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Alberta government report on safe consumption 'pseudoscience,' says medical journal
A paper in a prominent medical journal says an Alberta government report that influenced safe drug consumption policy is so badly flawed it's harming people and should be withdrawn. The paper in the C...
Nov 07, 2023

Federal Fisheries Department doing a poor job of monitoring fishing industry: report
OTTAWA - A new report slams the federal Fisheries Department for failing to properly monitor Canada's commercial fishing industry. The report from the federal environment commissioner, Jerry DeMarco, ...
Nov 07, 2023

Captain Lucas Rumball to return to Toronto Arrows for a sixth MLR season
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have re-signed captain Lucas Rumball, the Major League Rugby franchise's first-ever signing. The 28-year-old flanker returns for a sixth season with his hometown club. Rum...
Nov 07, 2023

Montreal police investigating two firebombings at Jewish institutions
Montreal police are investigating overnight firebombings at two Jewish institutions in the on-island suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier says incendiary devices caused ...
Nov 07, 2023

U.S. dismisses charges against Saskatoon mother accused of faking deaths
SASKATOON - A United States court has dismissed charges against a Saskatchewan woman accused of faking her death and that of her child before they crossed the border. Dawn Walker was given a one-year ...
Nov 07, 2023

The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since la...
Nov 07, 2023

Three arrested after child killed inside suburban home north of Montreal
BOIS-DES-FILION, Que. - Quebec police say three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a child Monday evening in a suburb north of Montreal. The police force for Bois-des-Filion, Qu...
Nov 07, 2023

Feds unlock public properties to build homes, say 29,200 units to be built by 2029
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will build more than 2,800 homes on its properties in cities across the country, putting it on track to build nearly 30,000 homes on public lands over the next ...
Nov 07, 2023

Bellingham available for Real Madrid in Champions League match against Braga
MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid will have Jude Bellingham available for the Champions League match against Braga on Wednesday, when it will go for its fourth straight win in Group C. Bellingham has been nur...
Nov 07, 2023

In the news today: Canadians in Gaza could soon cross into Egypt after list published
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canadians in Gaza could soon cross into Egypt Canadians looking to flee Gaza mi...
Nov 07, 2023