Canada

Industry looks to budget for help on supply chain problems, domestic production

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being asked to muscle space in next week's budget to help Canada become more productive, and lay investments to lure new companies as part of a push to simplify pande...

Apr 01, 2022

Nicole Gladu, Quebec advocate of medical aid in dying, dies of natural causes

MONTREAL - Nicole Gladu, the Quebec woman who fought to expand the right to medical aid in dying, has died of natural causes. A death notice says Gladu, who suffered from an incurable degenerative dis...

Apr 01, 2022

On April Fools', Congress gets serious about clearing way for legal marijuana in U.S.

WASHINGTON - It may be April Fools' Day, but Democrats in Congress are nonetheless getting serious about legalizing marijuana in the United States. The House of Representatives began the day by debati...

Apr 01, 2022

'There’s a lot to it': Repatriating Indigenous artifacts from Vatican may take years

Andy Wilson's arduous work of repatriating cultural artifacts of his people is always with his ancestors in mind. "We're here because of them," said Wilson, co-founder of the Skidegate and Haida repat...

Apr 01, 2022

Trudeau announces funds to fix Iqaluit water infrastructure after fuel contamination

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit is getting $214 million from the federal government to fix its water infrastructure after the Nunavut capital's water was contaminated with fuel twice in the last six months...

Apr 01, 2022

'I am very sorry:' A look at the history, hurdles of papal apologies

First Nations, Inuit and Mtis residential school survivors, knowledge keepers, elders, and youth have wrapped up meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican with a historic apology. The delegation was t...

Apr 01, 2022

A final Papal meeting and raising the price of pollution: In The News for Apr. 1

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.1 ... What we are watching at the Vatican ...

Apr 01, 2022

Carbon price rising to $50 a tonne today, adds 2.2 cents to a litre of gas

OTTAWA - The national price on pollution will go up another $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions as scheduled today in most provinces. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is withstanding polit...

Apr 01, 2022

Families describe tense encounters with RCMP on N.S. mass shooting's second day

HALIFAX - Documents released Thursday describe tense and tragic moments as RCMP officers and then distraught family members arrived at the scene of brutal killings during the second day of the 2020 No...

Apr 01, 2022

Vaccinated travellers to Canada no longer need to be tested for COVID-19

OTTAWA - Vaccinated travellers can enter Canada without a COVID-19 test beginning today. The change will spark a surge in travel bookings both into and out of the country, according to the Tourism Ind...

Apr 01, 2022