Canada

Passenger pleads guilty to manslaughter in hit-and-run death of Calgary officer

CALGARY - A man charged in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. A jury trial was to begin this week for Amir Abdulrahman on a charge of first-degree mu...

Dec 8, 2021

Jewish federal employees form network to combat antisemitism in government service

OTTAWA - Jewish civil servants met the prime minister's special envoy on fighting antisemitism Tuesday to ask for support dealing with anti-Jewish abuse and slurs in the federal public service. The go...

Dec 8, 2021

Two men found dead in aftermath of fire at rooming house in Quebec City

QUEBEC - Police are investigating the suspicious deaths of two men found dead inside a home that caught fire in Quebec City early this morning. The fire started at about 1 a.m. in a rooming house in t...

Dec 8, 2021

Government launches second phase of skilled refugee pilot program

OTTAWA - The government has expanded a pilot that allows refugees to apply for permanent residency through conventional economic immigration streams by removing some of the barriers that would traditi...

Dec 8, 2021

NewsAlert: Canada should align with allies on Olympic diplomatic boycott: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is important for Canada to align with its allies on a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Trudeau says Canada has been talking to allies f...

Dec 8, 2021

Bank of Canada scheduled to make last rate call of 2021

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set today to announce what will happen to its trendsetting interest rate with job and inflation figures on the rise. The central bank's key interest rate target has been...

Dec 8, 2021

Democracy summit, Chinese firm loses bid pausing Ottawa order: In The News for Dec. 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 Dec. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 8, 2021

U.S., where democracy is under siege, hosts global two-day summit on … democracy

WASHINGTON - The United States - once a shining example of democracy's virtues, now a glaring case study into its hair-trigger fault lines - hosts like-minded countries from around the world Thursday ...

Dec 8, 2021

Rebuffing ransomware: How to prevent your organization from becoming a victim

OTTAWA - Cybercriminals have zeroed in on a lucrative tactic, holding the digital files of crucial enterprises hostage until a hefty fee is paid, often in hard-to-trace virtual currency. The federal g...

Dec 8, 2021

Chinese-controlled firm loses court bid to pause Ottawa's divestment order

OTTAWA - State-owned China Mobile has lost a court bid for a temporary hold on Ottawa's order that its Canadian affiliate be divested or wound up over national security concerns. In a ruling made publ...

Dec 7, 2021