgary man searching for group that helped him emigrate to Canada three decades ago

Ivo Ceko was a member of a military police unit that was guarding a hotel in a town in central Bosnia when he met a group of young Canadians and Americans in the summer of 1994. His English wasn't ver...

Jan 31, 2023

Mi'kmaw Nova Scotia MP says updated electoral map kicks him out of his own riding

OTTAWA - A Mi'kmaw member of Parliament says proposed changes to the boundaries of federal ridings in Nova Scotia would remove him and two Indigenous communities from his riding. Jaime Battiste says a...

Jan 31, 2023

L'Arche Canada says changes made amid sex abuse scandal tied to founder Jean Vanier

MONTREAL - Charity L'Arche Canada says it has made changes to protect staff, volunteers and participants since sexual abuse allegations against founder Jean Vanier first came to light in 2020. The int...

Jan 31, 2023

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples call for end to police brutality in Canada

TORONTO - A national Indigenous organization is calling on Canadian police forces to make "fundamental changes" to end brutality against members of racialized groups in the country. The Congress of Ab...

Jan 31, 2023

Ukrainian groups withdraw court challenge of nixed turbine export to Russian pipeline

OTTAWA - A Ukrainian-Canadians group has withdrawn a court challenge of Ottawa's decision to export gas turbines for a Russian pipeline after the federal government nixed the plan in December. The fed...

Jan 31, 2023

Canada sanctions more Myanmar elite, bans jet fuel sales two years after coup

OTTAWA - Canada has sanctioned more of Myanmar's military elite, two years after the country's coup. The country, formerly known as Burma, has seen a democratic backsliding and a series of humanitaria...

Jan 31, 2023

In The News for Jan. 31: Will proposed new standards make long-term care better?

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 Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 ... What we are watchin...

Jan 31, 2023

'Dangerous' to think B.C.'s decriminalization plan will reduce OD deaths: researcher

VANCOUVER - Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected t...

Jan 31, 2023

Time is of the essence to bring in and enforce new long-term care standards: authors

OTTAWA - Proposed new standards for long-term care issued by a panel of experts at the Health Standards Organization on Tuesday say residents should get at least four hours of direct care a day and wo...

Jan 31, 2023