Category Archives: Canada
Canada to deport Montreal man facing death sentence in Egypt
OTTAWA - An Egyptian refugee claimant in Montreal says the Canadian government is deporting him to face a death sentence at the hands of the Egyptian legal system. Ezzat Gouda has been ordered to retu...
Oct 30, 2023
Canada expands drug strategy to prevent more overdoses, provide additional services
The federal government is expanding its drug and substance use strategy to try to save more lives and provide more services to people disproportionately affected by Canada's overdose crisis. The Publi...
Oct 30, 2023
Federal Court dismisses applications against Trudeau's 2020 firearms ban
OTTAWA - The Federal Court today dismissed a legal challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's May 2020 regulations banning some 1,500 styles of firearms. Justice Catherine Kane says in a decision re...
Oct 30, 2023
Indigenous group wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose 2018 Juno over ancestry doubts
The Indigenous Women's Collective is calling for Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose her 2018 Juno Award for Indigenous album of the year, after a CBC story raised doubts about the singer's ancestry. The colle...
Oct 30, 2023
Feds ban WeChat, Kaspesky apps from government-issued devices over security concerns
OTTAWA - The federal government is banning WeChat and Kaspersky applications from its phones over security concerns. WeChat is a social network, messaging and payments app from Chinese company Tencent...
Oct 30, 2023
Climate change: Droughts, heavy rain turn Canada's pumpkin harvest spooky
Severe weather across Canada caused by climate change has wreaked havoc with the pumpkin harvest this year. Nova Scotia pumpkin farmer Danny Dill says the spring planting season was arid because of wi...
Oct 30, 2023
Joly to plead for humanitarian pauses as she says time is running out to help in Gaza
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says time is running out to help people in Gaza. In a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto this afternoon, Joly is expected to plead for human...
Oct 30, 2023
Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home h...
Oct 30, 2023
White House lays out early framework for regulating AI development, growth
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order later today laying out the ground rules and guardrails for the explosive development and growth of artificial intelligence....
Oct 30, 2023
In the news today: Son of Canadian presumed hostage in Gaza fears military escalation
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Son of Canadian presumed hostage in Gaza: 'Military actions don't solve anythin...
Oct 30, 2023
