Canada

Jewish, Iranian groups want government to add Iran's Guards to terror listing

OTTAWA - Canadian Jewish and Iranian organizations have reiterated their demands for the government to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity following last week...

Jan 13, 2020

Applications open for Indian day-schools compensation

OTTAWA - A long-awaited program to provide financial compensation to survivors of Canada's Indian day schools is now open for applications. Under the terms of the settlement, survivors can apply for i...

Jan 13, 2020

Nuclear alert investigation won't be long and drawn out, minister says

TORONTO - Ontario's solicitor general says she wants the investigation into a mistaken alert about an incident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station to be completed fairly quickly. Sylvia Jones ...

Jan 13, 2020

Morneau says environment, protecting economy to be key focus of 2020 budget

TORONTO - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the environment will be an important focus of his upcoming federal budget. Morneau is in his downtown Toronto riding today to kick off consultations on wha...

Jan 13, 2020

Manitoba reserve going to court to demand Ottawa extend flood evacuee benefits

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation plans to argue in court that the federal government is cutting off evacuee benefits without providing secure housing more than eight years after flooding forced...

Jan 13, 2020

Vigils held for plane crash victims and assisted dying; In The News for Jan. 13

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. 13. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...

Jan 13, 2020

Feds to delete near-death requirement but could impose new limits to MAID

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is launching public consultations today on how best to respond to a court ruling that concluded it's unconstitutional to allow only Canadians who are already ...

Jan 13, 2020

Canada's newest astronauts finish basic training at NASA in Texas

It's a small step toward the moon, but a giant leap for two Canadians. Joshua Kudryk and Jenni Sidey-Gibbons graduated Friday along with 11 Americans from NASA's basic astronaut training and will ...

Jan 12, 2020

Haitian-Canadians commemorate 10 year anniversary of deadly earthquake

MONTREAL - Haitian Canadians are marking the 10th anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake that devastated Haiti. Many gathered at a ceremony in Montreal to commemorate the more th...

Jan 12, 2020

Prime Minister Trudeau to attend Edmonton memorial service for crash victims

OTTAWA - Eight more Canadian officials will travel Monday to Iran to help investigate the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner and assist families of the 57 Canadians who perished in the cra...

Jan 12, 2020