Canada

Tobacco settlement will not protect future generations from addiction: advocates

The Canadian Cancer Society says a proposed settlement that may see tobacco companies pay out billions of dollars would do little to prevent future generations from becoming addicted to smoking. More ...

Oct 18, 2024

Quebec nurses union votes in favour of new collective agreement

MONTREAL - Quebec's largest nurses union has reached a deal with the provincial government more than a year and a half after their collective agreement expired in March 2023. Fdration interprofessionn...

Oct 18, 2024

In the news today: Testy B.C. election campaign reaches final day

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Testy B.C. election campaign reaches final day British Columbia's election campaign enters its final day in wh...

Oct 18, 2024

Housing, health, and plastic straws: Here's how B.C. politicians are wooing voters

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's political party leaders have spent the 28-day provincial election campaign wooing voters with promises on critical issues including health care, housing, the cost of liv...

Oct 18, 2024

Testy B.C. election campaign sees leaders attacking each other more than policy

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's election campaign enters its final day in what is viewed as a too-close-to-call contest where David Eby's New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives led by John Rustad deb...

Oct 18, 2024

More details expected on proposed deal that would see tobacco giants pay billions

More details are expected today on a proposed deal that would see the three major companies pay out billions of dollars to provinces and territories as well as smokers and their loved ones. The compan...

Oct 18, 2024

Amber Alert issued for five-day-old baby in Saskatchewan

RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an Amber Alert after a newborn baby was allegedly abducted from a health centre in the community of Montreal Lake. Police say they were told this afternoon that five-d...

Oct 17, 2024

Here are the key numbers in the deal proposed by three tobacco giants

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay billions of dollars to provincial and territorial governments as well as smokers across Canada as part of a corporate restructuring process set off by a legal...

Oct 17, 2024

Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, smokers in proposed deal

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to some 100,000 Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restruct...

Oct 17, 2024

RCMP say girl's death in Alberta lake could be criminal

WABAMUN, Alta. - Mounties say they're treating the death of a five-year-old girl pulled from an Alberta lake as a criminal matter. RCMP said Sunday that two people had been found after a canoe overtur...

Oct 17, 2024