Category Archives: Canada
Canadian parliamentarians visit Taiwan in united show of support against China
OTTAWA - A delegation of senior parliamentarians from all four of Canada's main federal parties is in Taiwan this week to show support for the island as it faces the threat of a Chinese invasion. Led ...
Apr 12, 2023
New dental care program should give First Nations benefits more teeth: NDP
OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says dental benefits for Indigenous people should be improved if the new national dental insurance plan offers better or more accessible services. The Liberals ha...
Apr 12, 2023
Beware risk of 'mutually sabotaging competition' on corporate subsidies: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is warning of the dangers of a global "race to the bottom" as government spending fuels the growth of the new green economy. Freeland issued the "polite...
Apr 12, 2023
Prairie premiers' fears about Lametti comments have 'no grounding in truth': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs l...
Apr 12, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Teenager dies after being stabbed on transit bus in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say a teenager has died from his injuries after he was stabbed while aboard a transit bus in the city. Police say it happened just before 9:30 Tuesday night. Inves...
Apr 12, 2023
Extended power outages raise questions about resilience of Quebec's power grid
MONTREAL - The weeklong power outages across Quebec after the April 5 ice storm are raising questions about the resilience of the province's electrical grid. Franois Bouffard, an electrical engineerin...
Apr 12, 2023
Conservatives ask Twitter to label CBC accounts as 'government-funded' media
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are asking Twitter to apply a "government-funded" label on accounts associated with the CBC, even as other public broadcasters decry the tag for not making clear ...
Apr 12, 2023
Duelling U.S. court rulings over abortion drug set stage for Supreme Court showdown
WASHINGTON - The debate over abortion rights in the United States is likely headed back to the Supreme Court - this time to settle a federal stalemate. Last week's duelling court decisions over the dr...
Apr 12, 2023
Members of public service union vote in favour of federal strike mandate
OTTAWA - Members of a union that represents more than 120,000 federal public servants have voted in favour of a strike mandate. The Public Service Alliance of Canada can now launch a strike anytime in...
Apr 12, 2023
Canada inches closer to Afghan resettlement target, could reach 40,000 by end of year
OTTAWA - More than 300 people arrived in Canada today from Afghanistan, bringing the total number of people resettled since the Taliban takeover of that country to 30,000, the federal government says....
Apr 12, 2023