Category Archives: Canada

U.S. senators call for trade crackdown on Canada over dairy quotas, digital policies
WASHINGTON - A pair of senior U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to get tough with Canada for "flouting" obligations to its North American trade partners. Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden of Oreg...
Jan 27, 2023

In The News for Jan. 27: Concerns over state of provincial health systems
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 Jan. 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 27, 2023

Provincial governments not jumping to act on tighter alcohol warning guidelines
HALIFAX - Politicians in charge of provincial and territorial liquor laws aren't hurrying to adopt or promote newly updated guidelines that advise a steep drop in Canadian drinking habits. Across Cana...
Jan 27, 2023

Supreme Court of Canada to rule on constitutionality of mandatory firearm sentences
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada plans to rule today on the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences in cases involving armed robbery and recklessly firing a gun. In one case, Jesse Dallas...
Jan 27, 2023

Focus on retaining nurses before recruiting nurses from other provinces: association
MONTREAL - Efforts to lure nurses from other provinces are underway in several parts of the country, but the head of a national nurses association says the poaching won't solve anything unless working...
Jan 27, 2023

Ottawa preparing to announce revival of federal body offering cabinet legal advice
OTTAWA - The federal government is preparing to revive an independent commission that would offer advice to cabinet on reforming Canadian laws. Justice Minister David Lametti's office says it is hopin...
Jan 27, 2023

Canadians worried about the state of provincial health systems: poll
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests the vast majority of Canadians have concerns about the state of the health-care system, particularly in Atlantic provinces where hospitals have struggled to maintain eme...
Jan 27, 2023

B.C. to install earthquake warning sensors to give life-saving notice
VICTORIA - Up to 50 earthquake early warning sensors are being installed around British Columbia as part of a larger plan to protect people and infrastructure in a big quake. The sensors will be conne...
Jan 26, 2023

NDP says Alberta premier's prosecutor review flawed, calls for outside investigation
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith's assurance of a thorough investigation into allegations of interference with Crown prosecutors is "an empty talking point" given new...
Jan 26, 2023

House post returning to First Nation after 138 years, and decades in Harvard storage
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - A First Nations house post is being returned to its home in British Columbia after 138 years, including spending the last two decades in storage at Harvard University in Massachu...
Jan 26, 2023