Category Archives: Canada
U.S. actor facing sex charges in Nevada also facing charge in B.C.
KEREMEOS, B.C. - A former actor in the movie "Dances With Wolves" who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada is also facing a charge in British Columbia. Documents filed in B.C. show Nathan Cha...
Feb 7, 2023
One-third of households say they're financially worse off compared to year ago: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll finds one-third of Canadian households say their financial situation has worsened over the last year. According to a Leger poll commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studies...
Feb 7, 2023
Ottawa spending $2M for international commission to offer advice on unmarked graves
Ottawa is spending $2 million for an international organization to provide First Nations with options around identifying possible human remains buried near residential schools. A statement from the of...
Feb 7, 2023
Cree mother wonders how mining development in northern Quebec will affect food supply
CHISASIBI, Que. - Heather House studies full-time through McGill University's distance education program, and when she is not immersed in books she is raising her eight children with her husband in Ch...
Feb 7, 2023
In The News for Feb. 7: Can the PM appease the country's Premiers on health care?
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, Feb. 7, 2023 ... What we are watching...
Feb 7, 2023
Will Biden's second state of the union mark a less protectionist approach to Canada?
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians still see the United States as their country's closest ally, even in an age of isolationism and protectionist policies. The online survey by Le...
Feb 7, 2023
Trudeau to present health-care offer to premiers in long-awaited meeting for new deal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining Canada's premiers at the table today where he is set to offer them a significant increase towards health-care funding. The premiers say they are going...
Feb 7, 2023
Mendicino: foreign-agent registry would need equity lens, could be part of 'tool box'
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says a registry to track foreign agents operating in Canada can only be implemented in lockstep with diverse communities. "There is a historical context...
Feb 6, 2023
Canada's first Indigenous languages commissioner hopes to be operating by summer
OTTAWA - Canada's first commissioner of Indigenous languages says he hopes to have his office fully operational by the summer - about two years after it was first announced. Ronald Ignace appeared bef...
Feb 6, 2023
McKinsey doesn't meet criteria for banning company from federal contracts: bureaucrat
OTTAWA - The deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada says the federal government's ethics rules do not disqualify consulting firm McKinsey & Company from doing business with the ...
Feb 6, 2023