Canada

Federal government now posting passport wait times online as long lineups continue

OTTAWA - Passport offices are still dealing with a surge of applications, the minister responsible says, and wait times are "far from acceptable." Karina Gould says those long wait times are her top p...

Jun 13, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Watchdog launches probe into actions of police in 8 B.C. departments

VICTORIA - British Columbia's police complaint commissioner has set off an investigation into the conduct of 19 officers from eight separate police departments. A statement from the commissioner says ...

Jun 13, 2022

Two Sikh rally organizers say they were wrongly arrested amid Parliament bomb scare

OTTAWA - Two organizers of a Sikh event set to take place on Parliament Hill Saturday say they were arrested and released after being wrongfully identified in connection to a bomb threat in the area. ...

Jun 13, 2022

Watchdog nominee Philippe Dufresne stresses privacy as a 'fundamental right'

OTTAWA - Philippe Dufresne, the government's nominee to be the next federal privacy watchdog, says coming legislation must recognize privacy as a "fundamental right." Dufresene told a House of Commons...

Jun 13, 2022

Large part of southern B.C. under flood warnings, watches as storm bears down

VANCOUVER - A flood warning has been issued for part of a southeastern British Columbia river and many other waterways in the province are under flood watches as heavy rain has the potential to push s...

Jun 13, 2022

Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued as PCR testing becomes rare

OTTAWA - Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued in the coming days, a federal government source tells The Canadian Press. The app was launched in the summer of 2020 as the pandemic began and bi...

Jun 13, 2022

Hidden racial slur sparks recall of hundreds of yearbooks from Quebec high school

MONTREAL - A suburban Montreal high school has recalled more than 900 yearbooks after a racial slur was found hidden in a student biography. The Lester B. Pearson School Board says that for one gradua...

Jun 13, 2022

Crown probing ex-MP Raj Grewal's guest list for India receptions with Justin Trudeau

OTTAWA - A list of people former Liberal MP Raj Grewal invited to an intimate meet and greet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in India four years ago is the focus today of Grewal's ongoing criminal ...

Jun 13, 2022

Caroline Simard appointed new watchdog for federal elections

Caroline Simard, vice-chairperson of broadcasting at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, has been appointed as Canada's new elections watchdog. The chief electoral officer...

Jun 13, 2022

Feds' curb on debate of online streaming bill condemned as draconian by Tories

OTTAWA - The federal government is cutting short debate by MPs of its online streaming bill, a move Tories are condemning as draconian and disturbing. They say curbing scrutiny of the bill line by lin...

Jun 13, 2022