Canada

Federal budget for child care good start, but more needed: advocates

OTTAWA - Feminist advocates say the federal budget doesn't fully account for the challenges in scaling up child-care systems across the country. Morna Ballantyne, executive director of advocacy group ...

Apr 8, 2022

The government has committed $5.3 billion to establish dental care, what comes next?

OTTAWA - The Liberal budget laid out money for a new dental care program Thursday, but not necessarily a plan. Now that $5.3 billion is on the table, the government has just shy of nine months to dril...

Apr 8, 2022

Canada offers more money to COVAX while vaccine dose donations stall

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is donating another $220 million to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance. The funds will bring Canada's total monetary donation to COVAX to abou...

Apr 8, 2022

No new murder trial for former Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, court rules

QUEBEC - A former Quebec judge found guilty in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife and whose conviction was overturned last year by the federal justice minister won't face a new trial. Jacques Delisle, ...

Apr 8, 2022

Budget reflections from the Opposition and Ukrainian horrors : In The News for Apr. 8

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 Apr. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Apr 8, 2022

'Which thing to build?': Montem Resources weighs coal mine versus hydrogen in Alberta

A company hoping to develop coal in Alberta's Rocky Mountains says it will decide by the end of June whether to convert its open-pit mine proposal into a renewable energy project. "Montem's currently ...

Apr 8, 2022

The federal budget will have the support of the NDP, but will also face opposition

OTTAWA - The Liberals have done enough to honour their agreement with the NDP, but that doesn't mean the federal budget will pass without opposition. "We still have critiques and criticisms," NDP Lead...

Apr 8, 2022

March employment report expected to be relatively flat after blockbuster February

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to disclose this morning how the job market fared in March, a month after a strong report that saw the unemployment rate fall to pre-pandemic levels. The Canadi...

Apr 8, 2022

Feds move forward on menstrual equity in budget, advocates want it done 'right'

OTTAWA - Over six months since the Liberals committed to creating a menstrual equity fund, the federal government has proposed the pilot project in its 2022 budget. Starting in 2022, the government wo...

Apr 8, 2022

Highly pathogenic avian flu found in Alberta poultry, new cases in Ontario: CFIA

EDMONTON - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says bird flu has been found in Alberta poultry flocks and there are some new cases in Ontario. The agency says the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avia...

Apr 7, 2022