Canada

Translators to deliver Pope's words in languages forbidden in residential schools

EDMONTON - When Pope Francis arrives in Canada and is expected to beg forgiveness for Catholic-run residential schools, a team of translators will be dedicated to making sure no words are lost for tho...

Jul 24, 2022

Landfills and climate change increasing polar bear-human conflicts in Arctic: report

Climate change and human impacts on the land are behind a growing number of encounters between people and polar bears around the Arctic, new research concludes. "What we have seen is an increase in in...

Jul 24, 2022

Advocates say Canada should commit $1.2 billion to fight against AIDS, TB and malaria

MONTREAL - Advocacy groups working to end extreme poverty say they hope Canada will use an upcoming international AIDS conference in Montreal to commit new funding for a global organization that fight...

Jul 24, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Pope Francis leaves Rome for Indigenous reconciliation visit in Canada

ROME - Pope Francis has left Rome to begin his visit to Canada aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. A plane carrying the Pope is schedu...

Jul 24, 2022

CP NewsAlert: De Grasse leads Canada to men's 4x100m gold at world championships

EUGENE, Ore. - The Canadian quartet of Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake, and Aaron Brown, won gold in the men's 4x100-metre relay at the world track and field championships on Saturday. M...

Jul 23, 2022

Camping event in Montreal goes ahead as Parks Canada, homeless advocates strike deal

MONTREAL - A Montreal camping event that generated backlash from homeless advocates is going ahead after Parks Canada and its critics agreed to work together. The urban camping event will take place t...

Jul 23, 2022

Tourists among those getting monkeypox shots in Canada as global emergency declared

MONTREAL - Tourists are among those lining up to get monkeypox vaccines in Montreal as the World Health Organization declares the virus a global health emergency. Brian Maci was one of several New Yor...

Jul 23, 2022

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh 'optimistic' following first visit to N.W.T.

YELLOWKNIFE - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he is confident there are tangible solutions to challenges facing the North following his first trip to the Northwest Territories. Singh met with re...

Jul 23, 2022

Pope Francis to carry mass at one of Quebec's basilicas, Indigenous pilgrim site

MONTREAL - The site of the first mass in Quebec during the Pope's weeklong visit to Canada to make amends with First Nations, Mtis and Inuit communities is a renowned pilgrimage destination that merge...

Jul 23, 2022

Prospect of forgiveness stirs complex feelings among residential school survivors

EDMONTON - Residential school survivor Rod Alexis remembers his late father telling him: "Son, I don't know how to be a parent." "I lost the gift that was given to us by the Creator because I was all ...

Jul 23, 2022