Canada

Montreal police ask for public help as they investigate assaults on two Hasidic Jews

MONTREAL - The Montreal police hate crimes unit is asking for the public's help as it attempts to identify a young man who assaulted two Hasidic Jews on the night of Jan. 20. In a security video of th...

Apr 20, 2023

Indigenous groups going to court over Quebec's French-language reforms

QUEBEC - Two Indigenous groups are going to court over the reforms passed last year to Quebec's French-language law. The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador and the First Nations Education Counc...

Apr 20, 2023

Quebec education minister issues directive banning prayer rooms in schools

MONTREAL - Quebec's education minister is moving forward with a promise to ban prayer rooms in schools. Bernard Drainville issued a directive late Wednesday saying schools must ensure that none of the...

Apr 20, 2023

Feds can't say which regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are working: audit

OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says the federal government doesn't know how well its regulations are working to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. One of his spring audits issued today ...

Apr 20, 2023

Family of N.S. student murdered in drug deal deliver impact statements in court

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge heard victim impact statements today during a sentencing hearing for a former Halifax medical student who murdered a 22-year-old man during a drug deal. William Sandeson ...

Apr 20, 2023

The federal government promised to plant 2 billion trees by 2030. It's nowhere close.

OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says Canada is nowhere close to meeting its goal of planting two billion trees in 10 years. The Liberals first made the massive tree-planting promise du...

Apr 20, 2023

In The News for April 20 : Federal public servant strike continues as both sides meet

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 20 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Apr 20, 2023

It will take more than money to fix health care: Canadian Medical Association

OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Medical Association says the new health funding deal struck between provinces and the federal government represents the biggest nominal injection of cash into Ca...

Apr 20, 2023

Both union, government warn of major service disruptions as a result of strike

OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public-service union and Ottawa are both warning of likely service disruptions as nearly one-third of all federal workers remain on strike. The job action taken by me...

Apr 20, 2023

Vancouver police promise upgrades to psychological testing following inquest

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department is promising to upgrade psychological interviews for potential new recruits and to seek funding for annual psychological check-ins for all officers. The ple...

Apr 20, 2023