Canada

Advocates criticize slow expansion of needle exchange program in federal prisons

OTTAWA - Health advocates say the federal prison needle exchange program is failing because of a poor rollout by the Correctional Service and a lack of improvement since it was introduced four years a...

Dec 01, 2022

In The News for Dec. 1: Canada gains on U.S. in permanent resident race

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. 1 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 01, 2022

Canada-Morocco: Montreal's Moroccans cheering both teams in today's World Cup match

MONTREAL - Members of Montreal's Moroccan community are packing bars and cafs across the city today for the Canada-Morocco match at the World Cup in Qatar. The excitement will be particularly palpable...

Dec 01, 2022

Pandemic, slower U.S. migration see Canada closing gap with U.S. in workforce race

WASHINGTON - Since the global onset of COVID-19, Canada has been gradually closing the gap with the United States when it comes to attracting and keeping an important economic prize: new permanent res...

Dec 01, 2022

HIV activists hope World AIDS Day marks an end to backsliding on infections, stigma

OTTAWA - HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma. "It's clear to us that this government is seized of th...

Dec 01, 2022

Applications open for dental care benefits touted by Liberals as inflation relief

OTTAWA - Parents can apply with the Canada Revenue Agency starting today to receive the children's dental benefit that the federal Liberals say is intended to provide cost-of-living relief to low-inco...

Dec 01, 2022

Progress being made in fight to save North Atlantic right whale from extinction

HALIFAX - The latest official population estimate for the world's most endangered species of whale is grim. A group of international experts recently confirmed there were about 340 surviving North Atl...

Dec 01, 2022

'Reuniting was indescribable:' Communities share stories of searching unmarked graves

WINNIPEG - On a clear summer day in August, Rebecca Blake found herself standing in a cemetery outside Edmonton searching for the graves of Inuvialuit who died in the South during a tuberculosis epide...

Nov 30, 2022

COVID vaccine policy for Arctic Winter Games not due to Alberta influence: official

YELLOWKNIFE - An official with the Arctic Winter Games says its decision to revoke a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for the upcoming event had nothing to do with pressure from the Alberta governmen...

Nov 30, 2022

Alberta premier rejects accusations her sovereignty bill is undemocratic power grab

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting Opposition accusations that a bill granting her and her cabinet sweeping powers to rewrite laws behind closed doors is an undemocratic, dangerous...

Nov 30, 2022