Canada

Staff in Canada's women's shelters are facing a burnout crisis, new report finds

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A new report says staff at women's shelters and transition homes across the country are feeling burned out, underpaid and overburdened with administrative work. The review from nati...

Mar 07, 2024

Canada asking weapons-makers for plans to ramp up ammunition production

OTTAWA - The federal government is giving two weapons manufacturers millions of dollars to come up with a plan to make more ammunition in Canada. Defence Minister Bill Blair made the announcement in a...

Mar 07, 2024

Two adults, four children found dead in Ottawa-area home, police say

Ottawa police are investigating the deaths of six people including four children and two adults found in a home in the city's Barrhaven area. Police said Thursday one person has been arrested and ther...

Mar 07, 2024

Family killed in Nashville plane crash from King Township, North of Toronto

An Ontario town is mourning a family of five who died in a Nashville plane crash earlier this week. Forty-three-year-old Victor Dotsenko, his 39-year-old wife Rimma Dotsenko and their three children, ...

Mar 07, 2024

'Palestine is not for sale:' Israeli event promoting West Bank property draws critics

TORONTO - When Ghada Sasa found out that a touring Israeli real estate exhibition making stops in Canada was promoting land in the occupied West Bank she broke down and cried. Sasa, a Palestinian Cana...

Mar 07, 2024

In the news today: Ontario family identig, Israeli real estate controversy

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Nashville plane crash victims from Ontario An Ontario town is mourning a family...

Mar 07, 2024

MPs to move on AI bill without testimony from Canadian companies: business group

OTTAWA - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says it is seriously concerned Canadian businesses weren't able to testify on proposed federal artificial intelligence legislation. While the House of Commons...

Mar 07, 2024

Michael Spavor reaches settlement with federal government over China detention

OTTAWA - The lawyer for Michael Spavor says his client has reached a settlement with the federal government over his three-year detention in China. John Phillips says in an email that the matter betwe...

Mar 06, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Selina Robinson quits B.C. NDP, citing antisemitism in caucus

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia cabinet minister Selina Robinson has quit the NDP, citing antisemitism in the ruling party's caucus. Robinson, who is Jewish, says she can no longer remain in the pa...

Mar 06, 2024

Quebec court grants Jewish group injunction against pro-Palestinian protesters

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has granted a Montreal synagogue and a Jewish organization an injunction barring some pro-Palestinian protesters from coming within 50 metres of their building...

Mar 06, 2024