Canada

Bell CEO, other execs called to committee to testify over recent job cuts

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have invited several top executives from BCE Inc. and Bell Canada to testify later this month about the company's decision to cut about nine per cent of its workforce th...

Feb 13, 2024

North Vancouver alert for Amber the dog retrieves quick success

VANCOUVER - Quick action by North Vancouver police along with a social media alert about a missing dog named Amber allowed for a speedy recovery of the golden retriever. Mounties say a frantic dog own...

Feb 13, 2024

Ford uses announcement of carbon tax referendum bill to take digs at Bonnie Crombie

Ontario plans to introduce a law requiring any future government to put a new provincial carbon pricing program to a referendum, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday while using the opportunity to take shot...

Feb 13, 2024

Federal judge says Ottawa must fix 'critical' issue of judicial vacancies

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge says Ottawa must act swiftly to reduce a "critical" level of judicial vacancies as soon as possible. Justice Henry Brown issued a decision in a case brought by an Ottawa...

Feb 13, 2024

Quebec billionaire Robert Miller can be questioned about sex case before trial: judge

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge says a Montreal billionaire who faces a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging he paid underage girls for sex can be questioned before the case is authorized, but only in wri...

Feb 13, 2024

Vancouver medical health officer says climate change puts many at risk

Vancouver Coastal Health's chief medical health officer says every community within her region is at risk of harm because of the changing climate. Dr. Patricia Daly says those risks from climate extre...

Feb 13, 2024

NDP pushing Liberals to recognize state of Palestine as U.K., U.S. signal openness

OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to have Canada formally recognize Palestine as a state, saying it would help advance peace in the Middle East. NDP foreign-affairs critic H...

Feb 13, 2024

Quebec coroner's inquiry into police stabbing hears from doctor who treated killer

MONTREAL - A coroner's inquiry is hearing today from a psychiatrist who treated a Quebec man with a history of mental illness who killed a provincial police officer. Isaac Brouillard Lessard fatally s...

Feb 13, 2024

B.C. eyes community, non-profit, underused lands to build affordable rental units

VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier David Eby says the private market can't solve the province's housing crisis, as his government launches an almost $3 billion public housing program to build more affordable re...

Feb 13, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Alberta Mountie accused of accessing police records for 'foreign actor'

CALGARY - The RCMP's national security enforcement team says an Alberta Mountie has been arrested for allegedly accessing police records systems to assist a "foreign actor." More coming. The Canadian ...

Feb 13, 2024