Category Archives: Canada

Quebec bans transport of some wild animals in nearly 100 communities over rabies risk
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is temporarily banning the transportation of some wild animal species in nearly 100 municipalities located close to areas where raccoon rabies has been detected. The b...
Jun 18, 2025

Bloc Québécois supply management bill moves swiftly through Parliament
OTTAWA - A Bloc Qubcois bill that looks to take Canada's supply management system off the table in future trade negotiations has passed swiftly through Parliament. The Senate passed the bill through t...
Jun 18, 2025

CSIS says India is a continued foreign interference threat as Canada renews diplomacy
OTTAWA - The latest annual report of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says Indian officials and their proxy agents in Canada, engage in a range of activities that seek to influence Canadian ...
Jun 18, 2025

Calls mount for pause on Canada's digital services tax targeting tech giants
OTTAWA - Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30. Canadian and U.S. business groups, organizat...
Jun 18, 2025

Food processing company pleads guilty to workplace safety charge in smokehouse death
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown has asked for 25 other charg...
Jun 18, 2025

Quebec to jail inmates according to anatomical sex, not gender identity
MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister says transgender inmates will be incarcerated according to their anatomical sex, not their gender identity. Franois Bonnardel says in a statement the measu...
Jun 18, 2025

Few Canadians support Canada Post privatization, but open to sweeping changes: survey
A new survey finds less support among Canadians for the privatization of Canada Post, but many are open to large-scale changes. Survey results from the Angus Reid Institute, released Wednesday, found ...
Jun 18, 2025

Major projects bill moving ahead despite pushback from Indigenous groups, MP
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is scheduled to sit until midnight to study legislation that would give the government sweeping powers to drive forward major projects. But Bill C-5 will be pushe...
Jun 18, 2025

CP NewsAlert: PM Carney travelling to Europe Sunday for NATO, Canada-EU summits
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Europe Sunday to attend a pair of summits on NATO and Canada-EU relations. The Prime Minister's Office confirmed the trip plans today, after Carney w...
Jun 18, 2025

Quebec police seeking witness in case of missing 3-year-old Montreal girl
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they are seeking an important witness in the case of three-year-old Claire Bell of Montreal, who has been missing since Sunday. Police are looking for a woman w...
Jun 18, 2025