Canada

CP NewsAlert: B.C. provides universal coverage for opioid treatments

VICTORIA - British Columbia says it is providing universal coverage for opioid agonist treatments that help people with substance use disorders, making it the first province in Canada to do so. More c...

Jun 14, 2023

B.C. school district bans man who queried gender of girl, 9, at track meet

KELOWNA, B.C. - A man has been banned from events at a British Columbia school district after a mother said he interrupted a track meet to wrongly suggest her nine-year-old daughter was transgender an...

Jun 14, 2023

'Keep fighting': Ukrainian soldiers continue battle with Russia despite low morale

KYIV, Ukraine - The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has left many Ukrainian soldiers feeling war weary but unwilling or unable to give up the fight. Artem Baulin, a junior sergeant from Ky...

Jun 14, 2023

Singh and Poilievre to begin talks on terms for public inquiry on foreign meddling

OTTAWA - A spokesperson for the NDP says its leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are about to begin talks on setting terms of reference for a possible public inquiry into for...

Jun 14, 2023

Poilievre calls for Mendicino to resign over handling of Paul Bernardo transfer

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Marco Mendicino should resign or be fired over his office's handling of knowledge that Paul Bernardo was being transferred to a medium-security priso...

Jun 14, 2023

Volkswagen deal to cost the federal government more than previously announced: PBO

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Canada's exclusive contract with German auto giant Volkswagen to build an electric vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario will cost the federal go...

Jun 14, 2023

Quebec judge rejects request from Muslim group to suspend ban on school prayer rooms

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has denied a request to suspend the province's ban on prayer room spaces in public schools. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council o...

Jun 14, 2023

House, Senate vote to give Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza honorary citizenship

OTTAWA - Parliament is bestowing honorary Canadian citizenship on jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza. The Senate voted Tuesday night to recognize the prominent Russian journalist and...

Jun 14, 2023

In The News for June 14 : More help on the way for crews battling Canada's wildfires

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 14, 2023

Wildlife unseen casualty as forests burn in worst wildfire season of the century

As wildfires from coast to coast scorch large swaths of forest, sometimes changing it irreversibly, experts have zeroed in on an often overlooked casualty of the blazes: wildlife. Spring fires, such a...

Jun 14, 2023