Canada

A quick look at the ongoing strike by British Columbia port workers

VANCOUVER - About 7,400 workers have been on strike at ports along British Columbia's coast since Saturday morning. Contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and th...

Jul 5, 2023

UNESCO report on Wood Buffalo park shows urgency of problems, First Nation says

An Alberta First Nation that first brought concerns about Canada's largest national park to UNESCO says a report from the United Nations organization reveals a growing urgency to deal with those probl...

Jul 5, 2023

U.S.-based remote vehicle operator gives timeline of Titan recovery off Newfoundland

EAST AURORA, N.Y. - The owner of a remotely operated vehicle that recovered pieces of the Titan submersible from the depths of the North Atlantic last week says his ROV found debris from the doomed ve...

Jul 5, 2023

Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.

The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking ...

Jul 5, 2023

Updated legislation aims to tackle discrimination in public service: PSC

OTTAWA - Federal government departments and agencies will now have to evaluate whether their hiring practices are discriminatory as changes to the Public Service Employment Act take effect. Public Ser...

Jul 5, 2023

Evacuated residents returning to Quebec town where landslide killed two people

MONTREAL - Residents of Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region are returning home after torrential rain over the weekend caused a series of landslides, including one that killed two people. An official ...

Jul 5, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Canadian government suspends advertising on Facebook, Instagram

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the federal government will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The decision comes after Meta began blocking Canadian news content on its Facebo...

Jul 5, 2023

Ottawa man first to face terrorism, hate charges linked to far-right propaganda

OTTAWA - An Ottawa man is the first ever to be charged in Canada with terrorism and hate propaganda offences for advocating a violent, far-right ideology. RCMP say they arrested and charged 26-year-ol...

Jul 5, 2023

Canada follows peers, blasts Hong Kong bounties that include Edmonton-born activist

Ottawa is condemning Hong Kong officials for issuing bounties for the arrest of eight activists living abroad, days after Canada's peers slammed the move. Hong Kong's national-security law restricts c...

Jul 5, 2023

Provinces falling short of national long-term care standards: report

OTTAWA - The National Institute on Ageing has found that provincial long-term care standards vary drastically across the country and, in some cases, fall far short of new national standards released e...

Jul 5, 2023