Canada

Current Canadian military and police missions in the Middle East

OTTAWA - As experts warn that Iran might retaliate violently after the United States killed its military leader Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, here is a list of Canadian deployments in the Middle East, ...

Jan 03, 2020

Killing of Iranian general sparks concerns for safety of Canadian troops

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the safety of Canadians in the Middle East is the government's "paramount concern" after an American airstrike killed a top Iranian g...

Jan 03, 2020

'Doomsday' scenario of mass layoffs due to AI unlikely, federal documents say

OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that top government officials believe there is no imminent threat that artificial intelligence and robots will displace large segments of the Canadian workforce....

Jan 03, 2020

Texas murder suspected arrested in Halifax to have deportation hearing

HALIFAX - A man suspected of murder in Texas and arrested by police in Halifax earlier this week will go before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada to determine whether he should be sent back ...

Jan 03, 2020

First Nation looks ahead after court sides with natural gas company

SMITHERS, B.C. - A hereditary chief with the Wet'suwet'en First Nation says the community is expecting further police action after the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled in favour of a natural gas c...

Jan 03, 2020

Coastal GasLink and U.S. vaping crackdown; In The News for Jan. 3

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. 3. What we are watching in Canada ... A h...

Jan 03, 2020

Dikes, ditches and dams: Manitoba's fight against flooding is complex

WINNIPEG - It has become an annual ritual in Manitoba - mid-winter thoughts turn to the spring melt and whether land and communities will be threatened by rising water that comes from r...

Jan 03, 2020

Top CEOs made as much as average worker earns in a year by mid-morning Thursday

OTTAWA - Canada's 100 highest-paid chief executives were paid record amounts in 2018 in comparison to the employees beneath them, according to a new report released Thursday. The Canadian Centre for P...

Jan 02, 2020

Veterans Affairs looks for public input on monument for Afghanistan mission

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking for advice from the public on what a monument to Canada's 13-year mission in Afghanistan should look like. An online consultation runs until Jan. 20, seeking...

Jan 02, 2020

Minister says change won't come 'overnight' as new child-welfare law takes effect

OTTAWA - Some Indigenous communities could soon take over authority for their child-welfare systems under a federal law that took effect this week. But it could be years before others are prepare...

Jan 02, 2020