Category Archives: CP Canada
UBCM leaders call on B.C. to fill housing gaps that led to increased homelessness
VICTORIA - Municipal leaders in British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to fill housing gaps that have been pressing for "far too long" and have increased homelessness in their commu...
Sep 22, 2025
Ottawa asks court to overturn tribunal order on First Nations child welfare
OTTAWA - Ottawa is asking the Federal Court to overturn a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order directing it to work with First Nations to reform the child welfare system, and for a new panel to be str...
Sep 22, 2025
Environment Canada officials grilled on Canada's climate targets at committee hearing
OTTAWA - Environment and Climate Change Canada officials struggled Monday to explain how recent federal policy shifts have affected national emissions reduction targets, as federal ministers in recent...
Sep 22, 2025
Plaintiffs suing Gilbert Rozon for sex assault can't all be lying, lawyer says
MONTREAL - A lawyer for nine women accusing the founder of the Just for Laughs comedy festival of sexual assault said it's impossible his clients are all lying about what happened to them. Bruce Johns...
Sep 22, 2025
Five things to know about the B.C. ostrich farm and pending cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where about 400 birds are expected to be culled over an outbreak of avian fl...
Sep 22, 2025
MPs set to push Champagne to clarify budget timing at finance committee
OTTAWA - Finance Minster Franois-Philippe Champagne will appear in front of the House of Commons' finance committee in two weeks as MPs seek clarity on the budget cycle. Ottawa's spending plans are tr...
Sep 22, 2025
Hate crime bill could criminalize protests, civil liberties' group says
OTTAWA - Civil liberties' groups are warning that the Liberal government's new hate crimes bill could undermine the right to protest. Vibert Jack, litigation director at the BC Civil Liberties Associa...
Sep 22, 2025
Five things to take away from Carney's remarks on foreign policy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed the Council on Foreign Relations think tank in New York on Monday before attending the UN General Assembly. There, he pitched the audience on Canada as a ...
Sep 22, 2025
'He was a good boy': Police on Montreal's South Shore shoot and kill teenager
LONGUEUIL - Drops of blood were still visible on the sidewalk of a quiet residential neighbourhood on Montreal's South Shore on Monday, where a group of teenagers gathered to mourn the death of their ...
Sep 22, 2025
Health advocates call on Liberals to keep pharmacare promise ahead of budget
OTTAWA - Health care advocates say they're worried the Liberal government will backtrack on its promise to create a universal, single-payer pharmacare program. Frdrique Chabot, executive director of A...
Sep 22, 2025
