Canada

Statistics Canada to say how labour market fared in September after August bump

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how the country's labour market made out in September after the economy added jobs in August. The economy added 90,200 jobs in August to drop the unemp...

Oct 8, 2021

Quebec premier to prorogue legislature, with new session starting Oct. 19

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he will prorogue the province's legislature and a new session will begin Oct. 19. Legault made the announced Thursday afternoon in a news release, but the decision ...

Oct 7, 2021

COVID-19 shot 'could save your life,' RCMP boss says after federal vaccination order

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is encouraging vaccination against COVID-19 a day after the Liberal government announced Mounties must be immunized. In a tweet today, Lucki urges getting vacci...

Oct 7, 2021

Expert tells Nunavut inquest many police tools not effective in cold weather

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A use of force expert says an RCMP officer who shot and killed an armed man in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in 2016 didn't have effective, less-lethal options he could have used that day...

Oct 7, 2021

Chief of Joyce Echaquan's community says trust in Quebec health-care system returning

JOLIETTE, Que. - The chief of the Atikamekw Council of Manawan says members of his community are slowly regaining their trust in Quebec's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa told reporters today that...

Oct 7, 2021

No response from PM to Kamloops invitation an 'insult': B.C. First Nation

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "missed an opportunity" to show his commitment to the survivors of residential schools by not replying to its...

Oct 7, 2021

Government consulting with remote Indigenous communities about mandatory vaccines

OTTAWA - The federal government is working on exemptions to its newly released mandatory vaccine policy for people in remote Indigenous communities, many of which are only accessible by airplane. The ...

Oct 7, 2021

Quebec man arrested after 4-day Amber Alert now faces nine additional charges

MONTREAL - A Quebec man arrested after an Amber Alert that spanned four days is now facing nine additional charges. The 36-year-old man, who was arrested on Sept. 5 in Ste-Paule, Que., roughly 400 kil...

Oct 7, 2021

Environment lobby calls out Carney's climate finance credibility

OTTAWA - Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney's credibility as a global climate finance leader is under fire as environment lobby groups say he is allowing some of the biggest banks to use him a...

Oct 7, 2021

CPNewsAlert: Quebec police cancel Amber Alert after 2 kids, aged 3 and 1, found safe

SUTTON, Que. - Quebec provincial police are cancelling the Amber Alert they issued earlier today. They say the two young children who had allegedly been abducted have been found safe. Police said the ...

Oct 7, 2021