Category Archives: Canada
Federal dental care program will exclude 4.4M uninsured Canadians: report
OTTAWA - A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says millions of uninsured Canadians will be left out of the new federal dental program because their family income is too high. En...
Jan 17, 2024
Canada watching for UN court decision on Israel and genocide, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is "watching carefully" as the International Court of Justice deliberates on an allegation of genocide against Israel, but he is not indicating Canad...
Jan 17, 2024
Heavy snow for BC, icy temperatures for Alberta and Ontario, and high winds for NFLD
Heavy snow is expected to fall across wide swaths of southern British Columbia, and parts of southern Alberta, as winter continues to cause havoc from coast to coast. Environment Canada has issued a s...
Jan 17, 2024
Ethics committee set to decide whether to launch probe of Trudeau's recent trip
OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss whether a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent holiday vacation to Jamaica. Conservative ...
Jan 17, 2024
In the news today: Ethics probe over PM's vacation? Canadians on climate change?
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ethics committee to meet over Trudeau's vacation The House of Commons ethics co...
Jan 17, 2024
Canadians say climate caused a warm December they both enjoyed and worried about
Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests. Contradictions abound in a Leger online poll of more than 1,500 Canadians conducted earlier t...
Jan 17, 2024
Alberta tourist town to make decision on permanent pedestrian zone in its downtown
BANFF, Alta. - An Alberta tourist town in Canada's busiest national park is expected to make a decision today on whether to continue its popular downtown pedestrian zone every summer and fall. The Tow...
Jan 17, 2024
Inquest set to hear from first officers who responded to mass killing in Saskatchewan
MELFORT, Sask. - The first Mounties to respond to a stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation are expected to testify on the third day of a coroner's inquest. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people an...
Jan 17, 2024
Human rights complaint filed over Manitoba election ad against landfill search
WINNIPEG - The daughter of a slain First Nations woman has filed a human rights complaint against Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives for an ad campaign about its decision not to search a Winnipeg-ar...
Jan 16, 2024
Health minister chides U.S. officials over cost-saving scheme to buy Canadian drugs
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland has been calling around to United States officials to let them know that the Canadian government will be guarding its medical drug supply after the U.S. moved to ...
Jan 16, 2024