Canada

U.S. wants Canada to join probe of cross-border pollution from B.C. coal mines

The United States government is joining calls for Canada to participate in a probe of cross-border pollution coming from coal mines in southern British Columbia. In a statement released last week, the...

Jun 14, 2022

New drug price regulations could save Canada billions of dollars: PBO report

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says changes to the way Canada sets drug prices could lower spending on patented drugs by about seven per cent over the long term and save billions of dollars...

Jun 14, 2022

False bomb threat tippers should be prosecuted: World Sikh Organization of Canada

OTTAWA - The World Sikh Organization of Canada says Canadian law enforcement should fully investigate and prosecute those involved in providing the tip that led to the wrongful arrest of two organizer...

Jun 14, 2022

Federal government to end COVID-19 vaccine mandates: sources

OTTAWA - Sources confirm the Canadian government is putting an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates for domestic and outbound international travellers and federally regulated workers. The government has b...

Jun 14, 2022

High school students across Canada to be trained on how to administer naloxone

MONTREAL - Hundreds of thousands of high school students in Canada will be given training on how to respond to someone overdosing on opioids, including on how to inject naloxone - a drug used to rever...

Jun 14, 2022

Mandatory reporting of cyberattacks expected in security bill coming today

OTTAWA - Businesses and other private-sector organizations would be required to report ransomware incidents and other cyberattacks to the government under a federal bill to be tabled today. The legisl...

Jun 14, 2022

New federal security bill, end to dispute over Arctic island: In The News for June 14

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 June 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 14, 2022

"Flag war" with Denmark over tiny Arctic island set to end peacefully with deal

OTTAWA - A deal has been reached settling a dispute with Denmark over a 1.3-square-kilometre island in the Arctic and is expected to be signed today, according to a government minister. Dan Vandal, Mi...

Jun 14, 2022

Amazon accused of using posters, text messages to interfere with Montreal union drive

MONTREAL - A major labour union in Quebec is calling recent action by the management of an Amazon warehouse in Montreal "tactics of intimidation and harassment" that interfere with a recently launched...

Jun 14, 2022

Medicine professor says no need to panic over COVID-19 reinfection

An expert says Canadians don't need to panic about COVID-19 reinfections even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive a second time for the virus. Stephen Hoption Cann, a clinical profess...

Jun 13, 2022