Canada

Personal spending a party matter, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says how he used party funds to pay personal expenses is an internal matter and he won't provide any details. Revelations that Scheer was ...

Jan 25, 2020

NDP to put forward private member's bill on making national pharmacare a reality

OTTAWA - The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program. NDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill a...

Jan 25, 2020

Sides in Regina refinery labour dispute lay down conditions for talks to resume

REGINA - The owner of a Saskatchewan oil refinery where workers are locked out in a contract dispute says there has been a discussion with Unifor about returning to bargaining, but the ...

Jan 25, 2020

Second day of search yields no sign of French snowmobilers missing in Quebec

ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - It was an exuberant group of French travellers who set off from Christine Reis' inn north of La Tuque, Que., on Tuesday morning, eager for the second day of ...

Jan 25, 2020

Feds roll out education, call for self-reporting to prevent coronavirus outbreak

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is rolling out information rather than surgical masks and thermal scanners to try to keep the country safe from a virus that has already killed more than two...

Jan 25, 2020

Facing minority Parliament, Trudeau tells MPs to respect opposition

OTTAWA - Play nice. That was Justin Trudeau's advice Thursday to Liberal MPs as they gathered to plot strategy for Monday's resumption of Parliament for its first extended sitting ...

Greg Fry Jan 24, 2020

Is climate action a $26-trillion opportunity? 'A little baloney' in minister's claim

OTTAWA - "This is not simply an environmental issue. It is an economic issue. The estimates going forward in terms of the size of the prize for countries that are in this game early, developing techno...

Jan 25, 2020

St. John's, N.L., lifts state of emergency eight days after massive storm

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's has lifted a state of emergency that's been in place for more than a week. The provincial capital made the initial declaration last Friday, as ...

Jan 25, 2020

Response to the coronavirus and a protest-for-hire; In The News for Jan. 23

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 Jan. 23 ... What we are wa...

Jan 25, 2020

Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes

CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes - long before ...

Jan 25, 2020