The Canadian Press News Home
WEBGastrointestinal illnesses linked to P.E.I. shellfish festival jump to 550. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Trudeau, Macron say they remain committed to ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon as Netanyahu vows to maintain strikes. (Sep. 26, 2024)
National ceremony in Ottawa will mark Truth and Reconciliation Day
WEB12 hours ago · OTTAWA - A National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony is planned in Ottawa this afternoon to honour the survivors of Canada's residential school system and the children who never returned home. The event on Parliament Hill is set to begin at 3 p.m. ET and includes survivors and Indigenous ...
Canada Child Benefit hailed for reducing poverty, as families get ...
WEBJul 20, 2023 · According to the Canada Revenue Agency, the benefit gradually decreases when the adjusted family net income is over $34,863. In an interview, Families Minister Karina Gould touted the positive effects of the benefit, attributing the success in poverty reduction to the fact that the payments are targeted and income-tested.
The NDP-Liberal deal is done. What happens now?
WEBSep 4, 2024 · The NDP-Liberal deal is done. What happens now? Sep 4, 2024. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, prepare for the start of the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. The NDP has pulled out of a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals.
Budget 2024: Key numbers from the Liberals' latest spending plan
WEBApr 16, 2024 · $19.4 billion: The amount of revenue Ottawa expects to get from five years of targeted changes to capital gains taxes. $1.5 billion: The five-year cost of universal coverage of contraceptives and diabetes medicine and supplies over the next five years.
In the news today: Parliament resumes under precarious conditions
WEBSep 16, 2024 · Local leaders have wish list for B.C. election. The president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities says communities have billions of dollars worth of infrastructure that will need replacing in the next decade and the province needs to …
Son of Canadian parents killed in Lebanon urges Ottawa to ramp …
WEB3 hours ago · The son of two Canadians who were killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon last week says the Canadian government needs to do more to help its citizens leave Lebanon as the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates. 75-year-old Hussein, left, and 70-year-old Daad Tabaja, seen in an undated handout photo, were trying to flee their village in southern Lebanon on Monday when an Israeli bomb ...
As rail shutdown looms, business groups warn of dire …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Train tracks are seen in an aerial view at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail yard in Port Coquitlam, B.C., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. A phased shutdown of the networks at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is already underway as the clock ticks down on negotiations with the union representing 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers.
Counting the cost of British Columbia's toxic drug crisis
WEB2 days ago · The toxic drug crisis is one of the most contentious and widely debated issues ahead of British Columbia's provincial election on Oct. 19. Here's a look at the provincial statistics on toxic drug deaths to July 31, according to the BC Coroners Service. Deaths since declaration of public health emergency in April 2016: 15,140. 2024 deaths: 1,365.
One person dead after morning shooting in Toronto's Weston ...
WEB5 hours ago · Toronto police say one person is dead after being shot in the northwestern part of the city on Monday morning. Police say officers were called to the scene in the Weston neighbourhood just before 7:30 a.m. They say they found the male shooting victim on the northwest corner of the Jane Street and ...