Canada

No timeline for hiring Iran sanctions staff, federal minister says

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says that while legislation is coming within weeks to get tough on the Iranian regime, there is no timeline for hiring people to enforce fresh sanctions...

Oct 14, 2022

Mendicino to visit James Smith Cree Nation after of stabbing massacre

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - The federal public safety minsiter says he is to travel to James Smith Cree Nation next week to advance the Liberal government's plan to have First Nations policing recognized as an ...

Oct 14, 2022

Quebec suspect in decades-old murder and sex assault may have other victims: police

Quebec provincial police say they believe a man charged this week in the murder and sexual assault of a junior college student 22 years ago may have had other victims. Marc-Andr Grenon, 47, was charge...

Oct 14, 2022

Military eases vaccine mandate, presses ahead with discipline for unvaccinated troops

OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre says the military will press ahead with plans to kick out dozens of unvaccinated troops despite changes to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Eyre unveiled the new va...

Oct 14, 2022

Emergencies Act testimony and EI premiums to go up in 2023: In The News for Oct.14

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 Oct.14 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Oct 14, 2022

B.C. drought benefits some farmers, extending harvest and reducing rot

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is enduring a record-breaking dry spell, but farmer Amir Mann says the drought is far preferable to other recent weather extremes. "You can always apply more water, but it...

Oct 14, 2022

Cyberbully to be sentenced today in case involving B.C.'s Amanda Todd

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man convicted in the cyberbullying and extortion of a British Columbia teenager who died by suicide a decade ago is expected to learn his sentence today. The story of 15-year...

Oct 14, 2022

First witnesses at Emergencies Act inquiry include Ottawa residents, city officials

OTTAWA - The Ottawa woman who filed for a court injunction to stop truckers from continually honking their horns during the "Freedom Convoy" in February is among the first witnesses at a public inquir...

Oct 14, 2022

Workers, employers are calling on the federal government to pay off EI program debt

OTTAWA - With employment insurance premiums set to rise in the new year, both employers and workers are calling on the federal government to step in and rescue the program from the considerable amount...

Oct 14, 2022

Business groups, city officials among first witnesses before Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA - The inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act is expected to hear first-hand testimony about the impact February's "Freedom Convoy" protest had on the people and busine...

Oct 14, 2022