Canada

Homeless shelter future fuels simmering dispute between province, Penticton council

PENTICTON, B.C. - A homeless shelter at the centre of a dispute between the British Columbia government and the City of Penticton was portrayed Tuesday as a drug den and a potential catalyst to spur a...

Mar 23, 2021

Saskatchewan premier yet to read report into RCMP handling of Colten Boushie death

REGINA - Saskatchewan's premier says he has yet to read the full report by a complaints commission that found RCMP discriminated against the mother of Colten Boushie -- an Indigenous man who was shot ...

Mar 23, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan closes restaurants, issues travel advisory in Regina

REGINA - Saskatchewan is tightening public-health measures in its capital city over concerns about the spread of COVID-19 variants. The province says a ban on household guests that was lifted two week...

Mar 23, 2021

Former ambassador MacNaughton did not violate Lobbying Act: commissioner

OTTAWA - Canada's former ambassador to the United States has been cleared of illegally lobbying federal government officials. Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Blanger says David MacNaughton did not violate...

Mar 23, 2021

Singh says he disagrees with MP's post on racism in Quebec, but demands no apology

OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he does not agree with accusations that Quebecers are racist after one of his MPs applauded controversial remarks by a University of Ottawa professor. N...

Mar 23, 2021

29-year-old Montreal woman dies following alleged attack by her boyfriend

Montreal police say a 29-year-old woman is dead after allegedly being assaulted by her partner. The woman was transported to hospital in critical condition on Saturday after she was found in an apartm...

Mar 23, 2021

Judge blocks admission of new evidence on 'loan loss' in Meng case

VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has lost a bid to admit additional evidence in her extradition case showing no risk of loan loss by the international bank at the centre of the fraud allegati...

Mar 23, 2021

Liberals to unveil federal budget on April 19, Freeland says

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal Liberals will table a budget on April 19. It will be the first federal budget in more than two years, after the government opted not to int...

Mar 23, 2021

China slams Canada's treatment of First Nations in response to sanctions

OTTAWA - China lashed out Tuesday against Canada and other western countries saying they have no right to criticize the regime's human-rights record, considering their own. The criticism was part of t...

Mar 23, 2021

Health Canada says AstraZeneca vaccine safe, effective but will add warning on clots

OTTAWA - Health Canada is in the process of adding a warning about a rare possible side-effect of blood clots from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine but is still certain the vaccine is safe and effective...

Mar 23, 2021