Canada

CP NewsAlert: Alberta public inquiry finds no wrongdoing in anti-oilsands campaign

EDMONTON - Alberta's public inquiry into the role of foreign funding of campaigns opposing oilsands development has found environmental groups have done nothing wrong. Inquiry commissioner Steve Allan...

Oct 21, 2021

Pornhub settles California lawsuit brought by 50 women, including Canadians

MONTREAL - Pornhub and several affiliated companies have settled a lawsuit brought by 50 women who alleged it profited from pornographic videos published without their full consent. Brian Holm, the la...

Oct 21, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada sides with injured woman in snow-clearing squabble

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a woman will get another chance to sue for damages over an injury she suffered while climbing through snow piled by a B.C. city's plow. Taryn Joy Marchi alleg...

Oct 21, 2021

Unlike U.S. neighbours, most Canadians content with state of their democracy: survey

WASHINGTON - A new survey suggests a majority of Canadians are satisfied with the state of their democracy, a stark contrast with their southern neighbours. The new Pew Research Center survey found 66...

Oct 21, 2021

More than 880,000 Canadian jobs vulnerable in global clean energy transition

OTTAWA - More than 880,000 Canadians work in industries at risk of decline or closure in the global transition to clean energy, a new analysis says. The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices is warni...

Oct 21, 2021

Calls for drug decriminalization, "Squid Game" concerns : In The News for Oct. 21

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. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Oct 21, 2021

B.C. forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices

VICTORIA - British Columbia's forests minister has introduced a bill to amend the Forest and Range Practices Act in what she says will "reshape" forest management in the province. Katrine Conroy told ...

Oct 20, 2021

Closed six weeks: Yellowknife schools to reopen Monday as COVID-19 cases decline

YELLOWKNIFE - Schools in Yellowknife and surrounding areas are to reopen Monday after a six-week closure during a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in the Northwest Territories. Cases have declined in t...

Oct 20, 2021

Health-care workers demand Trudeau fast track paid sick-leave policy

OTTAWA - A coalition of front-line health-care workers has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fast-track proposed legislative amendments to grant paid sick leave to federally regulated workers. Tr...

Oct 20, 2021

More needed to prevent deaths from climate-change driven heat waves, fires: report

OTTAWA - A new report examining the health impacts of climate change says more Canadians than ever are facing serious health risks from heat waves and wildfires, prompting warnings from doctors that w...

Oct 20, 2021