Canada

What you need to know as Trudeau fights to retain leadership of the Liberal party

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resisted calls for his resignation for more than a year now but in recent weeks those calls have grown louder and in some cases more public. The Liberal cauc...

Oct 23, 2024

Saskatchewan teachers get degrading messages after change room complaint

REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers in a school division that received a complaint about two "biological boys" using a girls change room say they have received degrading messages over the past week. The Pr...

Oct 22, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Two people confirmed killed when Vancouver Island road washed out

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - RCMP say the body of a second person has been found inside their vehicle after a road washed away amid pouring rain on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Police say two vehicles ...

Oct 22, 2024

Families call for inquiry after nine Indigenous people killed in police interactions

OTTAWA - Black and Indigenous women gathered in Ottawa to demand action following a spate of police-involved deaths, including nine Indigenous people who were killed in interactions with police in Aug...

Oct 22, 2024

Auditor general will probe government contracts with ArriveCan app contractor

OTTAWA - The federal auditor general will probe all government contracts given to the company that was behind the controversial ArriveCan app. The app was created during COVID-19 to allow Canadians re...

Oct 22, 2024

Abdelrazik wipes away tears in court as he recounts time in Sudanese detention

OTTAWA - Abousfian Abdelrazik wiped away tears today as he told a court about being detained in Sudan two decades ago. He is suing the Canadian government for $27 million, claiming officials arranged ...

Oct 22, 2024

Quebec government considers abolishing time change, announces consultations

QUBEC - The Quebec government says it wants to hear from Quebecers about the possibility of scrapping the twice-yearly time change. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says the time change has a num...

Oct 22, 2024

Child welfare reform is in the hands of the AFN after deal voted down, minister says

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says it is up to the Assembly of First Nations to come back to the federal government with a clear message about how it wants to proceed after chiefs ...

Oct 22, 2024

John Rustad shares his B.C. Conservative origin story, in postelection message

VANCOUVER - John Rustad has taken to social media to describe his origin story as leader of British Columbia's Conservative Party, which he took from obscurity to the brink of power in Saturday's prov...

Oct 22, 2024

Montreal suburb begins controversial deer cull to reduce population in local park

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A Montreal suburb has started an operation to kill white-tailed deer in one of its local parks, after years of legal battles with activists seeking to save the animals. A spokesman f...

Oct 22, 2024