Category Archives: Canada

Quebec human rights commission asks government to take hate, racism seriously
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission is calling on the provincial government to come up with a plan to fight racism and discrimination in the wake of a new report on abuse against min...
Sep 26, 2019

Supreme Court sides with Ontario in dispute over property survey copyright
OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision has put the brakes on a class-action suit over the rights to property surveys in Ontario. In 2007, Keatley Surveying Ltd. brought the ac...
Sep 26, 2019

Doctor growth in Canada more than doubles population increase over last 5 years
VICTORIA - The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Canada's population increased by...
Sep 26, 2019

Quebec First Nation challenging commercial lobster fishing limits
LISTUGUJ, Que. - An Indigenous band in eastern Quebec is challenging the limits of its commercial fishing licence, saying the federal government should allow its members to sell lobster caught during ...
Sep 26, 2019

Party leaders scatter from Vancouver Island to Montreal as campaign starts Week 3
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Green Leader Elizabeth May are both in Montreal today, as the third week of the federal election campaign begins. Scheer has a morning announcement ...
Sep 26, 2019

Huawei, frozen toes and a titillating trip; In-The-News for Sept. 24
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 Sept. 24. What we are watching ...
Sep 26, 2019

A cuppa plastic and talking to strangers; In-The-News for Sept. 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 Sept. 26. What we are watching ...
Sep 26, 2019

'Lonely and abandoned:' sentencing hearing for man who killed grandson
CALGARY - Crown and defence lawyers are suggesting significant prison time for a man convicted of killing his five-year-old grandson, who court heard went from friendly and happy to iso...
Sep 26, 2019

Heat rises as Trudeau, Scheer exchange fire in climate fight on campaign trail
OTTAWA - Long-simmering political differences over climate change boiled over into a series of personal attacks between the Liberal and Conservative leaders on the campaign trail Tuesday. Liberal Lead...
Sep 26, 2019

Indigenous shelter users leave sooner, return more often, federal study finds
OTTAWA - Indigenous people are spending fewer nights in homeless shelters than non-Indigenous users, a finding from federal researchers who warn in internal documents that the result points ...
Sep 26, 2019