Canada

Head of Google Canada set to return to House of Commons committee

OTTAWA - The head of Google Canada is set to return to a House of Commons committee to talk about the company's decision to block news access to some of its users. Sabrina Geremia was summoned by MPs,...

Mar 10, 2023

Climate change slowing down, not speeding up, movement of large Arctic rivers: study

YELLOWKNIFE - Scientists have long believed that rapid warming in the Arctic would cause river channels to move faster, but a new study has found the opposite may be true for large, winding rivers in ...

Mar 10, 2023

'There is this blemish': Man charged in bathhouse raid calls expungement move lacking

TORONTO - Ron Rosenes remembers Toronto police officers knocking on the door of his room at a downtown bathhouse on Feb. 5, 1981, during co-ordinated raids that targeted four gay clubs in the city tha...

Mar 10, 2023

'Recovery scams' targeting sextortion victims are on the rise, experts warn

VANCOUVER - A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn't. Darren Lau...

Mar 10, 2023

Canadian time changes may be a thing of the past if U.S. passes 'sunshine' law

Legislation in the United States that could trigger an end to seasonal time changes in Canada is moving forward again, as Canadians get ready to wind their clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Sat...

Mar 10, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond speaks out after award revoked over heritage

VANCOUVER - Former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says she is satisfied in her "past work, identity and self-worth" after the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association stripped her of an award beca...

Mar 9, 2023

Federal Court approves 'historic' $2.8B residential day schools settlement

VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8 billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and plaintiffs representing 325 First Nations whose members went to residential day s...

Mar 9, 2023

Liberals set to begin consultation on creation of foreign influence registry

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to take the next step toward creating a registration system to help prevent foreign meddling in Canadian affairs. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino plans...

Mar 9, 2023

Canadians can experience several means of foreign interference: expert

OTTAWA - Allegations of foreign interference in Canada's democracy have dominated discussions on Parliament Hill for the past week, with the prime minister unveiling new measures aimed at investigatin...

Mar 9, 2023

Law delaying expansion of assisted dying regime to March 2024 passes

OTTAWA - A Liberal bill to delay the planned expansion of Canada's medically assisted dying regime has passed third reading in the Senate. The expansion, which was originally slated for March 17, woul...

Mar 9, 2023