Canada

Experts expect bad year for ticks as disease-carrying bugs expand range in Canada

HALIFAX - The prevalence of ticks that can carry Lyme disease is expected to be higher than ever in much of Canada this year, researchers say. Vett Lloyd, a researcher and director of the Lloyd Tick L...

Jun 01, 2022

B.C. to join small group of jurisdictions with decriminalization of hard drugs

VANCOUVER - British Columbia will soon join a handful of jurisdictions around the world where drug users aren't criminalized for possessing small amounts of some illicit drugs for personal use. Charge...

Jun 01, 2022

Tories failed to separate criticism of Chinese regime from Chinese communities: Brown

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says he believes Canada can advance its trade relationship with China while at the same time take a stand against its human rights abuses. "I'm...

Jun 01, 2022

Ottawa, N.W.T. in talks with U.S. charity about funding for Indigenous park guardians

Ottawa and Northwest Territories are in discussions with a large American charity about permanent funding for a program that puts First Nations people in charge of looking after parks and other conser...

Jun 01, 2022

Privacy commissioners to rule on complaint against Tim Hortons app today

OTTAWA - Canada's privacy commissioner will report today on the results of an investigation into whether the Tim Hortons mobile ordering app was improperly tracking users' whereabouts without their ex...

Jun 01, 2022

Quebec premier accused of stoking immigration fears, lacking empathy toward newcomers

Quebec's premier is being accused of stoking fears about newcomers after he gave a recent speech warning Quebec risks turning into Louisiana if the province doesn't have more control over immigration....

Jun 01, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Jury finds Alberta men guilty of murder and manslaughter in shooting

EDMONTON - A jury has found a man guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the shooting of two Mtis hunters on a rural road in Alberta. They also found the man's father guilty of two counts ...

May 31, 2022

Vocal critic of Liberals' online streaming bill partly funded by YouTube and TikTok

OTTAWA - An outspoken critic of the Liberal government's online streaming bill has admitted he has received funding from two of the biggest digital platforms in the world. Scott Benzie, founder of Dig...

May 31, 2022

Quebec to start offering $500 round-trip flights to remote regions Wednesday

Quebec's transport minister says a government program offering discounted flights to the province's remote regions will begin Wednesday. Franois Bonnardel said today that the program, which will cost ...

May 31, 2022

What jurors didn't hear in the Jacob Hoggard sex-assault trial

Jurors have begun their deliberations in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, lead singer of the band Hedley. Here is some of the information they were barred from hearing duri...

May 31, 2022