Canada

Ottawa creates new regulator for immigration consultants to root out fraud

OTTAWA - The federal government is establishing a college for immigration and citizenship consultants to become the official regulator of the profession across the country. The federal Immigration Dep...

Aug 10, 2021

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he won't run again, new leader to be chosen

BRANDON, Man. - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he won't seek re-election and a new Progressive Conservative Party leader will be chosen before the next provincial election. Pallister, 67, made ...

Aug 10, 2021

Company 'shocked' by Ottawa's decision on proposed coal mine in southwestern Alberta

CROWSNEST PASS, Alta. - The company behind the proposed Grassy Mountain coal project in southwestern Alberta says it is shocked by the federal government's decision that it cannot proceed. Environment...

Aug 10, 2021

Canada's housing strategy having 'limited' impact on housing need, PBO says

OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the government is falling short of its aim to vastly expand Canada's affordable housing stock despite a spending ramp-up in the billions. In a report publish...

Aug 10, 2021

Ottawa commits $321 million for residential school survivors and communities

OTTAWA - The federal government is committing $321 million in new funding for programs to help Indigenous communities search burial sites at former residential schools and to support survivors and the...

Aug 10, 2021

Some evacuation orders, alerts, lifted near B.C. wildfire but heat set to return

Residents of nearly 400 properties on one flank of a destructive wildfire in British Columbia's southern Interior are being allowed to head home. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has downgraded a...

Aug 10, 2021

O'Toole warns Canadians not safe in China after court upholds death sentence

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is accusing Beijing of using the death penalty for political purposes after a Chinese court upheld a Canadian's death sentence. O'Toole is also reopen...

Aug 10, 2021

Moderna to sign agreement to build mRNA production plant in Canada

OTTAWA - U.S. drug maker Moderna will sign an agreement with the Canadian government today promising to build an mRNA production plant in Canada. Moderna CEO Stphane Bancel will sign the memorandum of...

Aug 10, 2021

Chinese court rejects Canadian appeal, Meng extradition case: In The News for Aug. 10

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 Aug. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Aug 10, 2021

Crown lawyers to argue against stay of proceedings in Meng's extradition case

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Canada's attorney general are expected to argue against a stay of proceedings in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Today's arguments are expected to be the...

Aug 10, 2021