Canada

Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities

Ottawa launched a new pay transparency website Friday to better illustrate how women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples are represented and paid at federally regulate...

Feb 2, 2024

Turning Rideau Cottage into prime minister's permanent home comes with cost: docs

OTTAWA - Turning Rideau Cottage into the permanent residence of the prime minister would come at the cost of creating staff offices and other "residential infrastructure," an internal government docum...

Feb 2, 2024

"Most anti-LGBT in the country": Trudeau decries Alberta transgender policies

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling Alberta's new proposals on the treatment of transgender youth the "most anti-LGBT of anywhere in the country." Trudeau says that if Alberta Premier Danielle Sm...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 2, 2024

Trudeau mulls sanctioning Israeli settlers, 'seized' with case of missing Canadian

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is looking into sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in th...

Feb 2, 2024

Canada signs letter of intent with AI giant Nvidia during CEO's Toronto trip

TORONTO - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says Canada has signed a letter of intent with artificial intelligence chip giant Nvidia to boost computing power. In a post on X, formerly known...

Feb 2, 2024

Shots fired at B.C. home of Sikh activist, an associate of slain Nijjar, group says

SURREY, B.C. - The spokesman for a group advocating Sikh independence says that a Metro Vancouver home hit by gunfire on Thursday belonged to a member of the movement. Surrey RCMP say multiple shots w...

Feb 2, 2024

Quebec cold case murder trial: Prosecutors complete evidence, defence granted delay

SAGUENAY, Que. - Crown prosecutors have finished making their case against a Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of 19-year-old junior college student Guylaine Potvin ne...

Feb 2, 2024

In the news today: Experts say help support grocers and famous rodents make forecast

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ottawa should help domestic grocers: experts Experts say instead of enticing a ...

Feb 2, 2024

B.C.'s dramatic temperature swings put stress on bees and cattle

VANCOUVER - Recent wild temperature swings in British Columbia have raised concerns about the impact on some local animals' health, and potentially their survival. Temperatures in the Fraser Valley ci...

Feb 2, 2024

Mélanie Joly in Kyiv to launch global push to get Russia to return Ukrainian children

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is in Ukraine for a two-day visit focused on seeking the return of children abducted by Russia. Joly arrives in Kyiv today, and is set to meet with her Uk...

Feb 2, 2024