Canada

Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: 'No choice but to forcefully respond' if passed

WASHINGTON - Canada is threatening a retaliatory barrage of punitive tariffs and to reverse a number of dairy-related trade concessions if the United States goes through with its controversial plan to...

Dec 10, 2021

Health workers say existing law against intimidation isn't strong enough: Lametti

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says a new law to single out health care workers for special protection from intimidation and threats at work is a response to a need identified by the workers ...

Dec 10, 2021

Quebec board wrong to hire teacher who wore hijab given secularism law: Legault

MONTREAL - Premier Franois Legault says a school board in western Quebec should not have hired a teacher who wore a hijab. Legault told reporters today in Quebec City the province's secularism law, kn...

Dec 10, 2021

Father of man imprisoned in Syria says there's no evidence 'he's done anything wrong'

OTTAWA - John Letts says he's on a mission to save his son Jack's life, but also to change the way people think about him. Letts, who lives in England, is in Ottawa this week to press federal official...

Dec 10, 2021

Minister Marci Ien self-isolating after potential COVID-19 exposure

OTTAWA - Marci Ien, minister for women and gender equality and youth, has gone into self-isolation after attending an in-person event where she may have come in contact with several COVID-19 cases. Jo...

Dec 10, 2021

China envoy says Kovrig, Spavor confessed to crimes, warns against rejecting Huawei

OTTAWA - China's ambassador to Canada says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor confessed to crimes before their release from his country's prisons this past September. Envoy Cong Peiwu also says Canada ...

Dec 10, 2021

Labour groups, opposition parties press Liberals to fix GIS clawback in fiscal update

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are under increasing pressure to fix an issue in the pandemic safety net that has rolled back or cut off benefits to low-income seniors. About 83,000 seniors lost a key i...

Dec 10, 2021

COVID-19 resurgence forecast for Canada, worse if Omicron replaces Delta: Tam

OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says a resurgence of COVID-19 is forecast for Canada and it could speed up even more if the Omicron variant replaces Delta. New federal modelling s...

Dec 10, 2021

Bail hearing for Peter Nygard scheduled for January

TORONTO - A bail hearing for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to take place next month. The Jan. 6 date was set this morning in a brief hearing in a Toronto court. Nygard, who faces sexual a...

Dec 10, 2021

B.C.'s farm flood disaster and an electric vehicle mandate: In The News for Dec. 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 Dec. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Dec 10, 2021