Canada

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

In the news today: Canada Post to start taking commercial mail again

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post to start accepting commercial mail as it ramps up post-strike operations Canada Post is set to sta...

Dec 19, 2024

'Running in fear': Documents depict chaos, confusion over Reclaiming Canada event

When the organizer of the We Unify Reclaiming Canada event contacted officials about booking the Victoria Conference Centre, he touted invitees from across the political spectrum, including liberal lu...

Dec 19, 2024