Canada

Governor General will likely agree to a Trudeau request to call snap election: expert

OTTAWA - A constitutional law expert says the long-standing tradition of the Governor General acceding to Canadian prime ministers' requests to dissolve Parliament will practically push newly installe...

Jul 28, 2021

U.K. excludes Canadian travellers from new exception to quarantine measures

Fully vaccinated Canadian travellers have been left out of plans to ease quarantine restrictions for entry in the United Kingdom. The U.K. announced today that fully vaccinated travellers in the U.S. ...

Jul 28, 2021

Green party bleeding cash amid legal battles with Annamie Paul

OTTAWA - The Green party is poised to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal battles with leader Annamie Paul, worsening an already rough financial situation as a federal election nears. ...

Jul 28, 2021

Group calls for integration of early childhood education and school systems

An advocacy group is calling for Canada to fully integrate child-care and early childhood education into its school systems. A new report from People for Education says there are clear benefits to ear...

Jul 28, 2021

Trudeau in N.L. for announcements about child care, Muskrat Falls hydro project

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Newfoundland and Labrador today to make announcements about child care and about the province's troubled Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity project, ...

Jul 28, 2021

Canada goes for Gold and First Indigenous GG Gets Sworn In: In The News for July 26

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 July 26... What we are watching on the world s...

Jul 28, 2021

Providing free menstrual products, farmer climate support : In The News for July 28

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

Jul 28, 2021

Liberals look to fall for movement on having free tampons, pads in federal workplaces

OTTAWA - Canada's labour minister was told earlier this year that efforts to provide free tampons and pads in federally regulated workplaces could cost employers more than $1 million annually to becom...

Jul 28, 2021

Farmers say heat wave, drought show vulnerable agricultural sector needs support

When an unprecedented heat wave "cooked" the cherries growing at his family's farm in Oliver, B.C., Pravin Dhaliwal tried to see past the financial loss to the passion that spurred him to follow in th...

Jul 28, 2021

Access requester told to wait five years for public health agency head's email, texts

OTTAWA - A requester seeking access to a week's worth of emails and messages from the head of a federal agency embroiled in controversy has been told to wait five years or more for a response under Ca...

Jul 28, 2021