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Ottawa's slow rollout of internet to First Nations creating economic rift: audit
OTTAWA - The federal government's slow rollout of high-speed internet to rural areas is putting First Nations at an economic disadvantage while billions of dollars earmarked to fix the issue remains u...
Mar 27, 2023
Centre Block construction within cost, but Ottawa needs to make faster decisions: AG
OTTAWA - Canada's auditor general says the modernization of Parliament's Centre Block is within budget so far, but the federal government needs to do a better job at making up their minds before major...
Mar 27, 2023
Two-thirds of Canadians with disabilities found barriers on planes, trains: audit
OTTAWA - About two-thirds of people with disabilities encountered barriers on federally regulated planes and trains in 2019 and 2020, highlighting a lack of consultation and enforcement by agencies in...
Mar 27, 2023
Disorganized foreign-aid reporting means Ottawa can't track feminist outcomes: audit
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an audit tabled in Parliament today. The a...
Mar 27, 2023
Quebec girl, 9, dies after snow fort collapses behind residence
SAINT-UBALDE, Que. - A nine-year-old girl has died after a snow fort collapsed in a forest behind a rural Quebec home. The young victim was building a fort with another girl, 7, when it collapsed on t...
Mar 27, 2023
Canada sanctions more Iran guard corps members, police after Toronto rally criticism
Ottawa is adding more Iranian individuals and companies to its sanctions list after the government faced heavy criticism at a diaspora event this weekend. The new sanctions apply to eight people, as w...
Mar 27, 2023
Israeli embassy in Canada joins strike against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul
OTTAWA - Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the country's judiciary. Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that th...
Mar 27, 2023
UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya
GENEVA (AP) - U.N.-backed human rights experts said on Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity - including sexual slavery - have been committed against Libyans and migrants in the North ...
Mar 27, 2023
In The News for March 27 : A final goodbye to two fallen Edmonton police officers
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 March 27 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 27, 2023
Sask. judge to decide on bail for sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted
YORKTON, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge is set to deliver his decision on whether to give bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions. ...
Mar 27, 2023