Canada

Quebec emergency rooms reporting major overcrowding, some at more than 200% capacity

MONTREAL - Quebec is experiencing serious overcrowding in its emergency rooms after the holidays, with some major hospitals in Montreal operating at more than 200 per cent capacity. Around midday, Mon...

Jan 03, 2025

Google sends funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption

Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to disperse the funds. The U.S. tech...

Jan 03, 2025

Trudeau attending U.S. relations cabinet committee meeting amid calls for resignation

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking part in a virtual meeting of the Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee, as people inside and outside the Liberal caucus call for him to resign as lea...

Jan 03, 2025

In the news today: Champagne talks TikTok, Musk and AI bill

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Champagne talks TikTok, Musk and AI bill As the federal government battles TikTok in court over Ottawa's order...

Jan 03, 2025

Industry minister talks TikTok, Elon Musk and the future of his AI bill

OTTAWA - As the federal government battles TikTok in court over Ottawa's order to close its Canadian offices, Canada's industry minister says families should make their own decisions about whether to ...

Jan 03, 2025

Bob Rae hopeful for UN development goals, despite 'intractable issues' worldwide

OTTAWA - Canada is trying to push the world's nations to stick with the goals they set to confront the planet's main challenges, despite rising geopolitical confrontation that has made the 2030 deadli...

Jan 03, 2025

Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows 'worrisome' mutation of virus

Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia shows "worrisome" signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the tr...

Jan 02, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Former minister Marco Mendicino not running in next election

OTTAWA - Toronto MP Marco Mendicino, a former high-ranking cabinet minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, says he will not run in the next federal election. Mendicino says in a statem...

Jan 02, 2025

China slams Canada human-rights criticism as 'hypocritical farce of double standards'

OTTAWA - China is accusing Canada of hypocrisy for criticizing Beijing's human-rights record, pointing to issues faced by Indigenous Peoples. The blowback comes after Ottawa sanctioned eight Chinese o...

Jan 02, 2025

Canada primed for more severe wildfire days, driven by dry forest fuel: study

A new study suggests Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe wildfires, underlining the pressing need to proactively mitigate the increased threat posed by climate change. The study by Can...

Jan 02, 2025