Category Archives: National News – CP

Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon has resigned, Premier Franois Legault announced Wednesday, after the province's ethics commissioner called for him to be suspended from the legislature over a...

OTTAWA - Canada's veterans ombudsman is adding her voice to long-standing calls for the federal government to create a dedicated peer-support program for those who have experienced sexual trauma while...

OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says he is open to considering different legal avenues when it comes to residential schools with burial grounds - in particular the possibility of prote...

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - Hundreds of people gathered outside the courthouse where the coroner's inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan ended Wednesday, hopeful that her death leads to concrete changes ...

OTTAWA - An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide. Medicine Hat fir...

OTTAWA - The discovery of an unmarked burial site at a Kamloops, B.C. residential school has sent shock waves across the world, which experts say will have a lasting negative impact on Canada's reputa...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:25 p.m. British Columbia health officials say a return to normal life may cause anxiety for some people as COVID-19 restrictio...

OTTAWA - Canada is doubling its direct cash commitment to help buy COVID-19 vaccines for the global sharing program known as COVAX but isn't sending any actual doses this month despite a desperate ple...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 2... What we are watching in Canada ... H...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. There are 1,383,214 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,383,214 confirmed cases (31,164 active,...