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Connecting fleeing Ukrainians with Canadian community support could prove difficult
OTTAWA - The Ukrainian Canadian Congress says it's concerned about the plan to support those fleeing to Canada from Ukraine because there is no plan to effectively track them once they arrive. The fed...
Mar 29, 2022
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard appears virtually before judge in Montreal on sex charges
MONTREAL - Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard appeared virtually before a Quebec court judge from a Toronto jail today to be charged with sexual assault and forcible confinement. Nygard, in an orange...
Mar 29, 2022
Mounties charge Oblate priest, Inuit delegates ask Pope to intervene
Mounties have laid a new charge against a Roman Catholic priest who has previously avoided trial for multiple allegations of sexual abuse linked to his time in Nunavut. RCMP said a Canada-wide arrest ...
Mar 29, 2022
Canadian men's soccer team will be armed when it goes to Qatar for the World Cup
TORONTO - The Canadian men's soccer team is going to the World Cup and it will be armed this November in Qatar. John Herdman's team travels with a sword these days. "The sword's something that symboli...
Mar 29, 2022
Thousands to commemorate Warne, cricket's 'box office' star
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Shane Warne mixed with Mick Jagger and Elton John, bowled to Ed Sheeran in the practice nets at the spiritual home of cricket, and for a while was engaged to be married to L...
Mar 29, 2022
National childcare legislation, new climate change plan : In The News for March 29
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 29 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 29, 2022
Thousands to commemorate Warne, cricket's 'box office' star
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Shane Warne mixed with Mick Jagger and Elton John, bowled to Ed Sheeran in the practice nets at the spiritual home of cricket, and for a while was engaged to be married to L...
Mar 29, 2022
Federal NDP, unions happy Liberals will include strikes in anti-scab law
OTTAWA - Including striking workers in a proposed anti-scab bill was a "major component" of negotiations while hashing out a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal government, according to t...
Mar 29, 2022
Canada's new greenhouse gas emissions plan to be tabled in Parliament today
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will table a new greenhouse gas emissions plan in Parliament this morning. The plan is a legal requirement under the net-zero accountability law the Lib...
Mar 29, 2022
Delegates to view Vatican's collection of Indigenous artifacts
ROME - Indigenous delegates who have travelled to Rome to meet with Pope Francis are to get a private tour of the Vatican Museums today. The ethnological museum includes the Vatican's collection of In...
Mar 29, 2022