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Canada to implement 988 suicide crisis line starting in fall 2023

The CRTC says it will launch a new emergency crisis number for people in need of immediate mental health or suicide prevention support. It says starting at the end of November 2023, Canadians will be ...

Aug 31, 2022

Freeland attends events in Alberta as Mounties investigate harassment

CALGARY - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is spending more time in Alberta days after she was subjected to a profane tirade in her home province. Freeland is to tour a transport facility on th...

Aug 31, 2022

Quebec Liberal Party still far short of a full slate of candidates days into campaign

SAINT-AGAPIT, Que. - Days into the provincial election campaign, the Quebec Liberal Party is still far short of a full slate of candidates. As of this morning the party that formed the official Opposi...

Aug 31, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Filomena Tassi, Helena Jaczek swap cabinet roles in minor shuffle

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says two cabinet ministers from Ontario - Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek - are swapping roles in a minor shuffle at Rideau Hall today. Tassi moves from the Procu...

Aug 31, 2022

Bogus information online, climate change top Canadian fears in latest Pew survey

WASHINGTON - A new survey suggests Canadians see the spread of false information online and climate change as the two most worrisome global threats of the modern age. In the poll by the Pew Research C...

Aug 31, 2022

Mulroney honours Gorbachev, group funding review : In The News for August 31 2022

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 Aug. 31 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Aug 31, 2022

Quebec election: gun control advocates to sound out parties on handgun ban, buybacks

MONTREAL - Gun control advocates are sounding out Quebec's main political parties ahead of the Oct. 3 election to see where they stand on issues such as a handgun ban and a gun buyback program. "Quebe...

Aug 31, 2022

Quebec election: CAQ campaigns in riding once held by member who betrayed party

IBERVILLE, Que. - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is campaigning today in the electoral district of Iberville - a riding the party won in 2018 but then lost after its member joined the C...

Aug 31, 2022

Former PM Brian Mulroney says Mikhail Gorbachev will be 'sorely missed'

OTTAWA - Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney says Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, was a "great man" who will be "sorely missed" on the world stage. Gorbachev, who dur...

Aug 30, 2022

Elizabeth May and running mate Jonathan Pedneault among six Green leadership hopefuls

OTTAWA - Elizabeth May is running on a joint ticket to reclaim the leadership of the Green Party, sources say. The former party leader is expected to launch a joint bid for the leadership Wednesday in...

Aug 30, 2022