OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services says it has apologized to LGBTQ+ groups for a past policy that banned gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The ban was in place until 2022, when it was replaced by new rules under which all donors are asked the same questions about their sexual behaviour. The blood-donor service sa...

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he wants the city to reverse course after cancelling an event to mark Israel's national day. Officials announced on Tuesday they planned to raise the Israeli flag at city hall next week, but they cancelled the usual ceremony, saying it posed a risk to public safety. The decision was pan...

EDMONTON - A campus protest encampment at the University of Alberta was ramping up a day after a similar sit-in in Calgary was shut down amid the loud noise and haze of flashbang explosives as police clashed with demonstrators. On the central grassy area of the Edmonton campus Friday, about 35 small tents were set up c...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the zoning of a St. John's, N.L., property as a watershed area should guide the process of compensating the owners for expropriation of the land. In a 7-0 ruling today, the top court says compensation should be assessed based on the limited uses allowed by the zoning, not as if...

MONTREAL - Workers with Quebec's forest fire agency have voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as the summer wildfire season approaches. The Unifor union, which represents provincial fire service workers including firefighters, communications staff and mechanics, says the mandate allows members to strike &quo...

TORONTO - Police say an alleged trespasser at Drake's Toronto home was sent to hospital with serious injuries after getting into an altercation with security guards. It's the second reported trespasser at the superstar rapper's Bridle Path mansion since one of his security guards was injured in a high-profile shooting ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Immigration ministers to talk temporary visa cap Federal and provincial ministers are meeting in Montreal Friday to hash out how to shrink the number of temporary residents in Canada. Immigration Min...

WINNIPEG - A judge is expected to hear from a police officer who led the search of a Winnipeg landfill for the partial remains of a victim of admitted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki. Police cordoned off and looked through an area at the Brady Road landfill in the summer of 2022, after some remains of Rebecca Contois we...

OTTAWA - Federal and provincial ministers are meeting in Montreal Friday to hash out how to shrink the number of temporary residents in Canada. Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts in person for the first time since he announced an unprecedented plan to s...

Toronto's bid to decriminalize the possession of illegal drugs for personal use has been plunged into uncertainty in recent days, as drug policy experts suggest political debates over British Columbia's backtracking on the issue have hurt the city's application. The prime minister and the federal minister for mental h...