Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bloc Québécois wants to end daily prayer in House, but Trudeau says not a priority
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois says it’s time to end the daily reading of a prayer in the House of Commons and replace it with a moment of reflection. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is against the...
May 10, 2022
‘Wagatha Christie’: Soccer spouses’ libel battle opens in UK
LONDON (AP) - A trial involving two soccer spouses, one of whom publicly called out the other for allegedly leaking her private social media posts to a British tabloid newspaper, opened Tuesday in Lon...
May 10, 2022
Ottawa weighing ballistic missile defence as part of North American defence upgrades
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says the federal government is weighing whether Canada should join the U.S. in actively defending against intercontinental ballistic missiles. Anand made the comm...
May 10, 2022
Help heal Indigenous residential school trauma, public safety minister tells RCMP
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is directing the head of the RCMP to work closely with Indigenous communities to address the traumatic legacy of residential schools. In a new mandate l...
May 10, 2022
‘It didn’t cross their minds’: Emergency director says RCMP didn’t consider alert
HALIFAX - The head of Nova Scotia’s Emergency Management Office sayshe found it surprisingthe RCMP waited so long to issue a provincewide alert about a gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-ho...
May 10, 2022
Some cities will not halve child-care fees by end of year, study finds
OTTAWA - The federal government's highly touted national child-care program aims to make care more affordable for parents, but a new study suggests just how much fees are reduced will depend on where ...
May 10, 2022
‘The land is my therapy’: healing centre encourages reconnecting with Inuit identity
KUUJJUAQ, Que. - On the shore of a still-frozen lake in front of a traditional Inuit dwelling with the spring sun melting the snow underfoot, the Governor General met eight women who are reconnecting ...
May 10, 2022
Government finances better than expected, surgical backlogs : In The News for May 10
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 10 … What we are watching in C...
May 10, 2022
Backlogs improved, but patients still waiting too long for elective surgeries
OTTAWA - Canadian hospitals and health systems are still struggling through the ebb and flow of COVID-19, leading to long delays for elective procedures, new data from the Canadian Institute for Healt...
May 10, 2022
Government coffers fuller than expected due to higher inflation, growth: Desjardins
OTTAWA - A new analysis of government finances across the country says revenues were much stronger than expected in the last year due to higher inflation and economic growth. The analysis by Desjardin...
May 10, 2022