Canada

B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis

NEW YORK - Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and o...

Apr 24, 2025

Man given five months in U.S. jail for smuggling people across border from B.C.

SEATTLE - The U.S. District Attorney's office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British C...

Apr 24, 2025

Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum sentence in prostitution case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to examine the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence for purchasing sexual services from someone under age 18. The decision comes in a case ...

Apr 24, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Quebec court overturns out-of-province tuition hike

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated the provincial government's tuition hike for out-of-province students. The ruling also overturns a new requirement that 80 per cent of out-of-p...

Apr 24, 2025

Supreme Court of Canada agrees to weigh in on B.C. First Nations' title dispute

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to weigh in on a dispute between First Nations that have overlapping land title claims in British Columbia. The overlapping claims involve the Gitanyow Nation, t...

Apr 24, 2025

Canada caught up in China-U.S. trade war as Trump claims fentanyl continues to flow

WASHINGTON - Pulling Canada into his trade war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump claims Chinese fentanyl continues to "pour" across both borders. Trump complained on social media today about Chi...

Apr 24, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Guilty pleas in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

CALGARY - A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charge...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 24, 2025

Court hears legal arguments in former world junior hockey players' sex assault case

LONDON - A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments today in the sex assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillo...

Apr 24, 2025

Montreal buses remove 'Go! Canadiens Go!' after complaint to language watchdog

MONTREAL - City buses in Montreal have dropped the expression "Go! Canadiens Go!" following a complaint to Quebec's language watchdog. Montreal's transit agency says it is now using the French express...

Apr 24, 2025

Government receives fourth extension to fix unconstitutional 'Lost Canadians' issue

OTTAWA - The federal government has received a fourth extension to pass legislation to grant citizenship to "Lost Canadians" after the existing law was ruled unconstitutional. "Lost Canadians" is a te...

Apr 24, 2025