Canada

B.C. pledges $10M funding boost for Chinese Canadian Museum ahead of July 1 opening

Vancouver's Chinese Canadian Museum will open its doors on July 1 on the 100th anniversary of racist legislation known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, after the province pledged an additional $10 millio...

Apr 12, 2023

B.C. Court of Appeal quashes conviction of babysitter in toddler's drowning

VANCOUVER - An appeal court has quashed the conviction of a British Columbia woman in the drowning death of a toddler she was babysitting, saying the original outcome was "the product of a miscarriage...

Apr 12, 2023

Suspect facing more charges stemming from violent Montreal mosque break-in

Montreal police say a suspect accused in a violent break-in at a downtown mosque is facing more charges. Cory Anderson, 32, is charged with assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement and mischief ste...

Apr 12, 2023

Canadian parliamentarians visit Taiwan in united show of support against China

OTTAWA - A delegation of senior parliamentarians from all four of Canada's main federal parties is in Taiwan this week to show support for the island as it faces the threat of a Chinese invasion. Led ...

Apr 12, 2023

New dental care program should give First Nations benefits more teeth: NDP

OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says dental benefits for Indigenous people should be improved if the new national dental insurance plan offers better or more accessible services. The Liberals ha...

Apr 12, 2023

Beware risk of 'mutually sabotaging competition' on corporate subsidies: Freeland

WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is warning of the dangers of a global "race to the bottom" as government spending fuels the growth of the new green economy. Freeland issued the "polite...

Apr 12, 2023

Prairie premiers' fears about Lametti comments have 'no grounding in truth': Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs l...

Apr 12, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Teenager dies after being stabbed on transit bus in Surrey, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say a teenager has died from his injuries after he was stabbed while aboard a transit bus in the city. Police say it happened just before 9:30 Tuesday night. Inves...

Apr 12, 2023

Extended power outages raise questions about resilience of Quebec's power grid

MONTREAL - The weeklong power outages across Quebec after the April 5 ice storm are raising questions about the resilience of the province's electrical grid. Franois Bouffard, an electrical engineerin...

Apr 12, 2023

Conservatives ask Twitter to label CBC accounts as 'government-funded' media

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are asking Twitter to apply a "government-funded" label on accounts associated with the CBC, even as other public broadcasters decry the tag for not making clear ...

Apr 12, 2023