Canada

Opposition BC United seeks to prevent convicted dangerous offenders from name changes

VICTORIA - Opposition BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says he wants to prevent people convicted of dangerous criminal offences from legally changing their names. Falcon has tabled a private member's bil...

Apr 25, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Bill would give Alberta power to fire municipal councillors, nix bylaws

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has introduced a bill that would grant it sweeping powers over municipalities, including the right to fire councillors, overturn bylaws and postpone elections. The pr...

Apr 25, 2024

Preliminary inquiry scheduled in case of 19-year-old accused of killing six in Ottawa

OTTAWA - Dates for a preliminary inquiry have been set for a 19-year-old former international student accused of killing members of a family he had been living with in an Ottawa suburb. Febrio De-Zoys...

Apr 25, 2024

Two Quebec women raped by foster father will sue child protection services: lawyer

MONTREAL - A lawyer representing two women who were sexually assaulted by a foster father 16 years apart plan to sue the regional health authority in Quebec City. Valrie Assouline says one of her clie...

Apr 25, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Two 14-year-olds in Halifax charged with second-degree murder

HALIFAX - Police have charged two 14-year-olds with second-degree murder following the death this week in Halifax of 16-year-old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach. Halifax Regional Police issued a statement toda...

Apr 25, 2024

Top court to examine COVID-related entry limits imposed by Newfoundland and Labrador

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public-health reasons. The top court has agreed to hear arguments about a...

Apr 25, 2024

Canada sanctions Iran defence minister, others after missile attack on Israel

OTTAWA - Canada is targeting Iran's defence minister as part of a new round of sanctions imposed after the country's retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month. The sanctions affect two instituti...

Apr 25, 2024

Conservatives, NDP demand Ottawa protect Canadians' jobs at new EV plants

OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives and New Democrats are demanding assurances from Ottawa that local jobs will be protected at new electric-vehicle plants. Canada's Building Trades Union says Canadian wor...

Apr 25, 2024

Billions of bottles: Canadian statistics paint grim picture of plastic litter problem

OTTAWA - New Canadian data suggest that over a nine-year period between 2012 and 2020, the equivalent of more 15 billion plastic bottles and as many as 14 billion plastic grocery bags became litter in...

Apr 25, 2024

Wildfire triggers evacuations, state of local emergency near Chetwynd, B.C.

CHETWYND, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has triggered the province's first evacuation of this year's fire season. The Peace River Regional District declared a stat...

Apr 25, 2024