Canada

'Intolerable': Educators at youth detention centre accused of having sex with minors

MONTREAL - Quebec's social services minister says he's disturbed by reports that educators at a detention centre for youth in Montreal had sexual relations with minor detainees. Lionel Carmant told re...

Oct 25, 2024

In the news today: Most Canadians would back Harris in U.S.: poll

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Most Canadians would back Harris in U.S.: poll If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would ...

Oct 25, 2024

Canadian consensus on immigration under threat, but not gone: immigration minister

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada's long-held consensus on immigration is under threat, but has not disappeared. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to slash...

Oct 25, 2024

Majority of Canadians would vote for Kamala Harris in U.S. election: poll

WASHINGTON - If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would choose to send Kamala Harris to the White House. In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 64 per cent of Canadian respondent...

Oct 25, 2024

New regulations allow Canada Post to ship restricted firearms returned in gun buyback

OTTAWA - The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport restricted firearms in new regulations that bring the retail gun buyback program one step closer to beginning. ...

Oct 25, 2024

Mail-in ballot figures coming for each B.C. riding, may make election outcome clearer

VICTORIA - Elections BC is expected to provide a breakdown today of the number of uncounted mail-in and absentee ballots in each of British Columbia's 93 ridings, potentially making clearer the outcom...

Oct 25, 2024

Facts about the B.C. Greens who could be kingmakers in the legislature

VICTORIA - Two Green Party legislators could hold the balance of power in British Columbia after Saturday's provincial election gave neither the NDP nor the B.C. Conservatives a majority of seats afte...

Oct 24, 2024

Policy points, partisan jabs mark closing foreign interference hearing

OTTAWA - Participants in a federal inquiry called on Ottawa today to take bolder action against foreign interference by making effective use of legal tools, closing loopholes and fostering public educ...

Oct 24, 2024

Crucial B.C. election recounts won't start until Sunday afternoon

VICTORIA - Voting officials say recounts in two ridings that could determine the outcome of British Columbia's election won't start until Sunday afternoon. Elections BC says results of the Surrey City...

Oct 24, 2024

Eight-year-old 'beloved' giraffe dies at Greater Vancouver Zoo

LANGLEY, B.C. - The Greater Vancouver Zoo says one of its iconic animals, Jenga the giraffe, has died "far too soon." The zoo says in a statement that the eight-year-old male was seen found "peacefull...

Oct 24, 2024