Canada

Montreal man faces charge for online post targeting prime minister

MONTREAL - The RCMP say a Montreal man is facing one count of uttering threats for allegedly threatening in an online post to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The federal police force says Paul Cla...

Feb 07, 2024

In the news for Feb. 7: N.S. health services reduced, Oilers fall to Golden Knights

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Health services still reduced after N.S. snowstorm Nova Scotia Health says non-...

Feb 07, 2024

Former RCMP intelligence official, convicted of breaking secrets law, to be sentenced

OTTAWA - A former RCMP intelligence official is slated to learn his fate today after being convicted of breaching Canada's secrets law. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger is set to hand a ...

Feb 07, 2024

Non-emergency health services disrupted as Nova Scotia snowstorm cleanup continues

Nova Scotia Health says non-emergency services in its Eastern zone will continue to be reduced following a weekend snowstorm. That zone comprises Antigonish and Guysborough counties as well as Cape Br...

Feb 07, 2024

B.C. environmental groups request review of tire chemical linked to salmon deaths

Conservation groups have written to the federal environment minister requesting a review of a chemical used in tires that they say has been linked to the "mass deaths" of coho salmon. Peter Ross, seni...

Feb 07, 2024

'We're not looking for placebo policy': health fix will take time, minister says

OTTAWA - Provincial leaders were frantic about the ailing state of their health care systems last year when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat them down and offered $46.2-billion worth of urgent treatm...

Feb 07, 2024

Quebec bill aims to better protect young athletes from abuse, harassment

Quebec's sports minister has tabled a bill to strengthen protections for young athletes and create a new role to investigate complaints. Isabelle Charest says Bill 45 would create a recreation and spo...

Feb 06, 2024

'Butt out': Poilievre criticizes Trudeau, feds on Alberta's planned transgender rules

MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, responding to Alberta's proposed rules for transgender youth, says the federal government needs to "butt out" of provincial health care and education. ...

Feb 06, 2024

Poilievre attacks Trudeau over Nazi tumult; Tories abandoning Ukraine, PM retorts

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is fending off fresh questions about the controversial Nazi veteran who was invited to the House of Commons last fall. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants...

Feb 06, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Two accused in Alberta border blockade case plead guilty

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A spokesman for Alberta Court of King's Bench says two of four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in 20...

Feb 06, 2024