Canada

Former safety minister wants 'protective zones' for MPs' offices as threats increase

OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino is calling for the creation of "protective zones" around political constituency offices to shield members of Parliament and their staff from a ri...

Jul 18, 2024

A decade after Insite, drug policy landscape is still being shaped in B.C.

VANCOUVER - In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal. It wanted permission to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web, before ha...

Jul 18, 2024

What is listeriosis, the illness recently linked to a recall of plant-based milks?

Two people have died and several others are sick with listeriosis in an outbreak that triggered a national recall of certain plant-based milk. WHAT IS LISTERIA? The Listeria bacterium is found in soil...

Jul 17, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Two deaths in listeriosis outbreak linked to plant-based milk recall

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says two people have died after an outbreak of Listeria infections linked to the recall of plant-based refrigerated beverages. Silk brand almond milk, cocon...

Jul 17, 2024

AFN head meets with Manitoba's vice-regal to seek independent inquiry into killings

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging Manitoba's lieutenant-governor to establish an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in the province. Ci...

Jul 17, 2024

Cabinet to meet for first time since byelection loss amid speculation over shuffle

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says the Liberal cabinet will have a brief meeting this Friday. A separate source with knowledge of the meeting who wasn't authorized to speak publicly said it was...

Jul 17, 2024

Four arrested in killing of two Quebec men last summer

MONTREAL - Police arrested four people on Wednesday morning in connection with the killing of two men in Montreal and Charlemagne, Que., last summer. Jack Shehata, 24, William Beauvais-Bazile, 25, M'H...

Jul 17, 2024

Coutts murder-conspiracy trial hears covert late-night shipment was underwear, guitar

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Police suspected two COVID-19 protesters at Coutts, Alta., were set to receive a covert, late-night shipment of guns, but a courier told court Wednesday it was socks, underwear and...

Jul 17, 2024

Republican National Convention to focus on foreign policy

MILWAUKEE - The future of United States foreign policy is expected to be the focus of the Republican National Convention tonight as many party faithful call for America to step back from its contribut...

Jul 17, 2024

Western Canada sweats in renewed heat wave, rivergoers told to avoid cheap floaties

CALGARY - As Western Canadians sweat under a renewed heat wave, crews in Calgary are scrambling to bail out rivergoers trying to stay cool on dime-store pink flamingo floaties. The Calgary Fire Depart...

Jul 17, 2024