Canada

'Unique ecosystem': N.W.T. First Nations sign benefit agreement with Parks Canada

YELLOWKNIFE - A group of First Nations has signed an agreement with Parks Canada to ensure they receive social and economic opportunities related to the Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest ...

Sep 30, 2022

Swedish jet maker complains Ottawa not following rules with F-35 negotiations

OTTAWA - Swedish fighter-jet maker Saab is accusing Ottawa of not following the rules when it comes to its plan to purchase 88 F-35s. The federal Liberal government announced in March that the F-35 ha...

Sep 30, 2022

Quebec election: CAQ leader defends millions to U.S. consulting firm during pandemic

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is defending his government's decision to award millions of dollars worth of consulting contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic to a major Ameri...

Sep 30, 2022

Truth and Reconciliation Day, Aghan help held up: In The News for Sept. 30, 2022

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 Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 ... What we are watchin...

Sep 30, 2022

Quebec election: Indigenous issues take back seat as campaign winds down

MONTREAL - Indigenous leaders in Quebec are lamenting the fact that priorities for their communities have been largely ignored during the provincial election campaign. Atikamekw Grand Chief Constant A...

Sep 30, 2022

Canada terror rules unchanged as Afghans face humanitarian crisis and winter looms

OTTAWA - Opposition parties and aid groups say the Trudeau government is dragging its feet in carving out exemptions to anti-terrorism laws to allow humanitarian groups to reach desperate people in Af...

Sep 30, 2022

Chief urges reflection about residential schools on Truth and Reconciliation Day

VICTORIA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says today's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation is about the survivors of Canada's residential schools and the children who died in...

Sep 30, 2022

'Justinflation' can't be said in the House of Commons, but MPs are trying anyway

OTTAWA - The Conservatives' cheeky term for inflation under the Liberals has got some MPs into trouble in the House of Commons, where saying "Justinflation" has been deemed verboten. Speaker Anthony R...

Sep 30, 2022

Ottawa mayor wouldn't speak to Parliament security service during convoy: official

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson's office would not return a call from the Parliamentary Protective Service during the height of the "Freedom Convoy," its acting director told a committee this evening. Larry B...

Sep 29, 2022

B.C. pharmacists to renew, issue prescriptions as part of reworked health plan

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is expanding the power of pharmacists to renew and issue prescriptions as part of a wide-ranging strategy to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments. ...

Sep 29, 2022