Canada

Quebec premier calls on auto insurance board to co-operate with police investigation

QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is demanding that the province's auto insurance board fully collaborate with anti-corruption police. The anti-corruption unit is investigating major cost overrun...

Aug 28, 2025

'Moral imperative': Teachers say more climate change lessons needed in classrooms

TORONTO - As climate change becomes more evident in Canadians' daily lives, teachers across the country say the education system must better equip younger generations to deal with its fallout. Student...

Aug 28, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Canada names new high commissioner to India as both restore relations

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has unveiled Canada's new high commissioner to India, 10 months after both countries expelled their top envoys. Longtime Canadian diplomat Christopher Coo...

Aug 28, 2025

Uncertainty reigns in Kanesatake nearly one month after cancelled election

MONTREAL - Tensions are flaring in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake nearly one month after an election was abruptly called off, leaving disagreement and uncertainty over who is in charge and how to ...

Aug 28, 2025

In the news today: Ottawa silent on U.S. sanctions, new Canadian training for Ukraine

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ottawa silent on Trump sanctioning Canadian judge Advocates for international law say Ottawa is letting Washin...

Aug 28, 2025

Future of Sport in Canada Commission to deliver first report on athlete safety gaps

OTTAWA - Canada will get its first look today at a national report examining how abuse and maltreatment are handled in sport, and where protections for athletes are falling short. The Future of Sport ...

Aug 28, 2025

Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge

OTTAWA - Advocates for international law say Ottawa is letting Washington chip away at the global rules-based order by remaining silent a week into American sanctions against a Canadian jurist. On Aug...

Aug 28, 2025

Two bodies were missed at B.C. death scene. Was treatment of coroners to blame?

VANCOUVER - When police attended a single-room occupancy building in East Vancouver three years ago, they found the body of "Jimmy" Van Chung Pham, a man with a criminal history who would later be des...

Aug 28, 2025

Canada Post urges union to revisit offers, says gap between parties is 'substantial'

OTTAWA - Canada Post is urging the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to revisit its offers after meeting at the bargaining table Wednesday. The Crown corporation says the union has "maintained or harde...

Aug 27, 2025

As provinces set to get smoking lawsuit cash, advocates seek more mitigation efforts

MONTREAL - Anti-smoking advocates are calling on provinces to use money from a historic tobacco settlement on public health programs. In March, an Ontario judge approved a $32.5-billion plan requiring...

Aug 27, 2025