Canada

Official languages report questions enrolment cap on Quebec English junior colleges

OTTAWA - Canada's official languages commissioner is expressing concern over Quebec's decision to cap the number of students who can enrol in the province's English-language junior colleges. Raymond T...

Oct 9, 2024

Quebec puts youth protection office branch under trusteeship after shocking report

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has put a branch of the province's youth protection office under trusteeship following a report that alleges the rights of dozens of children have been violated. La Pr...

Oct 9, 2024

In the news today: Trudeau in Laos to deepen ties with Indo-Pacific

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada seeks deeper ties with Indo-Pacific as Trudeau attends ASEAN summit in Laos Prime Minister Justin Trude...

Oct 9, 2024

Interference inquiry to hear from PM's national security and intelligence adviser

OTTAWA - Nathalie Drouin, the prime minister's national security and intelligence adviser, is scheduled to appear today at a federal inquiry into foreign interference. The commission of inquiry will a...

Oct 9, 2024

Quebec premier takes heat for paying students to 'renovate their basement'

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is facing criticism for a program that paid students to learn a construction skill - as less than half the graduates are certified to work in the industry. After it wa...

Oct 9, 2024

Canada seeks deeper ties with Indo-Pacific as Trudeau attends ASEAN summit in Laos

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Laos this week to meet with southeast Asian leaders - the Liberal government's latest effort to strengthen Canada's ties in a region with strong Chinese in...

Oct 9, 2024

Here are some key quotes from the B.C. party leaders' debate

The leaders of British Columbia's main parties have squared off in their only televised debate ahead of the Oct. 19 provincial election. Here are some quotes from NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservati...

Oct 8, 2024

'Thank you, Jim': Ballet legend Baryshnikov honours late politician Jim Peterson

TORONTO - Roughly half a century ago, Mikhail Baryshnikov dashed into a waiting car after a series of Toronto performances, defecting from the Soviet Union in a move that made international headlines....

Oct 8, 2024

Grassland destruction on Canadian Prairies harming bird populations: report

A national bird conservation organization says grassland habitat loss on the Prairies has created a population crisis for dozens of species of birds. Birds Canada and Environment and Climate Change Ca...

Oct 8, 2024

Leaders condemn 'hateful rhetoric' at B.C. pro-Palestinian protest on Oct. 7

VANCOUVER - Political leaders are condemning what they describe as "hateful rhetoric" from a speaker at a pro-Palestinian rally in Vancouver who told the crowd that "we are Hezbollah and we are Hamas....

Oct 8, 2024