Canada

Highlights of Newfoundland and Labrador's 2024-25 budget

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Siobhan Coady tabled the province's 2024-25 budget Thursday. Here are some highlights: - Projected GDP is $33.2 billion, which is a five p...

Mar 21, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa to set targets for temporary resident arrivals

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals. More coming. Laura Osman, The Canadian Press

Mar 21, 2024

Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools

OTTAWA - An interim report from an international group hired to provide advice on identifying and locating the unmarked graves of children who attended residential schools says Canada can should conti...

Mar 21, 2024

Liberal MP decries 'political games' over criticism of Conservatives on Ukraine

OTTAWA - One of the Liberals' point people on foreign policy says framing the Tories as soft on Ukraine isn't helping the country fend off Russia's invasion. Toronto MP Rob Oliphant is parliamentary s...

Mar 21, 2024

Quebec inmate who spent 51 months on lam pleads guilty to escaping federal prison

MONTREAL - A Quebec man who spent 51 months on the lam from a federal prison before he was arrested last year has pleaded guilty to escaping custody. Denis Bgin was sentenced to 18 months in prison to...

Mar 21, 2024

Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report

OTTAWA - Canada's carbon price could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030, but only about one-fifth of that will come from the consumer carbon price at the cen...

Mar 21, 2024

Government moves to end military authority to investigate, prosecute sex crimes

OTTAWA - The federal government has tabled legislation to formally removing the military's ability to investigate and prosecute crimes of a sexual nature. Defence Minister Bill Blair introduced change...

Mar 21, 2024

N.L. plans to go ahead with budget as fishers gather for second day of protest

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A large crowd of Newfoundland and Labrador fish harvesters once again gathered outside the legislature Thursday morning, a day after shutting down the presentation of the provincial...

Mar 21, 2024

In the news today: Brian Mulroney's tribute moves to Montreal

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Quebecers to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney Quebecers will get their chance to p...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 21, 2024

Families who fled Gaza before applying for special visa must find other way to Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government says people who managed to escape the Gaza Strip no longer qualify for a special program to reunite with extended family members in Canada if they didn't finish the app...

Mar 21, 2024