Canada

Indigenous Services Canada failing First Nations in response to wildfires, floods: AG

OTTAWA - Canada's Auditor General say the federal government has not given First Nations communities the support they need to respond to emergencies like wildfires and floods, despite warning about th...

Nov 15, 2022

Former Hockey Canada executive Nicholson to testify before parliamentary committee

OTTAWA - It's Bob Nicholson's turn to be grilled by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. The former Hockey Canada executive is scheduled to speak before members of Parliament today as the fede...

Nov 15, 2022

Canada launches group to lobby for more countries to use carbon pricing

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada is issuing a challenge to the rest of the world to expand the use of carbon pricing in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions. Guilbeaul...

Nov 15, 2022

G20 funding announcement, Lucki to testify at EA inquiry: In The News for Nov. 15

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 Nov. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 15, 2022

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to talk 'Freedom Convoy' at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is expected to testify this morning at the public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act last winter. Ottawa invoked the act for the f...

Nov 15, 2022

Half of Quebec nursing students fail September licensing exam, probe launched

MONTREAL - Quebec nursing student Jennifer Gunville was left in shock after she found out she had failed her licensing exam. Gunville is among the roughly 50 per cent of nursing students in the provin...

Nov 15, 2022

Bird flu fighters in B.C. face unprecedented challenge, as H5N1 spread across Canada

VANCOUVER - By some measures, the ongoing outbreaks of avian flu in British Columbia pale when compared to the devastating eruption of the disease in 2004 that prompted a cull of 17 million birds. But...

Nov 15, 2022

Auditor general to release report evaluating government action on homelessness

OTTAWA - The auditor general will release reports on Tuesday assessing the government's performance on a range of issues, including reducing chronic homelessness. Other reports will focus on emergency...

Nov 15, 2022

Trudeau pledges cash for infrastructure and making vaccines in developing countries

BADUNG, Indonesia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing funding for developing countries to improve their infrastructure and make COVID-19 vaccines. At the G20 summit in Indonesia, Trudeau say...

Nov 15, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Alberta replaces its chief medical officer of health

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says the province's top doctor has been replaced. On her first day as premier last month, Danielle Smith announced that Dr. Deena Hinshaw would be removed from her po...

Nov 14, 2022