Category Archives: National News – CP

ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's information and privacy commissioner says governments need to work together to hold big technology companies to account in the wake of a cyberattack that affec...

TORONTO - Funding of special education in Ontario is not keeping pace with the growth in need, which is rising faster than general enrolment, the province's auditor general said Tuesday. In a report o...

QUBEC - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he's worried the federal government is spying on his party. St-Pierre Plamondon told reporters on Tuesday he has no proof but says there's a ...

TORONTO - New artificial intelligence transcription services for doctors are at risk of providing inaccurate information and outright hallucinations, the province's auditor general concluded in a spec...

OTTAWA - A United Nations panel is calling on Ottawa to make it a priority to eliminate the second-generation cutoff in the Indian Act. In a technical advice paper published last week, the United Nati...

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending the contracts of about 750 term workers at its pay centre to manage a surge in expected job cuts. Nicole Allen, spokesperson for Public Services and Procur...

VANCOUVER - The federal and B.C. governments want artificial intelligence firms to have a strong foothold in Canada to spur economic and job growth, but say there's also a need for guardrails on the t...

OTTAWA - The former environment minister who helped to create the Impact Assessment Agency eight years ago says the federal government's proposal to change how pipelines are assessed risks delaying th...

MONTREAL - An Italian court has ordered a new extradition hearing for Dave Turmel, who had been Canada's most-wanted fugitive until his 2025 arrest. Turmel's lawyer, Danile Roy, says her client succes...

VANCOUVER - Members of British Columbia's nurses union have voted overwhelmingly to strike, with union president Adriane Gear raising the prospect of a dispute while "the whole world is watching us" d...