Category Archives: Canada
Quebec psychiatrists group supports bill on forced hospitalizations for mentally ill
QUBEC - The association of Quebec's psychiatrists says it supports a bill that would make it easier to forcibly hospitalize someone in a mental health crisis. Existing law permits authorities to treat...
May 07, 2026
Gatineau police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Hull apartment
GATINEAU - Gatineau police say a 34-year-old man appears to have killed his 30-year-old partner before taking his own life on Wednesday morning in the Hull sector. Gatineau police say they were called...
May 07, 2026
Ottawa says Louise Arbour to be installed as governor general on June 8
OTTAWA - Louise Arbour will be sworn in as Canada's next governor general on June 8, the Canadian Heritage Department confirmed. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday the retired Supreme Cou...
May 07, 2026
Government expects $140M in savings this year with refugee health care co-pay
OTTAWA - Implementing a co-pay from asylum seekers and refugee claimants for some health care services will cut public costs by about $140 million, the government estimates in a written response to th...
May 07, 2026
3 Canadians isolating at home after hantavirus ship outbreak, government says
TORONTO - Three people with connections to a deadly hantavirus-stricken cruise are isolating at home in Ontario and Quebec, the federal government said Thursday as consular officials headed to the Can...
May 07, 2026
In the news today: Poilievre speaks to Tory event, social media poll, Sabres fans
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pierre Poilievre set to speak at conservative conference in Ottawa Pierre Poilievre is set to give a keynote a...
May 07, 2026
Most Canadians want social media, AI chatbot ban for kids under 16, poll indicates
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates. Seventy per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said th...
May 07, 2026
Pierre Poilievre urges conservatives to keep fighting in networking conference speech
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's message to fellow Tories at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference on Thursday was to keep fighting. The annual event in Ottawa is billed as the ...
May 07, 2026
Road closures, drones, and new stadium rules for World Cup in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver have unveiled details of preparations that include the closure of a major downtown road artery for more than two months. Taunya Geelhoed, chie...
May 06, 2026
Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn't establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medica...
May 06, 2026