Category Archives: Canada

Feds install temporary impact review process pending new law prompted by top court
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada will limit some of its work while the federal government develops new legislation to respond to a recent Sup...
Oct 26, 2023

Homicide probe after 19-year-old Quebec City woman killed, second teen injured
Quebec City police say a 19-year-old woman was killed in her home early this morning while a 16-year-old boy was seriously injured. Police say doctors fear for the life of the injured teen, who was li...
Oct 26, 2023

Self-reported paid sick leave coverage has increased 'moderately' since 1995: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says self-reported paid sick leave coverage has increased moderately since 1995, but coverage for front-line workers is still far from universal. The federal agency says tha...
Oct 26, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Global Affairs says 7th Canadian killed in Israel-Hamas hostilities
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it is providing support to the family of a seventh Canadian killed during ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. More coming. The Canadian Press
Oct 26, 2023

Canada Border Services Agency issues alert about man wanted for Maine mass shooting
The Canada Border Services Agency has issued an "armed and dangerous" alert to its officers stationed along the Canada-U.S. border, warning them to be on the lookout for the man suspected of fatally s...
Oct 26, 2023

Dentists decry being left in the dark about federal dental insurance plan
OTTAWA - Canadian dentists are demanding details on Ottawa's soon-to-be announced federal dental insurance plan and how the federal government pans to preserve existing provincial and private coverage...
Oct 26, 2023

Trudeau to nominate Alberta judge Mary Moreau to Supreme Court: CP source
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce the nomination of Mary Moreau, chief justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, to the Supreme Court of Canada. A senior government sour...
Oct 26, 2023

In the news today: Israeli troops launch brief ground raid into Gaza
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Israeli troops launch brief ground raid into Gaza ahead of expected wider incur...
Oct 26, 2023

Montreal's social intervention squad contends with rising need, lack of shelter space
MONTREAL - Equipped with a case of naloxone and a backpack of warm socks, two members of Montreal's social intervention team peer around the side of a dumpster behind a downtown McDonald's, looking to...
Oct 26, 2023

Search for answers underway in Sault Ste. Marie shooting rampage that left five dead
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Investigators are working to piece together what led a man to kill four people - including three children - before turning a gun on himself in the northern Ontario city of Sau...
Oct 26, 2023