Canada

Little progress made to combat anti-Indigenous racism in B.C. health care: report

VANCOUVER - A progress report on a plan to address anti-Indigenous racism in British Columbia's health-care system says Aboriginal patients continue to disproportionately die as a result of the impact...

Nov 30, 2021

Alberta Utilities Commission investigators want probe of ATCO dealings on TMX camps

EDMONTON - Investigators at the Alberta Utilities Commission are asking the regulator to look into what they say is illegal behaviour by one of the province's largest and most prominent homegrown comp...

Nov 30, 2021

Norad modernization awaiting political direction as China, Russia develop new threats

OTTAWA - The commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command says China and Russia are developing new ways to attack even as he waits for political direction to modernize the continent's out...

Nov 30, 2021

Cirque du Soleil CEO to be replaced by senior executive

MONTREAL - Cirque du Soleil says it is promoting one of its senior executives to the role of president and CEO. The Montreal-based circus said today in a statement that chief operating officer Stphane...

Nov 30, 2021

Michigan abandons Line 5 challenge to focus instead on 2019 state court lawsuit

WASHINGTON - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has abruptly abandoned her federal court case aimed at shutting down the cross-border Line 5 pipeline. Instead, Attorney General Dana Nessel says Whitmer wi...

Nov 30, 2021

Desmond inquiry: Review needed of how Health Department serves African Nova Scotians

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Nova Scotia's Health Department should consider ordering an independent review of how it serves Black people, a government official told an inquiry Tuesday. Wayne Hamilton, exe...

Nov 30, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Alberta confirms its first case of Omicron COVID-19 variant

EDMONTON - Alberta is reporting its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The province's chief medical health officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, says the case was confirmed in a traveller returning fro...

Nov 30, 2021

Vice-president swears in David Cohen as newest U.S. ambassador to Canada

WASHINGTON - David Cohen has been sworn in as the new United States ambassador to Canada - the first full-time American envoy since 2019. Vice-president Kamala Harris presided over the process in her ...

Nov 30, 2021

Quebec to include Indigenous perspectives in education review, add Indigenous content

QUEBEC - The Quebec government will invest almost $20 million to better integrate young Indigenous people into the education system. The money will also go toward teaching young Quebecers about First ...

Nov 30, 2021

Quebec announces details of $3.9-billion plan to address labour shortages

QUEBEC - The Quebec government says its $3.9-billion plan to address labour shortages will focus on creating 170,000 jobs in six sectors it has identified as priorities. Premier Franois Legault made t...

Nov 30, 2021