Canada

Refugee group says Ottawa will help bring 600 LGBTQ Afghans to Canada

OTTAWA - An LGBTQ refugee group says Ottawa is helping resettle 600 Afghans to Canada who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. Earlier this week, Toronto-based R...

Dec 22, 2022

Ottawa move to seize millions from Russian oligarch could test Charter: trade lawyer

OTTAWA - Canada's attempt to seize and forfeit a Russian oligarch's holdings could be a major test of how Ottawa balances sanctions and Charter rights. This week, Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly said she...

Dec 22, 2022

Quebec court sides with First Nation regarding underfunding of its police force

MONTREAL - First Nations in northern Quebec are calling on the province and the federal government for more funding for Indigenous police forces. The call for money comes after the Quebec Court of App...

Dec 22, 2022

'My heart is crying': Afghan refugees wait on family members to join them in Canada

TORONTO - Khalid Khogiani arrived in Canada from Afghanistan through Pakistan more than a year ago and has been waiting for the Canadian government to process the refugee applications for his wife, mo...

Dec 22, 2022

Family, friends to gather for funeral of man shot in condo building north of Toronto

TORONTO - The family of a man who was among five people killed in a shooting rampage at a Toronto-area condo says the 59-year-old's funeral will be held at a mosque today. Police have said Naveed Dada...

Dec 22, 2022

Back-to-office mandate has some public-service parents scrambling to find child care

OTTAWA - Tania Marcil doesn't have much time to spare before the holidays set in. Now, instead of using those rare moments to get ready for the season, she says she is spending them scrambling to find...

Dec 22, 2022

More flight delays possible as storm approaches Toronto : In The News for Dec. 22 ...

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. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Dec 22, 2022

Trudeau signals shift away from humanitarian aid toward financing infrastructure

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is signalling a shift away from humanitarian aid toward funding infrastructure projects in developing countries. "A lot of it is less around humanitarian develop...

Dec 22, 2022

Canadians gleaned naval intelligence from Russian defector, newly released files show

OTTAWA - The young Russian seaman who turned up exhausted and bleeding on the British Columbia shore struck a Canadian intelligence official as well mannered, sincere and athletic, built like Tarzan o...

Dec 22, 2022

Toronto and Vancouver airports warn of operational impacts today due to weather

TORONTO - A major winter storm bearing down on Toronto is adding to the calamity in Canadian airports already plagued by flight cancellations and delays set off early this week by heavy snow in Vancou...

Dec 22, 2022