Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Sheila North, a former grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, has announced her bid to become the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. North is an advocate for missi...

MONTREAL - A Canadian researcher whose criminal conviction in Algeria was criticized by human rights groups has been released from prison after a court reduced his sentence. Raouf Farrah's lawyer, Kou...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada will limit some of its work while the federal government develops new legislation to respond to a recent Sup...

Quebec City police say a 19-year-old woman was killed in her home early this morning while a 16-year-old boy was seriously injured. Police say doctors fear for the life of the injured teen, who was li...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says self-reported paid sick leave coverage has increased moderately since 1995, but coverage for front-line workers is still far from universal. The federal agency says tha...

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it is providing support to the family of a seventh Canadian killed during ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. More coming. The Canadian Press

The Canada Border Services Agency has issued an "armed and dangerous" alert to its officers stationed along the Canada-U.S. border, warning them to be on the lookout for the man suspected of fatally s...

OTTAWA - Canadian dentists are demanding details on Ottawa's soon-to-be announced federal dental insurance plan and how the federal government pans to preserve existing provincial and private coverage...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce the nomination of Mary Moreau, chief justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, to the Supreme Court of Canada. A senior government sour...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Israeli troops launch brief ground raid into Gaza ahead of expected wider incur...