Category Archives: The Canadian Press
MPs call on feds to bring back bill criminalizing coercive behaviour in relationships
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons status of women committee called on the federal government Tuesday to criminalize coercive behaviour in intimate relationships. The committee members, representing...
Nov 25, 2025
Quebec begins consultations on potential revision of greenhouse gas targets
MONTRAL - Quebec is beginning consultations at the provincial legislature on whether to revise its greenhouse gas emission reduction target. The province committed to reducing its annual emissions by ...
Nov 25, 2025
Judge says Amazon needed 100 lawyers to assess 2.25M documents in competition probe
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge says Amazon Canada should have hired "at least 100 lawyers" to go through more than two million documents, in order to meet court-ordered deadlines in an investigation i...
Nov 25, 2025
Beekeepers call for import ban on non-North American bees as deadly mite spreads
OTTAWA - Canadian beekeepers are sounding the alarm about a pest that's spreading in parts of Asia, and a Conservative MP is calling on the federal government to change a long-standing policy on impor...
Nov 25, 2025
24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) - All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country's president announced Tuesday. A ...
Nov 25, 2025
Quebec economic update: modest financial relief to households, lower deficit
QUBEC - Quebec's finance minister presented an economic update on Tuesday that offered modest savings to taxpayers, as he painted an optimistic picture of the province's finances heading into an elect...
Nov 25, 2025
Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak suspended two years for anti-doping rule violation
Canada's most decorated female Olympian has been suspended for two years from her sport for an anti-doping rule violation. Toronto's Penny Oleksiak, winner of seven Olympic medals in swimming, has not...
Nov 25, 2025
Court dismisses lawsuit accusing Manitoba Métis leader of wrongdoing
OTTAWA - The Manitoba Mtis Federation is celebrating an Ontario Superior Court decision that found its president did not breach his fiduciary duties while serving as finance minister for the Mtis Nati...
Nov 25, 2025
World champion curler, veteran broadcaster Colleen Jones dies at 65
Colleen Jones, a world champion curler whose effervescent personality made her a popular presence on the CBC over nearly four decades with the national broadcaster, has died. She was 65. Jones was dia...
Nov 25, 2025
Quebec to extend religious symbols ban, outlaw university prayer rooms in new bill
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism minister says the province needs tighter rules to keep religion out of the education system - and even out of public places. More than six years after the Quebec governm...
Nov 25, 2025