Canada

House of Commons rises after tumultuous fall sitting, begins six-week winter break

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has wrapped up its work for 2023 after an intense fall sitting, with MPs returning to their ridings for a six-week holiday break. A gun-control bill that enshrines a hand...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 15, 2023

$115 M funding deal could help build 40,000 homes in Vancouver over decade: Trudeau

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has reached a funding deal with the City of Vancouver that could see more than 40,000 new homes built over the next decade. Trudeau, atten...

Dec 15, 2023

Hockey player, 11, dies days after getting hit by puck in Quebec

SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. - An 11-year-old boy has died after getting hit by a puck during a junior hockey league practice near Montreal earlier this week. Police in the suburb of St-Eustache confirmed his...

Dec 15, 2023

Speaker Greg Fergus apologizes in House of Commons again for partisan video

OTTAWA - The Speaker of the House of Commons has once again apologized for filming a video played at a partisan event, after a parliamentary committee called on him to show more contrition. Speaker Gr...

Dec 15, 2023

Online News Act funding capped for private broadcasters, CBC: report

OTTAWA - The amount of funding private broadcasters will get through the government's $100-million deal with Google will be limited - with an even lower cap for the CBC - a federal government source c...

Dec 15, 2023

In the news today: Canada to send helicopters to Latvia as part of NATO mission

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canada sending helicopters to Latvia Four Canadian Griffon helicopters will be ...

Dec 15, 2023

Freeland hosts annual meeting with provincial, territorial counterparts today

TORONTO - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is hosting her annual meeting of federal, provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto today. The meeting will focus on economic growth, housing...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 15, 2023

Gay Ugandan in Edmonton faces deportation, fears jail or death over anti-LGBTQ law

EDMONTON - A man in Edmonton is making a last-ditch legal bid to avoid a Monday deportation flight back to Uganda, where he fears he may be imprisoned, harmed or even killed for being gay. The man, wh...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 15, 2023

Canada to pilot options for national emergency response agency in 2024: Sajjan

OTTAWA - A new national emergency response agency may consist of regional response teams that Ottawa can call into action when disaster strikes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a...

Dec 15, 2023

'Weighing our options': Ottawa open to further pause to expand assisted dying rules

OTTAWA - The federal government is considering whether to pause its original plan tobroaden the rules that govern medically assisted dying so they include patients whose only underlying condition is a...

Dec 15, 2023