Canada

Nova Scotia NDP tables opposition bill to declare domestic violence an epidemic

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition New Democrats have tabled legislation to declare domestic violence an epidemic in the province. Leader Claudia Chender says the bill would legislate a recommendation...

Sep 12, 2024

'Largely fictitious.' Immigration minister criticizes New Brunswick premier's claims

FREDERICTON - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says claims by New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs that Ottawa wants to force the province to take in 4,600 asylum seekers are "largely fictitious." Mille...

Sep 12, 2024

Tipping point: Quebec consumer rights bill to regulate how merchants can ask for tips

QUBEC - Quebec wants to curb excessive tipping. Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, has tabled a bill to force merchants to calculate tips based on the price before tax...

Sep 12, 2024

Singh says NDP drafting climate plan, won't say if it'll include consumer carbon tax

MONTREAL - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh won't say whether he would keep the consumer carbon price if his party forms government at the next election. Singh told reporters in Montreal today that he wants t...

Sep 12, 2024

Tensions mount as clock ticks down on Air Canada contract talks

TORONTO - Tensions are mounting as a potential pilot strike or lockout at Canada's largest airline is only days away with no signs of a breakthrough in talks. Numerous business groups including the Ca...

Sep 12, 2024

Youri Chassin quits CAQ to sit as Independent, second member to leave this month

QUBEC - Quebec legislature member Youri Chassin has announced he's leaving the Coalition Avenir Qubec government to sit as an Independent. He announced the decision shortly after writing an open lette...

Sep 12, 2024

In the news today: Air Canada pilot strike looms, BC transit strike talks resume

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Flying Air Canada next week? Read this first You're packing your bags but still don't know if Air Canada will ...

Sep 12, 2024

Tidal power junk: N.S. village wants huge, abandoned moorings moved from fishing area

WALTON, N.S. - Four boxcars filled with concrete are sitting on the floor of the Bay of Fundy near Walton, N.S., where residents are worried the debris - abandoned by another failed tidal power projec...

Sep 12, 2024

Mounties say there's no evidence Lytton, B.C., wildfire was arson, cause unknown

LYTTON, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say there's no evidence that the devastating fire that swept through the community of Lytton more than three years ago was arson. Police have concluded thei...

Sep 11, 2024

Two people found dead in Montreal apartment in apparent domestic dispute: police

MONTREAL - Montreal police are investigating the deaths of two people in their 70s who died of gunshot wounds in an apartment. Const. Vronique Dubuc says the deaths of a 70-year-old man and a 71-year-...

Sep 11, 2024