Canada

Two more women file suits alleging sexual assault by Newfoundland police officer

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Two more women have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually assaulted by an on-duty member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who offered them rides home from a night of drin...

May 02, 2024

Environmental groups criticize government walk-back on pollution impact assessment

OTTAWA - Environmental groups are criticizing the Liberal government's planned amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act. The groups said in a letter to cabinet ministers today that Ottawa isn't...

May 02, 2024

Latest national emissions report shows signs of progress toward Canada's 2030 goal

OTTAWA - Canada's latest greenhouse-gas emissions report shows the country making progress toward meeting its next target in 2030, but there is still a very long way to go. The 2022 report published t...

May 02, 2024

With foreign meddling inquiry to release first report Friday, what do we know so far?

OTTAWA - On Friday, Canadians may get long-awaited answers about the integrity of the country's last two elections, which was thrown into question last year as reports of attempted foreign interferenc...

May 02, 2024

Vets Affairs 'March holidays' post: 'In trying to be apolitical we became political'

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs staff found themselves working over the Easter weekend, trying to explain why one of the department's social media posts didn't actually mention the holiday. Instead, the pos...

May 02, 2024

There's a limit to how much interest rates in Canada and U.S. can diverge: Macklem

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says Canadian interest rates don't have to match U.S. or global rates, but there is a limit to how much they can diverge. Macklem made the comments while testifyin...

May 02, 2024

Ottawa will appoint commissioner to oversee treaties with Indigenous Peoples: Trudeau

GATINEAU, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation. He says the new commissioner will ensure gov...

May 02, 2024

TD Bank hit with $9.2M penalty after failing to report suspicious transactions

TORONTO - Canada's financial intelligence agency says it has levied a $9.2-million penalty against The Toronto-Dominion Bank for non-compliance with money laundering and terrorist financing measures a...

May 02, 2024

Students set up pro-Palestinian encampment protest at University of Toronto

TORONTO - A group of students at the University of Toronto say they have started a protest on campus to call on the university to cut its ties with Israel over the ongoing war in Gaza. The students sa...

May 02, 2024

In the news today: Israeli academics on protests, weight-loss drug coming to Canada

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Israeli academics respond to campus protests One of the demands of pro-Palestin...

May 02, 2024