Canada

Saskatchewan minister asked man guilty of domestic violence to return service medal

REGINA - Saskatchewan's agriculture minister says he requested a public service medal be returned as the recipient had been charged with domestic violence. David Marit says in a statement that it's no...

Apr 18, 2023

Major reforms to air passenger rights needed, says House committee report

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is recommending sweeping changes to Canada's air passenger rights framework. The report from the House of Commons transport committee calls on the government to tigh...

Apr 18, 2023

As federal workers threaten to strike, tonight's deadline for a deal looms large

OTTAWA - The clock is ticking for the government and Canada's largest federal public-service union to reach an agreement by a deadline of 9 p.m. EDT tonight. If they don't, some 155,000 workers are pr...

Apr 18, 2023

U.S. crackdown on fentanyl trade underway as Canada vows 'public health approach'

WASHINGTON - Senior members of President Joe Biden's cabinet will be in Ottawa in the coming weeks to meet with their Canadian counterparts about cracking down on fentanyl. The timing of this year's C...

Apr 18, 2023

Montreal-area mayor discloses being sex assault victim of ex-PQ member Harold LeBel

MONTREAL - The mayor of a Montreal suburb has revealed herself as the sexual assault victim of ex-Parti Qubcois legislator Harold LeBel. Catherine Fournier had asked Quebec Superior Court Justice Serg...

Apr 18, 2023

In The News for April 18, 2023: Did you miss out on the new federal benefits?

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 Tuesday, April 18, 2023 ... What we are watchi...

Apr 18, 2023

Ontario tells court of 'unwarranted incursion' into cabinet in mandate letters case

OTTAWA - The Ontario government is telling the country's top court the disclosure of ministerial mandate letters would reveal the substance of deliberations of the premier and his cabinet - breaching ...

Apr 18, 2023

Inquest to hear officers' testimony in 2015 police-involved death of B.C. man

BURNABY, B.C. - Vancouver police officers involved in a fatal beating of a man almost eight years ago are expected to testify this week at a coroner's inquest into the death. Myles Gray, who was 33, d...

Apr 18, 2023

Thousands of Canadians missed out on federal housing and dental benefits: report

OTTAWA - A new report says hundreds of thousands of Canadians may have missed out on government money intended to help with the rising cost of living because the housing and dental benefits rolled out...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 18, 2023

Premier calls for silent reflection to mark anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is asking people to pause for a moment of silence today at noon and again on Wednesday to remember the 22 people killed three years ago during the worst mass ...

Apr 18, 2023