Canada

Montreal Chinatown residents urge city to act against crime, drug use

MONTREAL - Residents of Montreal's Chinatown are urging the city to act against what they describe as rising crime and drug use in their neighbourhood. A group of residents and merchants told a news c...

Aug 17, 2023

Five things to know about the wildfire situation in the Northwest Territories

YELLOWKNIFE - Wildfires have ripped through tens of thousands of square kilometres in the Northwest Territories, forcing the government to declare a state of emergency and residents of its capital cit...

Aug 17, 2023

NDP calls on feds to give study permits to institutions with 'credible' housing plan

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to address student housing shortages on Thursday. The party is calling on the federal government to allocate student permits to post-secondary instit...

Aug 17, 2023

Canada mulling 'game plan' if U.S. takes far-right, authoritarian shift: Joly

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada has been considering a "game plan" for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year's pres...

Aug 17, 2023

Access to electric vehicle charging getting better but not quickly enough

OTTAWA - If you live in Montreal or Vancouver and own an electric car, finding somewhere to charge it is likely as easy as a quick search of an app on your smartphone. If you live almost anywhere else...

Aug 17, 2023

Justice minister says Canada remains 'open' to criminalizing coercive control

OTTAWA - Canada's federal justice minister says gender-based violence is a "epidemic" and Ottawa remains open to criminalizing a pattern of behaviour known as coercive control. Arif Virani made the co...

Aug 17, 2023

Human activity and climate change cause cascading effects for Arctic ecosystem

It doesn't end up on dinner plates and it lacks the popular appeal of whales and dolphins, but scientists warn that a small fish that is critical to Arctic marine life could be in trouble from climate...

Aug 17, 2023

Saskatchewan vice-chief David Pratt running for Assembly of First Nations leadership

OTTAWA - David Pratt is the first person to announce his intention to run to be the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Pratt currently serves as a vice-chief with the Federation of S...

Aug 17, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Quebec woman sentenced to 22 years for sending poisoned letter to Trump

WASHINGTON - A Quebec woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison after sending a poison-laced letter to former president Donald Trump. Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of...

Aug 17, 2023

Supreme Court to hear appeal from airlines on air passenger rights compensation

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal from several airlines looking to quash rules that boost compensation to passengers for delayed flights or damaged luggage. Air Canada,...

Aug 17, 2023