Canada

U.S. using Defense Production Act to kick-start domestic critical minerals production

WASHINGTON - The White House says President Joe Biden will use the Defense Production Act to boost production of critical minerals in the United States. The wartime-era law allows the president to ord...

Mar 31, 2022

Starting Friday, vaccinated travellers to Canada don't need a COVID-19 test

OTTAWA - Vaccinated travellers will no longer need a COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of Friday. The change is a departure from Canada's policy since the early days of the pandemic, and the struggling...

Mar 31, 2022

Supreme Court restores multimillion-dollar fine for Quebec maple syrup thief

OTTAWA - Canada's highest court says one of the men behind the notorious 2012 maple syrup heist in Quebec will have to pay a $9.1-million dollar fine. In a unanimous decision today, the Supreme Court ...

Mar 31, 2022

Federal housing council calls for budget funding for urban, rural Indigenous

OTTAWA - A federal housing council says the government should invest at least $6.3 billion over this year and next to deal with the immediate housing needs of Indigenous Peoples living in urban, rural...

Mar 31, 2022

RCMP officer hesitated after speeding by N.S. mass shooter on second day of killings

HALIFAX - In the seconds after a Mountie sped past a gunman wanted for a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia two years ago, the officer hesitated about whether to give chase, and by the time he did the s...

Mar 31, 2022

Indigenous Services review, First Nations to meet with Pope: In The News for March 31

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

Mar 31, 2022

Internal review into Indigenous Services Canada should be public, advocate says

Ottawa will open the department of Indigenous Services up for a review to identify ways it discriminates against First Nations children. The work will happen as part of a $40-billion agreement-in-prin...

Mar 31, 2022

B.C. says focus on more than just low fees for universal child-care programs

VICTORIA - It was almost 40 years ago that Sharon Gregson says she became an advocate for child care out of necessity. The spokeswoman for $10-a-day child care at the Coalition of Child Care Advocates...

Mar 31, 2022

Canadian songwriters made on average $67 in royalties from digital platforms in 2021

OTTAWA - The body representing Canada's songwriters and composers has revealed that on average musicians writing their own material earned only $67 last year in royalties from domestic streaming servi...

Mar 31, 2022

Final report into fatal train derailment to be released by TSB Canada

CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is expected to release its final report today into a fatal train derailment near the British Columbia-Alberta boundary. Three Canadian Pacific Railw...

Mar 31, 2022