Canada

Feds seek organization to administer Black-led philanthropic fund

OTTAWA - The federal government has begun its search for an organization to administer an endowment fund aimed at bolstering the economic and social well-being of Black Canadians. The most recent fede...

Oct 03, 2022

Quebec votes, sex workers challenging Criminal Code : In The News for Oct. 3

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 Oct. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Greg Fry Oct 03, 2022

Quebec votes: Quebecers head to the polls for province's general election

MONTREAL - Quebecers are heading to the polls today after a five-week provincial election campaign dominated by issues such as immigration, the environment and the rising cost of living. Polls have su...

Oct 03, 2022

Sex workers challenging criminal laws in court, citing Charter violation

OTTAWA - An alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court today asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional. The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work L...

Oct 03, 2022

Quebec votes: Party leaders work to get the vote out on final campaign day

MONTREAL - Quebec's major party leaders made one final appeal to voters on the eve of Monday's general election as polls continued to show Franois Legault's party with a considerable lead over his adv...

Oct 02, 2022

The gig is up: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney set to step down from top job

EDMONTON - Don't cry for me, Alberta, I was leaving anyway. It's Premier Jason Kenney's swan song message as he prepares to depart the province's top job, forced out by the very United Conservative Pa...

Oct 02, 2022

'The lunatics are trying to take over:' Quotes from Kenney's time in Alberta politics

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative Party is to vote in a new leader and premier on Thursday. Premier Jason Kenney announced in May, following a leadership review, that he would be stepping down....

Oct 02, 2022

Jason Kenney on list of past Alberta premiers to resign amid party strife

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced in May that he would be stepping down as United Conservative Party leader after receiving 51.4 per cent support in a leadership review. Kenney said th...

Oct 02, 2022

What each province, territory did on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Friday was the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. The federal government made Sept. 30 a statutory holiday for its workers and federally regulated...

Oct 02, 2022

Russian embassy complaints show tricky business of protecting embassies and diplomats

OTTAWA - Russia's recent complaints about its Ottawa embassy being blocked by protesters and attacked with a Molotov cocktail shed light on the tricky balance Canada faces in protecting diplomatic mis...

Oct 02, 2022