Category Archives: Canada
As Quebec teachers strike drags on, fears rise about children's welfare
MONTREAL - A four-week Quebec teachers strike that has shut schools across the province is spurring concern for students' education and development. Fdration Autonome de l'Enseignement, which represen...
Dec 21, 2023
Dutch court orders Amanda Todd's tormentor to serve six years of 13-year B.C. term
AMSTERDAM - The man who extorted and bullied British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd into suicide has had his 13-year sentence from a Canadian court converted to a six-year prison term in Europe. An Ams...
Dec 21, 2023
B.C. woman faces multiple charges for under-18 sex trafficking, say Langley RCMP
LANGLEY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say a woman faces more than a dozen charges related to an alleged human trafficking scheme involving sexual exploitation of people under 18. Langley RCMP say...
Dec 21, 2023
Quebec introducing new rule to reduce bat deaths linked to wind farms
Quebec's Environment Department says it is introducing a new measure to mitigate the impact of wind farms on bats native to the province. The government will require all future wind farm projects to i...
Dec 21, 2023
Alberta third province to sign health-care funding deal with Ottawa
CALGARY - Alberta has signed a $1.06 billion, three-year deal with the federal government to help fund improvements to the province's health-care system. It's the third province to come to an agreemen...
Dec 21, 2023
Liberals echo Hamas condemnation after militant leader hails Canada ceasefire stance
OTTAWA - The Liberals are stressing that Hamas needs to surrender to Israel, after the militant group praised Ottawa for calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says t...
Dec 21, 2023
Measures for Canadians with families trapped in Gaza expected to be announced today
OTTAWA - The National Council of Canadian Muslims says Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to make an announcement today about special measures for Canadians with family members trapped in th...
Dec 21, 2023
Federal government to give $471 million to Toronto in housing deal
TORONTO - The federal government says it will give Toronto nearly half a billion dollars in housing funding. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in Toronto this morning, saying the cit...
Dec 21, 2023
In the news today: Canada's ambassador to the U.S. talks Trump, UN resolution on Gaza
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... 'Watershed year' for Canada-U.S. ties: Hillman Canada's ambassador to the Unite...
Dec 21, 2023
Canada learned lessons from Trump's first term — and vice versa, says ambassador
WASHINGTON - It's a truism in foreign-policy circles that the world learned some hard lessons from Donald Trump's volatile first term as president. But as the prospect of a second term looms, could it...
Dec 21, 2023
