National News
“Canada in my blood’: Charles’s coronation follows half century of Canadian visits
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
LONDON – Last year, while still Prince of Wales, King Charles III opened a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Rwanda’s capital of Kigali and pitched Canada as an example for the world to follow. In a speech that reflected on the relationship between Commonwealth countries and the Crown, and on the roots of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada summons Chinese ambassador over alleged threats to Tory MP Michael Chong
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is summoning China’s ambassador over allegations by Canada’s spy agency that a Chinese diplomat in Toronto was involved in a plot to intimidate a Conservative MP and his family. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she asked her deputy minister to tell Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu that Canada will not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Press NewsAlert: Canada summons Chinese ambassador after threats against MP
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is summoning Chinese ambassador Cong Peiwu, after Conservative MP Michael Chong said Canada’s spy agency identified a diplomat in Toronto as being part of the plot to intimidate him and his relatives in Hong Kong. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa might also expel diplomats from Canada. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Efforts resuming to repatriate five missing Canadians from Syria, lawyer says
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – A lawyer working to repatriate Canadians from detention in Syria says there is fresh word about two women and three children who had originally been slated to return to Canada last month. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says Global Affairs Canada has confirmed that the department has recently been in contact with Kurdish authorities in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for May 4 : Tentative deal reached between CRA, union, ending strike
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
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 May 4 … What we are watching in Canada … The public-sector union representing Canada Revenue Agency employees has struck a tentative deal with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Research finds some Pacific salmon migration out of sync with food supply
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Climate change is knocking some Pacific salmon out of alignment with the growth of the ocean plankton they eat to survive, new research says. In the largest data set ever gathered on the timing of juvenile salmon migration, research found the changing climate is causing some salmonpopulations to migrate earlier out of step ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Revenue Agency, union reach tentative deal, ending strike of 35,000 workers
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The public-sector union representing Canada Revenue Agency employees has struck a tentative deal with the federal government, ending a strike of 35,000 workers just after the tax season wrapped up. The announcement of a prospective agreement comes after the government and Public Service Alliance of Canada came to separate deals that ended a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada Revenue Agency, union reach deal, ending strike
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2023
The public-sector union representing Canada Revenue Agency employees has struck a tentative deal with the federal government, ending a strike of 35,000 workers just after the tax season wrapped up. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Google Canada tells Senate Bill C-18 would create unreasonable financial liability
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Google Canada says it would be reasonable to reconsider sharing links to news sites if Bill C-18, the government’s Online News Act, becomes law. Richard Gingras, the vice-president of the company’s news division, told a Senate committee that Google has shared its concerns with the legislation for over a year. But he says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Border officers in Vancouver find cat in parcel from China: SPCA
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2023
VANCOUVER – A cat the British Columbia SPCA says was mysteriously found in a parcel from China is now in foster care recovering from its apparent ordeal. The SPCA says in a statement it’s unclear how long the cat spent in transit, however it appeared healthy but scared. Binder Kooner, chief of operations for Canada ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec flooding: Bodies of firefighters found two days after being swept away
By The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2023
BAIE-SAINT-PAUL, Que. – Searchers recovered two bodies Wednesday believed to be those of volunteer firefighters swept away by a swollen river this week, as residents of Quebec’s Charlevoix region began cleaning up from the devastating flooding. Provincial police spokeswoman Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville said the bodies were found by a police helicopter in St-Urbain, Que., around ... Read More »
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