Canada

Quebec police watchdog investigates shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured in Far North

SALLUIT, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after one person was killed and another injured in a shooting involving police in the northern territory of Nunavik. The watchdog, known as th...

Nov 04, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Elections BC says box of 861 votes uncounted, others votes unreported

VICTORIA - Elections BC says it has discovered that a ballot box containing 861 votes wasn't counted in the recent provincial election, as well as other mistakes including 14 votes going unreported in...

Nov 04, 2024

Indian prime minister condemns violence at Hindu temple in Ontario

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is condemning violence that erupted Sunday when Indian consular officials visited a Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont., as police announced three peopl...

Nov 04, 2024

Conservatives are trying to loosen regulations on natural health products

OTTAWA - A Conservative MP wants Parliament to undo changes made by the Liberals last year that brought natural health products under the same regulations as pharmaceuticals. The new rules mean Health...

Nov 04, 2024

'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair

WINNIPEG - Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, died Monday in Winnipeg. He was 73. Here are some notable tributes to...

Nov 04, 2024

Supreme Court won't revisit request from four Canadian men held in Syria

OTTAWA - Canada's top court will not reconsider pleas from four Canadian men detained in Syria for a hearing that could open a path to their freedom. Last year the Supreme Court of Canada declined to ...

Nov 04, 2024

Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules

OTTAWA - Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage temporary foreign workers take effect on Friday. Groupe Nadeau, a Quebec-based trucking ...

Nov 04, 2024

Jacques Villeneuve calls thieves of late father's bronze monument soulless idiots

MONTREAL - Jacques Villeneuve, the son of late Canadian Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, is lashing out at thieves who stole a bronze statue of his father from outside a Quebec museum in his hono...

Nov 04, 2024

Quebec plans to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system

MONTREAL - The provincial government says it will force new doctors trained in Quebec to work in the province's public health-care system for the first years of their practice. Health Minister Christi...

Nov 04, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Murray Sinclair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission chair, dies at 73

WINNIPEG - Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools, has died at the age of 73. Niigaan Sinclair says his father died this morning in a Winnipeg hosp...

Nov 04, 2024