Skip to content

National News

Bill to update impact assessment law coming in spring: Wilkinson

Bill to update impact assessment law coming in spring: Wilkinson

OTTAWA — The federal government will introduce legislation this spring to fix the constitutional problems the Supreme Court of Canada has with the Impact Assessment Act, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says.
World junior hockey players' sex assault case to be before London court on Monday

World junior hockey players' sex assault case to be before London court on Monday

LONDON, Ont. — The sexual assault case of five players from Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team is set to be before a London, Ont., court on Monday.
A look at some reaction to the Alberta government's proposed transgender policies

A look at some reaction to the Alberta government's proposed transgender policies

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced changes to rules surrounding transgender youth.
Interest rates not to blame for housing crisis, Macklem says

Interest rates not to blame for housing crisis, Macklem says

OTTAWA — Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank can't solve the housing crisis with interest rates because the root cause is a supply shortage.
AI is already permeating politics — and it’s time to put rules in place, experts say

AI is already permeating politics — and it’s time to put rules in place, experts say

OTTAWA — A woman in a grey-brown shirt sits next to a man, looking like she could be listening intently to someone out of frame. She has her arms crossed on a table — but also a third arm, clothed in plaid, propping up her chin.
In the news today: CSIS boss to talk foreign interference, BC rain to ease by Friday

In the news today: CSIS boss to talk foreign interference, BC rain to ease by Friday

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
Jury, coroner make recommendations in Saskatchewan mass killing inquest

Jury, coroner make recommendations in Saskatchewan mass killing inquest

MELFORT, Sask. — Darryl Burns gripped a photo of his sister Gloria, who was killed in a stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation, after hearing the more than two dozen sweeping recommendations issued by a coroner's inquest into the tragedy.
Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools

Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools

Premier Danielle Smith has announced a raft of changes affecting transgender Albertans, including requiring parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Toronto school board cancels classes on day of solar eclipse

Toronto school board cancels classes on day of solar eclipse

TORONTO — Canada's largest school board approved on Wednesday a revision to its school calendar so students can stay home on the day a rare solar eclipse will chart a course through parts of Canada.
Flood concerns persist, but evacuation order downgraded in Pemberton, B.C.

Flood concerns persist, but evacuation order downgraded in Pemberton, B.C.

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Dusty McKinnon says driving through floodwaters in Pemberton, B.C., reminded him of fording rivers in Costa Rica, as water surged over the hood of his truck.