Canada

Conservative leadership candidates to meet face-to-face in Edmonton for next debate

EDMONTON - British Columbia MP Ed Fast says that Conservatives tuning into the next leadership debate hope to see the six candidates vying for the party's top job will lay off the personal attacks. Fa...

May 10, 2022

Canada pledges $229 million to help victims of Syria conflict, refugees

OTTAWA - Canada is giving $229 million in aid for Syria and neighbouring nations hosting refugees from the war-torn state. The aid package includes $169 million for food, clean water and hygiene and h...

May 10, 2022

Bloc Québécois wants to end daily prayer in House, but Trudeau says not a priority

OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois says it's time to end the daily reading of a prayer in the House of Commons and replace it with a moment of reflection. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is against the idea,...

May 10, 2022

Ottawa weighing ballistic missile defence as part of North American defence upgrades

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says the federal government is weighing whether Canada should join the U.S. in actively defending against intercontinental ballistic missiles. Anand made the comm...

May 10, 2022

Help heal Indigenous residential school trauma, public safety minister tells RCMP

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is directing the head of the RCMP to work closely with Indigenous communities to address the traumatic legacy of residential schools. In a new mandate l...

May 10, 2022

'It didn't cross their minds': Emergency director says RCMP didn't consider alert

HALIFAX - The head of Nova Scotia's Emergency Management Office sayshe found it surprisingthe RCMP waited so long to issue a provincewide alert about a gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour ram...

May 10, 2022

Some cities will not halve child-care fees by end of year, study finds

OTTAWA - The federal government's highly touted national child-care program aims to make care more affordable for parents, but a new study suggests just how much fees are reduced will depend on where ...

May 10, 2022

'The land is my therapy': healing centre encourages reconnecting with Inuit identity

KUUJJUAQ, Que. - On the shore of a still-frozen lake in front of a traditional Inuit dwelling with the spring sun melting the snow underfoot, the Governor General met eight women who are reconnecting ...

May 10, 2022

Government finances better than expected, surgical backlogs : In The News for May 10

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 May 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

May 10, 2022

Backlogs improved, but patients still waiting too long for elective surgeries

OTTAWA - Canadian hospitals and health systems are still struggling through the ebb and flow of COVID-19, leading to long delays for elective procedures, new data from the Canadian Institute for Healt...

May 10, 2022