Category Archives: Canada
CP NewsAlert: Alberta to reduce gas tax, offering $150 rebate on electricity bills
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province is taking action on high energy prices by reducing its tax on gasoline. He says the price at the pump will drop by 13 cents per litre. He also...
Mar 07, 2022
Canada planning for global food emergency, as Ukraine attack risks wheat supply
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the "ripple effects" of Russia's invasion in Ukraine include major disruptions to the United Nations Food program. Trudeau is in Europe this week as Canada ...
Mar 07, 2022
Arctic co-operation and study must continue despite Russian attack in: U.S. envoy
A top United States government official says there are plenty of issues to keep like-minded Arctic nations busy after Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced seven of them to pause their participation in ...
Mar 07, 2022
Trudeau opens door to more military spending in response to Russian invasion
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is opening the door to spending more on Canada's military in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trudeau is in London today for meetings with British Prime...
Mar 07, 2022
Non-citizens of Ukraine don't qualify for temporary refuge from war in Canada
OTTAWA - Masouma Tajik fled Taliban rule in Afghanistan in August, leaving her life and family behind at only 22 years old, carrying just one backpack. Last week, she left the new life she had built f...
Mar 07, 2022
Muslim groups ask feds ti intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugees in Vancouver
OTTAWA - Dozens of Muslim Canadian organizations are urging the prime minister, public safety minister, and president of the Canada Border Services Agency to intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugee cl...
Mar 07, 2022
Ottawa interim police chief vows 'systemic change' in wake of convoy protest
Ottawa's interim police chief Steve Bell has promised to rebuild the community's trust in the municipal force after a protest that filled the capital's streets with honking, diesel fumes and roadblock...
Mar 07, 2022
Victims' families press for senior RCMP witnesses at N.S. mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting is hearing from lawyers for victims' families today on why they want to call RCMP officers and a key 911 operator to the stand. Sandra M...
Mar 07, 2022
Global COVID-19 death toll reaches 6 million
The official global death toll from COVID-19 topped six-million this morning.The milestone recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is another reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as s...
Mar 07, 2022
Trudeau, leaders of U.K., the Netherlands vow solidarity with besieged Ukraine
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his British and Dutch counterparts displayed a show of solidarity with besieged Ukraine on Monday at a historic military base that helped defend Britain duri...
Mar 07, 2022