Canada

CP NewsAlert: B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to "urgently change" the province's decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. Premier David Eby says in a statement the c...

Apr 26, 2024

Bin there, dumped that: Trash cans to be reinstalled along Montreal's Lachine Canal

MONTREAL - Parks Canada will reinstall around 30 garbage bins along Montreal's Lachine Canal after some visitors expressed frustration at their sudden disappearance earlier this month. The federal age...

Apr 26, 2024

Canada allocates millions for drone production, ammunition to support Ukraine

OTTAWA - The federal government is earmarking $3 million for production of drones in Ukraine in support of Kyiv's fight against Russia's invasion. Defence Minister Bill Blair says the financial assist...

Apr 26, 2024

Cap on plastic production may be too complicated for global treaty: Guilbeault

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the world can solve its plastic problem without insisting on hard caps on plastic production. Guilbeault says talks on a treaty to end plastic wast...

Apr 26, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Killer whale calf trapped in B.C. swims out of lagoon

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The young killer whale trapped for more than a month in a B.C. lagoon swam past a bottleneck at high tide this morning. The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations say the team is ecs...

Apr 26, 2024

Ottawa, Quebec commit $100M for semiconductor capacity in Bromont, Que., 280 jobs

BROMONT, Que. - The federal and Quebec governments are spending close to $100 million to boost the country's manufacturing capacity for semiconductors, which are vital in technologies ranging from art...

Apr 26, 2024

Aamjiwnaang First Nation declares state of emergency over industry benzene leak

OTTAWA - Aamjiwnaang First Nation is declaring a state of emergency over a benzene leak linked to a neighbouring petrochemical facility. The community near Sarnia, Ont., which is surrounded by industr...

Apr 26, 2024

Supreme Court rules military judges sufficiently independent from chain of command

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the constitutional right of judicial independence is not compromised for soldiers appearing in front of military judges. Nine members of the Canadian Armed Fo...

Apr 26, 2024

First court appearance for boy and girl charged in death of Halifax 16-year-old

HALIFAX - A girl and a boy, both 14 years old, made their first appearance today in a Halifax courtroom, where they each face a second-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old high ...

Apr 26, 2024

Minister 'outraged' after AFN national chief's headdress taken from Air Canada cabin

OTTAWA - The federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is calling on Air Canada to "make things right" with the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, whose headdress was removed from a...

Apr 26, 2024