Category Archives: Canada

A delegation of U.S. senators is in Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Carney
OTTAWA - Five United States senators are in Ottawa today for meetings with the Liberal government, including Prime Minister Mark Carney. The delegation includes Democrats Jeanne Shaheen, Tim Kaine, Am...
May 22, 2025

Conservative MP launches petition to end temporary foreign worker program
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has launched a petition to end the temporary foreign worker program. The petition says the temporary foreign worker program is a "large contributor" to an unsusta...
May 22, 2025

Supreme Court of Canada to examine role of rape shield law in sexual services case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at the application of the rape shield law in the case of two individuals accused of acting as pimps for a woman who worked from a house they rented. Sect...
May 22, 2025

Nearly one in three non-profit workers burnt out and food insecure, survey suggests
A survey of 1,116 employees at non-profit organizations across Canada indicates more than one-third of workers regularly feel burnt out and exhausted. The Changemaker Wellbeing Index says 36 per cent ...
May 22, 2025

Former world junior hockey player tears up at ex-teammates' sexual assault trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team briefly broke down in tears today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates as he faced questions over texts he sent a week after the...
May 22, 2025

Costs remain unclear for Canada to join Trump's Golden Dome
OTTAWA - An anti-weapons proliferation group says if Prime Minister Mark Carney signs on to U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defence shield, Canada could face ballooning financial cos...
May 22, 2025

Vancouver consolidating festival attack memorials, but advocates say it's too soon
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver has started work to consolidate temporary memorials near the site of the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack, but an advocacy group says it's too soon. Workers at one memor...
May 22, 2025

Don’t count AI-generated content as CanCon, CRTC hears
OTTAWA - Unions representing actors and writers are urging the CRTC not to classify artificial intelligence-generated material as Canadian content. The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radi...
May 22, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Israeli ambassador meets with Canadian officials after summons
OTTAWA - Israeli Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed says he met with senior officials from the foreign affairs ministry after Israeli soldiers fired warning shots near a diplomatic tour in the West Bank t...
May 22, 2025

Carney 'devastated and appalled' by killing of 2 Israeli embassy staff in Washington
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is "devastated and appalled" by the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington yesterday. The two staff members were leaving an event at a Jewish mu...
May 22, 2025