Canada

Quebec anticorruption squad kept busy this year investigating fake vaccine passports

QUEBEC - A new report from Quebec's anticorruption unit says its officers were kept busy this year chasing down hundreds of reports related to the production and use of fake COVID-19 vaccine passports...

Dec 20, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Defence Department gets OK to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence has quietly received approval to buy 16 F-35 fighter jets and related gear for a price tag of $7 billion, sources tell The Canadian Press. More coming. The ...

Dec 20, 2022

Canada, China set aside differences to help COP15 nature talks succeed: Guilbeault

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the COP15 biodiversity framework reached Monday in Montreal was possible because Canada and China were able to set aside their diplomatic differenc...

Dec 20, 2022

Ottawa police chief vows there won't be a repeat of last winter's 'Freedom Convoy'

Ottawa's chief of police says the force is making preparations to handle a potential return of the "Freedom Convoy" next February. Eric Stubbs sent a letter to the mayor and the chair of the Ottawa Po...

Dec 20, 2022

Quebec premier 'more optimistic' on health-funding deal after meeting with Trudeau

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he is "more optimistic" about reaching a health-care funding deal with Ottawa after his meeting today with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Legault spoke t...

Dec 20, 2022

Southern B.C. snowstorm halts flights at Vancouver airport, creates travel chaos

VANCOUVER - Most of British Columbia is covered by weather warnings as snow, extreme cold and arctic winds grip the province, forcing the suspension of all flights at Vancouver International Airport a...

Dec 20, 2022

Air Force reinstates officers disciplined for 'egregious' fighter pilot call sign

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is reinstating two officers disciplined over a homophobic nickname given to a fighter pilot. Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston announced the decision to reinstate Col. Co...

Dec 20, 2022

The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year since 1946

OTTAWA - The group of "Freedom Convoy" protesters who took over the streets around Parliament Hill and blockaded border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions has been named The Canadian ...

Dec 20, 2022

CP NewsAlert: 'Freedom Convoy' protesters chosen as 2022 Newsmaker of the Year

OTTAWA - The thousands of protesters who gathered in the streets around Parliament Hill and at Canada's border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions were chosen as The Canadian Press New...

Dec 20, 2022

Ottawa sanctions two Haiti cabinet ministers over alleged gang ties

OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning two of Haiti's cabinet ministers it accuses of helping violent gangs sow chaos in that country. Ottawa is barring Haiti's Justice Minister Berto Dorc and Interior Minist...

Dec 20, 2022