Canada

Alberta says chief actuary's pension plan report offers no estimate of its share

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it has heard back from Canada's chief actuary on its bid to leave the Canada Pension Plan, but there's no estimate on how much the province should get. The provi...

Dec 19, 2024

No charges against Mounties in arrest of prominent Alberta chief

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Alberta's police watchdog says there's no evidence an offence was committed when Mounties used force to arrest a First Nation chief outside a Fort McMurray, Alta., casino in 202...

Dec 19, 2024

CP NewsAlert: N.B. government reverses changes to school gender identity policy

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has followed through on a campaign pledge to reverse policy changes by the previous government concerning sexual orientation and gender identity in schoo...

Dec 19, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Police union criticizes assault case's handling after officer's suicide

VANCOUVER - The president of the Vancouver Police Union has criticized the handling of a sexual assault case that ended in the suicide of a Central Saanich Police officer. Ralph Kaisers says in a lett...

Dec 19, 2024

Canada Post starts accepting commercial mail as it ramps up post-strike operations

OTTAWA - Canada Post has started accepting commercial volumes of letters and parcels as it works to get back to normal operations following a month-long strike. However, the postal service has warned ...

Dec 19, 2024

Virani says new wrongful conviction commission will support women, racialized people

OTTAWA - The federal justice minister says a new commission that will review potential wrongful convictions will help racialized and Indigenous Peoples seek justice who are overrepresented in the crim...

Dec 19, 2024

Trudeau to shuffle cabinet Friday as pressure for him to resign remains

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Friday morning. A government source confirms a swearing-in ceremony will take place at Rideau Hall. This comes at the end of a tumult...

Dec 19, 2024

Quebec professor charged for stealing scholarship money intended for foreign students

MONTREAL - Quebec anticorruption police have arrested a former university professor for allegedly defrauding and extorting foreign students. Police say Ren Wamkeue used schemes to steal scholarship mo...

Dec 19, 2024

NDP seeks distance from Liberals, sees fight in next election is with Conservatives

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh began 2024 by propping up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government. He is ending the year calling for Trudeau's resignation. Singh's gradual effort to limi...

Dec 19, 2024

Nancy Karetak-Lindell, former MP, appointed as Nunavut Senator

OTTAWA - The first person to ever serve as the member of Parliament for Nunavut is being appointed to the Senate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce the appointment of Nancy Karetak-Lindell t...

Dec 19, 2024