Canada

Airbnb: 79 per cent of Quebec rentals in February not certified, housing group says

MONTREAL - A report by a Montreal tenants' rights association says 79 per cent of the roughly 30,000 units in Quebec that were available for rent in February on Airbnb were not certified by the provin...

Mar 28, 2023

National Inuit organization seeking $1.6 billion for school food program

OTTAWA - A national Inuit organization is calling for about $1.6 billion in federal funding over 15 years to set up a co-ordinatedschool food program in the North. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami released a r...

Mar 28, 2023

Republicans, Democrats spar on Capitol Hill over Canada-U.S. migration 'crisis'

WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats are doing battle today over what one side calls a "crisis" of illegal immigration at the Canada-U.S. border. Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Securit...

Mar 28, 2023

Psychiatric evaluation extended for man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare

LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal psychiatric hospital says it needs more time to evaluate the mental state of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a daycare. The Philippe-Pin...

Mar 28, 2023

Provincial police officer killed during attempted arrest northeast of Montreal

LOUISEVILLE, Que. - A Quebec provincial police officer was killed while trying to arrest a man at a home in the province's Mauricie region Monday night. The police force confirmed in a news release Tu...

Mar 28, 2023

Freeland set to table federal budget : In The News for Mar. 28

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Mar. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Mar 28, 2023

B.C. to announce plan for access to diabetes drug Ozempic, hyped for weight loss

VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister plans to announce how the government will ensure patients in the province will have secure access to the diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic. Adrian Dix...

Mar 28, 2023

Montreal single-use plastics ban comes into effect, covering range of products

MONTREAL - A Montreal municipal bylaw banning the use of single-use plastic items comes into effect today, with glasses, stir sticks, straws and utensils among the items that will be prohibited. The b...

Mar 28, 2023

Bring title insurers under anti-money laundering rules, former executive says

Title insurers need to be brought under anti-money laundering rules to fight against scam artists who impersonate homeowners to sell or mortgage their properties, a former insurance executive says. Ti...

Mar 28, 2023

Senior Mounties involved in N.S. mass shooting response either retired or in new jobs

HALIFAX - As a public inquiry prepares for the release of its final report into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting, its findings are sure to refocus the spotlight on the RCMP's problem-plagued respons...

Mar 28, 2023