Canada

Critics hope new cabinet will put a stop to drug-price regulation changes

OTTAWA - Critics of a major drug-price overhaul hope a fresh federal cabinet will put a temporary stop to the new regulations set to take effect in January. The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board i...

Oct 28, 2021

Winnipeg police believe attack in hospital may be linked to two homicides

Winnipeg police say an attack inside a hospital is believed to be linked to a homicide in the city and another one south of the capital. RCMP say they found a 73-year-old woman dead in the Rural Munic...

Oct 28, 2021

Two workers killed in scaffold collapse at Quebec paper mill identified

WINDSOR, Que. - Two workers who became trapped under a tangle of debris inside a Quebec paper mill when a scaffold collapsed this week were being mourned Thursday after the recovery of their bodies du...

Oct 28, 2021

Focus federal funding on best bets to boost biotech, Moderna co-founder says

OTTAWA - The Canadian co-founder of biotech firm Moderna says any federal plans to kick-start domestic innovation in a big way should target funding rather than spreading it around the country. Canadi...

Oct 28, 2021

Probe concludes trailer where Nova Scotia family of six died lacked smoke detector

HALIFAX - A probe by Nova Scotia's fire marshal's office has found that the travel trailer where a family of six died amid toxic smoke last month no longer had smoke detection devices. Doug MacKenzie,...

Oct 28, 2021

U.S. judge expected to decide today on jail time for ex-Canadian Forces reservist

GREENBELT, Md. - Former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Mathews is expected to learn today how long he'll be behind bars in the United States. Mathews, 28, from Beausejour, Man., had already pl...

Oct 28, 2021

B.C. First Nation seeks 'real action,' urges conditions for papal visit to Canada

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Leaders of a British Columbia First Nation say it would be "deeply meaningful" to welcome Pope Francis to their territory during a visit to Canada. A statement from the Tkemlps te Sec...

Oct 28, 2021

Steven MacKinnon appointed chief government whip in the House of Commons

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says that Quebec MP Steven MacKinnon will be the chief government whip in the House of Commons. The prime minister tweeted that MacKinnon will take over from Mark Holland, who ...

Oct 28, 2021

Child labour policies, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions: In The News for Oct. 28

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 Oct. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Oct 28, 2021

Many vendors selling to Ottawa lack policies to prevent child labour, report finds

OTTAWA - A federally commissioned report looking at vendors who sold billions of dollars in goods to the government found the vast majority lacked adequate policies to prevent human and labour rights ...

Oct 28, 2021