Canada

Final two victims of Old Montreal fire identified, investigation to focus on cause

MONTREAL - Police say the final two victims of a March 16 fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people have been identified. Montreal police Insp. David Shane confirmed today that Charlie Lacroix and...

Mar 28, 2023

Health care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

Canada violated the rights of hundreds of patients awaiting access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy when it rejected applications from health-care professionals to consume the restricted drug for ...

Mar 28, 2023

Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third-party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak

The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will launch an independent investigation into the tailings leak at Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine. The regulator says in a news release today it is looking for...

Mar 28, 2023

Airbnb: 79 per cent of Quebec rentals in February not certified, housing group says

MONTREAL - A report by a Montreal tenants' rights association says 79 per cent of the roughly 30,000 units in Quebec that were available for rent in February on Airbnb were not certified by the provin...

Mar 28, 2023

National Inuit organization seeking $1.6 billion for school food program

OTTAWA - A national Inuit organization is calling for about $1.6 billion in federal funding over 15 years to set up a co-ordinatedschool food program in the North. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami released a r...

Mar 28, 2023

Republicans, Democrats spar on Capitol Hill over Canada-U.S. migration 'crisis'

WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats are doing battle today over what one side calls a "crisis" of illegal immigration at the Canada-U.S. border. Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Securit...

Mar 28, 2023

Psychiatric evaluation extended for man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare

LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal psychiatric hospital says it needs more time to evaluate the mental state of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a daycare. The Philippe-Pin...

Mar 28, 2023

Provincial police officer killed during attempted arrest northeast of Montreal

LOUISEVILLE, Que. - A Quebec provincial police officer was killed while trying to arrest a man at a home in the province's Mauricie region Monday night. The police force confirmed in a news release Tu...

Mar 28, 2023

Freeland set to table federal budget: In The News for Mar. 28

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 Mar. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Sheldon Spackman Mar 28, 2023

B.C. to announce plan for access to diabetes drug Ozempic, hyped for weight loss

VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister plans to announce how the government will ensure patients in the province will have secure access to the diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic. Adrian Dix...

Mar 28, 2023