Canada

Antisemitism envoy, Irwin Cotler, says Quebec's secularism law is discriminatory

OTTAWA - Canada's special envoy on combating antisemitism says Quebec's law banning teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work is "discriminatory" and authori...

Jan 04, 2022

Calls grow for inmate releases as COVID-19 cases climb in Canada's jails and prisons

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Calls are growing for governments to release inmates in provincial jails and federal prisons as outbreaks of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant spread through the country's corr...

Jan 04, 2022

Top CEOs in Canada were paid at second-highest level ever during the pandemic

OTTAWA - Canada's 100 highest-paid CEOs had their second-best year ever in 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic left this country in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. "Despite the...

Jan 04, 2022

Families of Flight 752 victims to discuss court decision awarding $107M in damages

OTTAWA - Family members of some of the victims of the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet two years ago, along with their legal team, are holding a news conference today to discuss a court d...

Jan 04, 2022

Multiple provinces delay in-person learning as COVID cases and hospitalizations rise

Ontario is joining the list of provinces delaying in-person schooling in the new year, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country.Monday's announcement by Ontario Premi...

Jan 04, 2022

Parties set to discuss details of Indigenous child welfare settlement

OTTAWA - An agreement in principle that will see Ottawa pay billions in compensation to First Nations children harmed by an underfunded child welfare system is set to be announced in Ottawa today. Sou...

Jan 04, 2022

More COVID restrictions, Indigenous child welfare settlement : In The News for Jan. 4

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 Jan. 4... What we are watching in Canada ... O...

Jan 04, 2022

Hockey federation investigates incident with Russia's junior team at Calgary airport

CALGARY - A New Year's Eve disturbance on an Air Canada plane which some passengers have said was related to bad behavior by Russia's world junior hockey team does not appear to have resulted in any c...

Jan 03, 2022

Ontario court awards more than $107M to families over deadly Flight 752 shootdown

OTTAWA - An Ontario court has awarded more than $107 million to families of six victims of the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet two years ago. The decision made public Monday follows a Ma...

Jan 03, 2022

Provinces announce new measures as Omicron fuels rise in COVID cases, hospitalization

Provinces are putting new measures in place to deal with an Omicron-fuelled rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, including delaying in-person schooling in Ontario by two weeks and bringing in ...

Jan 03, 2022