Canada

Trudeau deletes tweet that cited false information in denouncing the Iranian regime

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says it deleted a tweet that his account posted overnight denouncing the Iranian regime based on false information that had been circulating on social m...

Nov 15, 2022

Health Canada won't say how much new kids' pain medicine coming, where it's going

OTTAWA - Health Canada officials say more doses of children's painkillers and fever medication will be available soon but it won't say how many or where exactly they'll be sent. Senior officials are a...

Alex Rawnsley Nov 15, 2022

Auditor general calls for stronger federal action on cloud cybersecurity

OTTAWA - The federal auditor general says government departments have not always effectively implemented measures to ensure secure storage of information in the digital cloud. In a report tabled in Pa...

Nov 15, 2022

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