Canada

Slurry pit deaths: Quebec coroner warns of dangers to farmers from manure gases

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is urging the province's professional farmers association to increase efforts to educate its members on the dangers of slurry pits. Coroner Nancy Bouchard made the recommen...

Sep 02, 2025

Canadian Red Cross helps rebuild Ukrainian children's hospital after rocket attack

KYIV - Workers dangle from ropes as they brush the last bit of white paint on the trim of the Okhmatdyt children's cardiac hospital in Kyiv. Below them, a damaged children's stroller and construction ...

Sep 02, 2025

Federal NDP launches leadership race

OTTAWA - The federal NDP today officially launched the race to find its next leader. In a news release, the party says there has been strong interest in the contest since Aug. 20, when the application...

Sep 02, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney huddles with cabinet in Toronto ahead of fall sitting

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney headed to Toronto on Tuesday for two days of private meetings with his cabinet ahead of the fall legislative sitting. It's Carney's second cabinet retreat since win...

Sep 02, 2025

Legault tells auto board scandal inquiry he only learned of cost overruns in February

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he only learned about cost overruns at the province's auto insurance board in February 2025. Legault is testifying at a public inquiry examining how the ...

Sep 02, 2025

Ottawa sets 100-day timeline to fix CRA delays, service issues

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says he wants to address headaches at the Canada Revenue Agency in 100 days. Champagne says in a letter to the chair of Parliament's finance commit...

Sep 02, 2025

Majority of Canadian youth have been bullied, child poverty on the rise: report

A new report released as students across the country return to school finds bullying, poverty and mental illness are on the rise among Canadian youth and urges action from policy-makers to improve the...

Sep 02, 2025

In the news today: Strike deadline passes for public service staff

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Strike deadline passes for public service staff The deadline has passed for possible strike action to begin in...

Sep 02, 2025

Quebec has turned down funds aimed at addressing systemic racism in the courts

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn't agree with the program's approach. The federal gov...

Sep 02, 2025

Strike deadline passes for B.C. public service staff

VANCOUVER - The deadline has passed for possible strike action to begin in British Columbia by an array of public service workers that includes liquor store staff, community college instructors and mu...

Sep 02, 2025