Canada

Canada's military will soon have a new leader. Will it finally be a woman?

OTTAWA - The search is on for the next leader of the Canadian Armed Forces - and it's long past time that a woman became chief of the defence staff, observers say. Canada has had 21 full-time defence ...

Mar 08, 2024

Support women for a better future, Governor General says on International Women's Day

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says supporting women leads to better futures for all. Simon gave a speech today at an event hosted by the Canadian Club of Ottawa for International Women's Day, and refl...

Mar 08, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Canada resuming funding to UN aid agency in Gaza

OTTAWA - The federal government says Canada will resume funding to the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza. Canada was one of 16 countries that temporarily halted future payment...

Mar 08, 2024

Contractor defends work on ArriveCan app, says conflict concerns were addressed

OTTAWA - A contractor that worked on ArriveCan is defending its integrity after Ottawa suspended its federal contracts following a report that its founder was a government employee. Dalian Enterprises...

Mar 08, 2024

Alberta RCMP say no charges after voter fraud probe into 2017 UCP leadership race

EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP say there will be no charges following a probe into potential voter identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership race that saw former premier Jason Kenney el...

Mar 08, 2024

Manitoba government urged to keep promise to search of landfill for women's remains

WINNIPEG - The families of two slain First Nations women are continuing to press the Manitoba government to search a landfill for their remains. The families, along with supporters and Indigenous lead...

Mar 08, 2024

More local politicians in Quebec report facing harassment, intimidation: survey

MONTREAL - A survey of hundreds of elected municipal officials across Quebec shows a rise in the last decade in the percentage of politicians who report facing harassment and intimidation. Thirty-nine...

Mar 08, 2024

Supreme Court of Canada affirms appeal review standards, rejects novel approach

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the standards that appeal courts have long used to review trial judgments, saying they promote the fair assessment of testimony. In a ruling today in ...

Mar 08, 2024

'Daylight saving time confuses me:' Canadians prepare to adjust clocks

SASKATOON - The general manager of a movie theatre in Saskatchewan says it'll be an extra early Oscars watch party this weekend as the award show airs after most Canadians wind their clocks ahead an h...

Mar 08, 2024

Canada sanctions Iranians accused of violently repressing women and girls

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is imposing new sanctions on two Iranians it accuses of participating in the violent repression of women and girls in Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is mak...

Mar 08, 2024