Category Archives: Canada
Quebec calls for public inquests into police officer's killing, deadly Montreal fire
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is asking the coroner to hold public inquests into the killing of a provincial police officer and a deadly fire in Old Montreal. Provincial police Sgt. Maureen Breau w...
Apr 04, 2023
Average carbon rebates were higher than average carbon price costs in 2021: report
OTTAWA - A new report says rebates sent to most Canadians in 2021 far outstripped what they paid in carbon pricing that year. The annual report on the federal government's national price on pollution ...
Apr 04, 2023
Once-prestigious 24 Sussex full of rodents, carcasses: National Capital Commission
OTTAWA - When a lumber baron first built a home for his wife 24 Sussex Drive, he described it as a place of peace, but now it has become a place of rodents. Documents from National Capital Commission ...
Apr 04, 2023
Alberta waited a month to declare emergency response to oilsands releases: document
EDMONTON - The Alberta government waited a month before calling an emergency response to one of the biggest releases of oilsands tailings in the province's history, a leaked document shows. The docume...
Apr 04, 2023
AFN chiefs endorse revised child-welfare settlement, call on Trudeau to apologize
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs have endorsed a revised multi-billion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve child and family services. Chiefs gathered...
Apr 04, 2023
Former Quebec doctor faces manslaughter charge after patient dies following surgery
MONTREAL - Laval police say a former doctor is facing a manslaughter charge after an 84-year-old patient died following a 2019 surgery. Isabelle Desormeau was arrested March 30 and released under cond...
Apr 04, 2023
Federal privacy watchdog probing OpenAI, ChatGPT after complaint about popular bot
OTTAWA - The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has launched an investigation into the company behind ChatGPT, an explosively popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot. The office says...
Apr 04, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Driver faces first-degree murder charges in Quebec pedestrian deaths
AMQUI, Que. - The Quebec man charged after a pickup truck crashed into pedestrians last month is now facing three counts of first-degree murder. According to charges filed today in Amqui, Que., Steeve...
Apr 04, 2023
Federal spending on staff grew rapidly during pandemic: parliamentary budget officer
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government's spending on employees saw record growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A newly published report says federal spending on personne...
Apr 04, 2023
Police say missing Akwesasne man tied to migrants found dead in St. Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Authorities investigating the disappearance of an Akwesasne man whose boat was found near the bodies of eight migrants pulled from the St. Lawrence River last week are confirming he is conn...
Apr 04, 2023