Canada

Taxpayers' watchdog launches probe of child benefit rules, program

OTTAWA - The federal taxpayers' ombudsman is launching a review of the Liberal government's signature child benefit amid concerns that eligibility rules are preventing payments to some of Canada'...

Dec 10, 2019

Statistics Canada overreached with banking info collection plans: Privacy czar

OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says the national statistics agency could not justify plans to collect data about Canadians' financial transactions without their knowled...

Dec 10, 2019

NewsAlert: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces agreement on North American trade pact

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces agreement on North American trade pact. Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Mexico today to finalize the amended deal. More ...

Dec 10, 2019

Alberta Premier set to make case directly to Trudeau for more federal action

OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to meet face-to-face today for the first time since voters in that province threw out all of its Liberal MPs. Kenney had...

Dec 10, 2019

Health officials investigating 16 cases of E. coli related to packaged salad

TORONTO - Health officials are investigating 16 cases of E. coli in five eastern provinces stemming from packaged salad. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for 315 gram ...

Dec 10, 2019

CP NewsAlert: Deal reached in Vancouver transit talks, strike averted

Vancouver transit operator Translink says a deal has been reached to avert a full strike by workers that had threatened to snarl the commute for Metro Vancouver residents who use the Expo or Millenniu...

Dec 10, 2019

Anti-money laundering agency flags bank drafts in shady casino dealings

OTTAWA - Canada's anti-money laundering agency is warning casinos to carefully eye customers who pay for their gaming with bank drafts - the latest method of choice for criminals trying to disguise di...

Dec 10, 2019

China hints at national security trials for 2 Canadians

BEIJING - China is hinting at upcoming trials for two Canadian citizens held for a year on vague national security charges in what is widely believed to be an attempt to pressure Canada to release Men...

Dec 10, 2019

Questions abound In The News for Dec. 10; Is the accused a Santa or a Scrooge?

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 Dec. 10. What we are watching i...

Dec 10, 2019

Canadian actor aboard cruise ship saw beginning of New Zealand volcano eruption

A Canadian man says he is still "shaky" from the experience of witnessing the beginnings of a volcanic eruption in New Zealand. The volcano off the New Zealand coast erupted Monday...

Dec 10, 2019