Canada

Feds award $15 million contract to Sun Life to lay groundwork for dental care program

OTTAWA - The federal government has awarded a contract worth up to $15 million to lay the groundwork for a new national dental insurance plan. Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Health Minister...

Sep 6, 2023

CPTPP panel sides with New Zealand over Canada dairy supply-management rules

OTTAWA - A Pacific Rim trade panel says Canada's dairy-sector protections violate obligations Ottawa signed with countries like New Zealand. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacif...

Sep 6, 2023

Deb Haaland, first Indigenous member of U.S. cabinet, meets counterparts in Ottawa

WASHINGTON - The first-ever Indigenous member of the U.S. cabinet is in Canada to talk about how best to help First Nations, Mtis and Inuit communities across the continent. Interior Secretary Deb Haa...

Sep 6, 2023

Air Canada apologizes for booting passengers who complained about vomit-smeared seats

Air Canada says it has apologized to two passengers who were escorted off a plane by security after protesting that their seats were smeared in vomit. The airline said Tuesday that the passengers "cle...

Sep 6, 2023

Ombudsman says military underestimating mental health risks of domestic deployments

OTTAWA - Canada is underestimating the mental health impact domestic emergencies like wildfires and COVID-19 have had on the military reservists who respond to them, a new report says. Gregory Lick, t...

Sep 6, 2023

In the news today: Trudeau at ASEAN summit, evacuation order lifting in Yellowknife

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Indo-Pacific countries see a partner in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ha...

Sep 6, 2023

Indo-Pacific leaders see a partner in Canada, elevating its status within ASEAN-bloc

JAKARTA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has wrapped up five meetings with Indo-Pacific leaders on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit. Trudeau met with the leaders of Malaysia, Vietnam, Korea, Philippin...

Sep 6, 2023

'Freedom Convoy' to hear from Ottawa police as trial enters its second day

OTTAWA - A court in Ottawa is expected to hear from additional members of city's police service today on the second day of the trial of two key 'Freedom Convoy' organizers. The 16-day hearing began Tu...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 6, 2023

Alberta's 'war room' is back with massive ad spend revealed in annual report

EDMONTON - New documents outline a massive increase in public funding for the Canadian Energy Centre's campaign to change attitudes toward Alberta's oil and gas. An agency founded by Alberta's United ...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 6, 2023

B.C. residents tour wildfire razing in area that has 'changed dramatically:' district

Some residents of one of the regions most devastated by wildfires in British Columbia will be touring the burned-out site today. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District says in a statement that "some a...

Sep 6, 2023