Category Archives: Canada
Supreme Court of Canada to review inmates' challenge of jail lockdowns
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the cases of two inmates who challenged the use of rotating lockdowns at a Nova Scotia jail. The two inmates at the Central Nova Scotia Correcti...
Dec 04, 2025
Feds facing climate criticisms action amid resignations on net-zero advisory body
OTTAWA - Two founding members of Canada's net-zero advisory body have resigned, accusing the Carney government of not seeking the group's advice on key policy decisions, including the Alberta energy d...
Dec 04, 2025
More than 27,000 public servants were paid $150,000 or more last year
OTTAWA - More than 27,000 federal public servants were paid at least $150,000 in the last fiscal year, a document tabled in Parliament shows. It says more than 20,000 employees received compensation -...
Dec 04, 2025
Study that said glyphosate herbicide is safe retracted 25 years after publication
OTTAWA - An influential research article that claimed a popular weed-killer was safe has been retracted 25 years after it was published, prompting environment groups in Canada to ask the federal gover...
Dec 04, 2025
Montreal-area measles case is first reported in Quebec since April
MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting a new case of measles in the Montreal area, the first in the province since April. The case involves a person who visited a pediatric clinic in St-Eustache, Que., an off...
Dec 04, 2025
Judge to rule in January if man accused in triple murder was criminally responsible
MONTREAL - A man who stabbed his parents and grandmother to death inside their Montreal home in March 2023 should be found not criminally responsible for the crimes, the prosecution and defence told a...
Dec 04, 2025
Quebec government to table bill banning vote-buying in leadership races
QUBEC - The Quebec government will table a bill on Friday to ban vote-buying in political party leadership races, following allegations involving the provincial Liberal party. Jean-Franois Roberge, th...
Dec 04, 2025
Carney to meet Trump, Sheinbaum in Washington at FIFA event Friday
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at a FIFA World Cup event Friday in Washington as trade negotiations between Canada and the United States r...
Dec 04, 2025
Children's hospitals seeing more flu cases as earlier season takes a toll
TORONTO - Hospitals are seeing more children sick with flu after the virus began circulating earlier than usual this year. The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario said it saw eight times more kids ...
Dec 04, 2025
In the news: Food prices rise, First Nations to meet Feds, B.C. Conservative chaos
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Food prices to rise 4-6% next year: report Expect food to take up a bigger share of household budgets next ye...
Dec 04, 2025
