Category Archives: Canada
Judge grants another eviction delay to Montreal homeless camp under highway
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge is extending an injunction until mid-June to protect a downtown homeless encampment under a Montreal highway. The Transport Department is trying to dismantle the campsite and...
Apr 24, 2023
House suspends after bill that recognizes Canadian artists fails to get a sponsor
OTTAWA - The House of Commons took an unplanned break this morning after no member of Parliament came forward to sponsor the legislation it was set to debate. The House was scheduled to tackle a bill ...
Apr 24, 2023
Transit association says more police, security needed on city buses, trains
OTTAWA - The Canadian Urban Transit Association says cities need to hire more security officers for public transit systems and give them more power to curb dangerous behaviour on trains and buses. The...
Apr 24, 2023
Airlines 'left government no choice' but to beef up passenger rights: Minister
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says airlines' use of loopholes around traveller compensation "left government with no choice" but to strengthen passenger rights rules. Alghabra says the COV...
Apr 24, 2023
Ottawa looks to allies to possibly evacuate Canadians stuck in Sudan
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is working with "like-minded countries" to help citizens who remain in Sudan flee the country as an armed conflict there escalates. Hundreds h...
Apr 24, 2023
In The News for April 24 : Federal public-service worker strike enters sixth day
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 April 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 24, 2023
Public service union to picket at locations with more impact as strike enters Day 6
OTTAWA - One of Canada's largest labour disruptions has entered a sixth day as the union representing thousands of striking public-service workers looks to hamper access to ports. The Public Service A...
Apr 24, 2023
Program helping people to reconnect with traditional skills in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - By the shore of the still-frozen Yellowknife River, more than a dozen people gather to prepare fish for cooking over a crackling fire. Originating from different communities across the N...
Apr 24, 2023
Oilsands emissions could be underestimated by current measuring methods, study says
New federal research suggests greenhouse gas emissions from the Alberta oilsands may be significantly underestimated, adding to a growing pile of studies that say our understanding of what is going in...
Apr 24, 2023
Canada suspends Sudan consular services as diplomats evacuated
Ottawa has suspended consular services in Sudan amid reports of allied countries evacuating Canadian diplomats and as armed conflict escalates in the East-African country. Global Affairs Canada says C...
Apr 23, 2023