Canada

More cars, SUVs to qualify for electric vehicle rebates as feds expand program

OTTAWA - More electric vehicles will be eligible for rebates as the federal government raises the maximum qualifying price starting next week. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says as of Monday, cars ...

Apr 22, 2022

Swath of boreal forest twice the size of Toronto to be protected in northern Ontario

OTTAWA - The largest private land conservation project in Canadian history is unfolding in northern Ontario. The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent the last year negotiating the purchase of 1,450 squa...

Apr 22, 2022

Hudson's Bay Company calls donation of Winnipeg building an act of reconciliation

Hudson's Bay Co., North America's oldest company with fur trading roots entwined with Canada's Indigenous Peoples, is calling the donation of its landmark Winnipeg building to a First Nations group an...

Apr 22, 2022

Government data suggests First Nations hit more often with CERB repayment letters

Vivian Ketchum applied for emergency aid during the first wave of the pandemic when she was forced to isolate after being a close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19. As someone who is...

Apr 22, 2022

As the Bay store in Winnipeg gets a new life, here are some moments from its past

WINNIPEG - The iconic Hudson's Bay Co. building in downtown Winnipeg is to get a new life with a transfer to Indigenous leadership. Here is some background about the historical six-storey, 60,000-squa...

Apr 22, 2022

Freeland says Russia should be booted from G20, but no movement yet

WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Russia should be booted from an international forum to manage global economic concerns. Freeland says removing Russia from the G20 was a key topic ...

Apr 22, 2022

Transformation in Winnipeg and slaughter in Mariupol: In The News for Apr. 22

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 Apr. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Apr 22, 2022

Higher-paid agency nurses could pose 'dangerous challenge' to health system: union

A nursing union boss wants Canada's auditor general to find out how many privately contracted nurses are working for health authorities across the country, doing the same work as staff counterparts wh...

Apr 22, 2022

Singh styles NDP-Liberal deal the 'Anhad Accord' after his daughter

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has revealed that his party calls the pact he made with Justin Trudeau the "Anhad Accord" after his baby daughter. In his most personal public remarks yet about his m...

Apr 22, 2022

Former The Bay store in downtown Winnipeg to be given to Indigenous group

WINNIPEG - One of the landmark stores formerly run by the Hudson's Bay Co. is about to undergo a major transformation in the name of reconciliation with Indigenous people. The company's six-storey, 65...

Apr 21, 2022