Canada

MPs vote unanimously to convene emergency Islamophobia summit before August

OTTAWA - Federal lawmakers are calling on the government to convene an emergency summit on Islamophobia by the end of July. In the House of Commons today, MPs voted unanimously to pass an NDP motion d...

Jun 11, 2021

Newborn daughter's death inspires MP's bill on bereavement leave for parents

OTTAWA - For Conservative MP Tom Kmiec, his bill to give parents more time off after the death of a child is personal. Three years ago, Kmiec lost his newborn daughter Lucy-Rose after 39 days, and was...

Jun 11, 2021

Donors' conference for Venezuelan refugees hosted by Canada aims to raise $1.44B

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada's assistant deputy minister says a conference Canada will host next week for donors to Venezuelan refugees will highlight key challenges six million refugees are facing ...

Jun 11, 2021

Top court orders files tied to Sherman murder case unsealed, citing public interest

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a trove of files related to murder victims Barry and Honey Sherman be unsealed and opened to public access. The unanimous decision found that truste...

Jun 11, 2021

Victoria's Canada Day event scrapped in wake of residential school discovery

VICTORIA - City councillors in Victoria have voted unanimously to cancel a planned Canada Day broadcast in order to permit a "thoughtful reflection" of what it means to be Canadian. A statement from t...

Jun 11, 2021

'Unacceptable environmental effects:' New federal policy restricts thermal coal

The federal government is making it more difficult to develop thermal coal in Canada with a new policy that says all such mines create "unacceptable environmental effects." The move erects another roa...

Jun 11, 2021

Indigenous monitor role appointment faces privacy concerns: B.C. police watchdog

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has run into complications as it works to name an Indigenous civilian monitor for its investigation of the shooting death of a Tla-o-qui-aht man in Fe...

Jun 11, 2021

Reopening worries and wake of sorrow: In The News for June 11

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 June 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 11, 2021

Canada still mum on vaccine-sharing details as G7 summit kicks off in Cornwall, U.K.

CORNWALL, ENGLAND - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enters the first day of the G7 summit as the only leader who has yet to pledge how many vaccine doses his country will donate to less wealthy nations....

Jun 11, 2021

Feds face calls for inquiry into military's handling of Iraq war crime reports

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is facing calls for an independent inquiry following allegations the military failed to respond to a complaint three years ago that Iraqi forces being trained b...

Jun 11, 2021