Canada

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confirms his party will support the Liberals' federal budget

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will support the federal budget, ending any speculation that the party could pull out of its deal with the minority Liberal government. Singh says his ...

May 01, 2024

Head of Halifax port says cargo scanners wont solve issue of exported stolen vehicles

OTTAWA - The head of the Halifax Port Authority says scanning more shipping containers for stolen cars may do little to curb auto theft. President and CEO Allan Gray made the comments to MPs at the na...

May 01, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protest camp emerges at second B.C. university

VICTORIA - Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camp at a second university in British Columbia, with tents going up on a field at the University of Victoria. In an Instagram post, organizers Free P...

May 01, 2024

Lawyers for man accused of killing 4 women to argue he's not criminally responsible

WINNIPEG - Lawyers for a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women say they plan to argue that he is not criminally responsible because he is mentally ill. The lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki made the st...

May 01, 2024

Liberal MP says she's leaving politics over disrespectful dialogue, threats, misogyny

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Pam Damoff says she won't run again in the next federal election, saying she has experienced misogyny, disrespectful dialogue in politics and threats to her life. Damoff says she's...

May 01, 2024

Initial foreign interference inquiry report to be made public Friday

OTTAWA - A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference plans to release a report Friday on alleged meddling in the last two general elections. Commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue is slated to ma...

May 01, 2024

Woman accusing ex-MP Saganash of sex assault files suit after criminal case diverted

OTTAWA - A woman accusing former New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash of sexual assault has filed a civil suit, saying she never wanted prosecutors to divert his criminal charge to a restorative justice pro...

May 01, 2024

Dental care program starts accepting claims for 1 million seniors

OTTAWA - The first seniors to register with the new federal dental care plan can now start submitting claims. The government says about 1 million seniors are now eligible to receive dental care under ...

May 01, 2024

Conservatives continue to out-fundraise all other federal parties

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives continue to out-fundraise other federal parties, bringing in millions more than all the others combined in the first three months of the year. The Tories raised n...

May 01, 2024

Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools enters into effect

Quebec's new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect today. The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools a...

May 01, 2024