Canada

CP NewsAlert: Quebec, Ottawa reach agreement on health-care funding

Quebec has reached an agreement in principle on health-care funding with the federal government. Premier Franois Legault's office says the proposed infusion of $900 million in health transfer payments...

Mar 19, 2024

Highlights from auditor reports on B.C. overdose prevention, safer-supply programs

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general has released a report on two key government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic-drug crisis. The first audit examined the implementati...

Mar 19, 2024

What to know about MPs' vote on Palestine statehood, changes to Middle East policy

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament passed a symbolic motion on Palestinian statehood in the House of Commons late Monday with support from the Liberal government. Here's how the motion differs from Ottawa...

Mar 19, 2024

MP Housefather 'reflecting' on future with the Liberals after Middle East motion vote

OTTAWA - Quebec Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says he is "reflecting" on his future in the Liberal party after a heavily amended NDP motion on Palestinian statehood passed in the House of Commons on ...

Mar 19, 2024

Canada spending $40M to help Czechs send ammunition to Ukraine front lines

OTTAWA - Canada is buying artillery ammunition and night vision equipment for Ukraine as part of its latest round of aid for the country. Defence Minister Bill Blair met with the Ukraine Defense Conta...

Mar 19, 2024

‘Passed like a baton’: Advocates, Air Canada CEO clash on accessible travel

OTTAWA - Advocates and Air Canada's CEO are serving up opposing views of accessibility in the country's aviation system. Michael Rousseau, who heads Canada's largest airline, told a House of Commons t...

Mar 19, 2024

Driven by wildfire smoke, Canada's air quality worse than U.S.: report

Canada's air quality last year was worse than the United States for the first time since a firm started publishing its annual assessment in 2018. The 2023 World Air Quality report from Swiss company I...

Mar 19, 2024

Federal government launches forensic audit of Saskatchewan First Nations group

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada says it plans to launch a forensic audit of an organization representing 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan. The department says it is aware of allegations brought fo...

Mar 19, 2024

Major Quebec nurses union reaches agreement with province for five-year-contract

MONTREAL - After 15 months of negotiations a major nurses union has reached an agreement with the Quebec government for a five-year collective agreement. The proposed deal needs to be put to the 80,00...

Mar 19, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Auditor 'completely discouraged' by First Nations housing, policing

OTTAWA - The federal auditor general is panning Ottawa's poor record on First Nations housing and policing in reports published this morning. Karen Hogan says she's "completely discouraged" to see so ...

Mar 19, 2024