Canada

Former Conservative MP Candice Bergen to help run Tory election campaign in Manitoba

WINNIPEG - Candice Bergen has signed on to co-chair the Manitoba Progressive Conservative election campaign, weeks after resigning her seat in the House of Commons. Bergen, who was the member of Parli...

Mar 30, 2023

Key recommendations of Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry

TRURO, N.S. - Here are some of the main recommendations from the public inquiry into the mass shooting that claimed 22 lives in Nova Scotia on April 18-19, 2020: -- An external, independent review of ...

Mar 30, 2023

Quebec children under 14 to be banned from working most jobs

QUEBEC - The Quebec government has tabled a bill that would prevent children under the age of 14 from working most jobs. Labour Minister Jean Boulet says Bill 19 is the result of a recommendation from...

Mar 30, 2023

A look at the 22 Nova Scotians killed in Canada's worst mass shooting

TRURO, N.S. - The victims in Canada's worst mass shooting included an RCMP officer, a teacher, health-care workers, retirees, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their ho...

Mar 30, 2023

Manslaughter charge laid in relation to April 2022 Yukon overdose death

WHITEHORSE - A Yukon man has been charged with manslaughter in an opioid overdose death last year. Police say the charge is the first of its kind in the territory, which had Canada's highest per-capit...

Mar 30, 2023

Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery, a move Indigenous people have long urged

The Vatican has rejected the Doctrine of Discovery a year after Pope Francis met with Indigenous groups from Canada and delivered his first apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential school...

Mar 30, 2023

Professors end strike at Quebec's Université Laval, approve conciliator deal

QUEBEC - Professors at Universit Laval in Quebec City have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a deal brokered by a conciliator, putting an end to their indefinite general strike. About 93 per cent of t...

Mar 30, 2023

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery," the theories backed by 15th-century "papal bulls" that legitimized the ...

Josh Hall Mar 30, 2023

In The News for March 30 : Automatic tax filing on the way for Canadians

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 March 30 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 30, 2023

As Canadians miss out on benefits, Ottawa promises automatic tax filing is on the way

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency will pilot a new automatic system next year to help vulnerable Canadians who don't file their taxes get their benefits. This week's federal budget says the Canada Re...

Mar 30, 2023