Canada

Two weeks after Trudeau, Team Canada delegation wraps up latest D.C. visit

WASHINGTON - Canada's international trade minister is wrapping up her latest official visit to the U.S. capital - her second since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at the White House last month. Mary...

Dec 3, 2021

Eighty-six per cent of Commons witnesses spoke English in hybrid Parliament: Bloc

OTTAWA - The committee in charge of administering the House of Commons is set to look into whether the hybrid Parliament is forcing French-speaking MPs and committee witnesses to speak English. The Bl...

Dec 3, 2021

Loblaw Financial wins Supreme Court case over tax treatment of Barbados subsidiary

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with Loblaw Financial Holdings in a dispute over the tax treatment of a subsidiary the company ran in Barbados. In a 7-0 ruling today, the top court says...

Dec 3, 2021

20-year-old dead, teen injured after shooting in east-end Montreal

Montreal police say a 20-year-old man has died following a shooting in the city's east end Thursday evening. Officers were alerted by a 911 call for gunshots in the city's Anjou district at about 7:15...

Dec 3, 2021

Statistics Canada scheduled to unveil jobs numbers for November

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to say this morning how the country's labour market fared last month. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month to a pandemic-era low of 6.7 per c...

Dec 3, 2021

New guidance on COVID booster jabs and new job numbers: In The News for Dec. 3

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. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 3, 2021

NACI to answer urgent plea for COVID-19 booster directives in face of Omicron

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is set to release new guidance this morning on the use of COVID-19 vaccine boosters as public health faces down the threat of the Omicron varia...

Dec 3, 2021

Federal climate plan to meet new targets will be delayed until March: Guilbeault

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the new federal climate plan won't be ready until the end of March. The net-zero accountability law passed in June requires the government to make ...

Dec 3, 2021

Disaster expert urges those affected by B.C. flooding to take care of mental health

An expert on the psychological and social impacts of disasters on families is encouraging people affected by devastating floods in British Columbia to take care of their mental health while focusing o...

Dec 3, 2021

Compromise proposed to allow opposition MPs to see documents on fired scientists

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is proposing a compromise over a long-running dispute with opposition parties over the disclosure of secret documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada'...

Dec 2, 2021