Canada

Trudeau says $542M bound for Indigenous bodies to set up child-welfare services

OTTAWA - The federal government is sending $542 million to Indigenous groups to help them set up welfare services for children and families, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. The Canadian gov...

Nov 27, 2020

Ousted from Labrador Inuit government, ex-politician questions 'blood quantum' method

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A former member of Labrador's Inuit government is questioning the methods used to quantify whether he is sufficiently Indigenous after he was removed from his government roles last ...

Nov 27, 2020

Stolen raven: Montreal-area zoo urging those who took 'Kola' to return him

MONTREAL - Officials at Montreal's Ecomuseum Zoo want their stolen raven returned immediately. There's still no sign of Kola, a common raven, who was taken during a break-in sometime between Mon...

Nov 27, 2020

Liberals face pressure for concrete ideas, economic plan in spending update

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being warned that they need to provide a detailed plan on navigating the health and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in a key spending document next week. ...

Nov 27, 2020

Ice-dancers Moir and Virtue among 114 Order of Canada inductees

OTTAWA - Champion ice-dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are among 114 athletes, artists, scholars and community leaders named to the Order of Canada today. Gov. Gen. Julie Payette's office announced...

Nov 27, 2020

A COVID-19 Black Friday and stricter rules in Saskatchewan: In The News for Nov. 27

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 Nov. 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 27, 2020

Advocates aim to shape 'Vancouver model' for drug decriminalization

VANCOUVER - City councillors in Vancouver voted unanimously this week to ask the federal government to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use, a decision advocates hope will bla...

Nov 27, 2020

Top officials weighed Canadian warship's passage through sensitive strait near China

OTTAWA - Newly released documents have shed light on the secret government talks and debate that took place ahead of a Canadian warship's passage through a sensitive waterway near China last year. Tho...

Nov 27, 2020

Black Friday shopping in a pandemic: COVID-19 closes some stores, sales move online

Black Friday, the one-day shopping bonanza known for its big bargains and large crowds, has arrived. While rising COVID-19 cases and weeks of staggered deals have muted the usual fanfare of the shoppi...

Nov 27, 2020

Tory MP Duncan pushes Health Minister to finally end the gay blood ban

OTTAWA - Eric Duncan, the first openly gay Conservative MP, laced into the federal health minister Thursday over the Liberals failure to end a ban on gay men donating blood. In a heated and emotional ...

Nov 26, 2020