Canada

House of Commons committee will hold two hearings on Rogers outage today

OTTAWA - The House of Commons industry committee will hold two hearings today about the Rogers outage that lasted more than 15 hours and left millions of Canadians in a communications blackout. The Ju...

Jul 25, 2022

MPs look into alleged political interference in N.S. shooting probe

OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons public safety committee meet today to explore whether there was political meddling with the RCMP as it investigated the April 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia. Just o...

Jul 25, 2022

Day 2 of Pope visit to include stops at a former residential school, Edmonton church

MASKWACIS - Pope Francis is expected to speak publicly for the first time on his Canadian visit at a meeting this morning with First Nations, Inuit and Mtis peoples in a community south of Edmonton. T...

Jul 25, 2022

Pope arrives in Canada for ‘penitential’ visit aimed at Indigenous reconciliation

EDMONTON - Pope Francis arrived in Edmonton on Sunday to an honour drum song ahead of what he describes as a "penitential" trip aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church's...

Jul 24, 2022

MPs look into alleged political interference in N.S. shooting probe

OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons public safety committee meet Monday to explore whether there was political meddling with the RCMP as it investigated the April 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia. Just ...

Jul 24, 2022

Translators to deliver Pope's words in languages forbidden in residential schools

EDMONTON - When Pope Francis arrives in Canada and is expected to beg forgiveness for Catholic-run residential schools, a team of translators will be dedicated to making sure no words are lost for tho...

Jul 24, 2022

Landfills and climate change increasing polar bear-human conflicts in Arctic: report

Climate change and human impacts on the land are behind a growing number of encounters between people and polar bears around the Arctic, new research concludes. "What we have seen is an increase in in...

Jul 24, 2022

Advocates say Canada should commit $1.2 billion to fight against AIDS, TB and malaria

MONTREAL - Advocacy groups working to end extreme poverty say they hope Canada will use an upcoming international AIDS conference in Montreal to commit new funding for a global organization that fight...

Jul 24, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Pope Francis leaves Rome for Indigenous reconciliation visit in Canada

ROME - Pope Francis has left Rome to begin his visit to Canada aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. A plane carrying the Pope is schedu...

Jul 24, 2022

CP NewsAlert: De Grasse leads Canada to men's 4x100m gold at world championships

EUGENE, Ore. - The Canadian quartet of Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake, and Aaron Brown, won gold in the men's 4x100-metre relay at the world track and field championships on Saturday. M...

Jul 23, 2022