Canada

P.E.I. potato farmers seek end to trade suspension, but U.S. officials want more data

FREDERICTON - Farmers on Prince Edward Island say there's no scientific basis for a suspension of exports of Island potatoes to the United States and it needs to be lifted now, but Canadian officials ...

Jan 11, 2022

First Afghan human rights activists arrive six months after Ottawa's promise of help

OTTAWA - Six months after the federal government promised to help thousands of Afghan women leaders, human rights activists and journalists flee to Canada, the first planeload has landed. Immigration ...

Jan 11, 2022

RCMP commissioner breached duty with slow response to watchdog report, judge rules

OTTAWA - A federal judge says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki flouted the law by failing to respond promptly to a watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters. In a newly released decisi...

Jan 11, 2022

Make Inuktitut official language in Canada, says Inuit rep on UN task force

OTTAWA - Canada is to spearhead a 10-year drive by the United Nations to revive and protect worldwide Indigenous languages, including endangered tongues such as Michif, the Mtis language. Aluki Kotier...

Jan 11, 2022

Nunavut schools to reopen later this month as COVID-19 case counts decline

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's education minister says students will return to school remotely next week and in-person on Jan. 24. The territory of 40,000 people has been under lockdown since late Decem...

Jan 11, 2022

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy raises sanctions on Russia in conversation with Trudeau

OTTAWA - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the West must be ready to impose further sanctions against Russia for its military buildup on his country's easte...

Jan 11, 2022

CPNewsAlert: Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault says adult residents who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be charged a financial penalty. Legault made the announcement to reporters today in M...

Jan 11, 2022

With start of meetings on EI review, businesses look for rethink of parental leave

OTTAWA - One of the largest business groups in the country says a sweeping review of the employment insurance system should consider whether to turn parental benefits into a separate program. It's an ...

Jan 11, 2022

Montreal man experiencing homelessness dies after night out in extreme cold

Montreal police say a man experiencing homelessness died after spending the night outside in extreme cold. Police say they responded to a call about a case of possible hypothermia Monday night at an e...

Jan 11, 2022

Tightening rules for unvaccinated is justified as health system struggles: experts

MONTREAL - As Quebec officials consider tightening the rules for the unvaccinated, health experts in the province say expanding the vaccine passport system is justified because of the high number of C...

Jan 11, 2022