NewsThe Canadian PressNo security threat from RCMP's dealings with China-linked firm, minister tells MPs
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says there is no reason to believe Canada's national security was under threat at any time due to the RCMP's dealings with an Ontario company that has links to China. Mendicino tried on Monday to reassure members of a House of Commons committee who are looking at the RCMP's standing offer with Sinclair Technologies for radio-frequency filtering equipment. The standing offer was suspended and a stop-work order for undelivered goods was issued last m
NewsThe Canadian PressCourt upholds Minnesota 'Clean Car Rule' tied to California
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the state's “Clean Car Rule,” which ties the state's vehicle emission standards to California regulations, as judges accepted assurances that California's planned phaseout of gasoline-powered cars won't automatically apply in Minnesota. A three-judge panel rejected the arguments of Minnesota's auto dealers, who argued that state pollution regulators exceeded their authority and unconstitutionally delegated their rulemaking au
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U.S. airlines cancel over 1,000 flights over winter storm
The company has scrapped about 12% of its Monday schedule, while American Airlines Group Inc has canceled 6%, or 200 flights. The fresh cancellations come as the U.S. aviation sector recovers from a nationwide ground stop imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over a computer issue. For Tuesday so far, 797 flights are scheduled to be canceled into or out of the United States.
PoliticsThe Canadian PressSingh meeting with Trudeau about private health care ahead of sit-down with premiers
OTTAWA — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said that he would sit down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday to discuss private health care ahead of next week's summit with premiers. Trudeau is expected to meet with provincial and territorial leaders in Ottawa next Tuesday to discuss a new health-care funding deal. "The deal will be a failure if it doesn't include major commitments to hire more health-care workers," Singh said Monday, adding that the funding should be kept within the publi
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La Niña to bring the cold before spring sets in
It doesn’t matter what the groundhogs say. Expect two more frosty months ahead, and it’s all thanks to La Niña, says Kyle Fougère, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). “We are still in La Niña, and as such, we just had this Arctic air spread over western North America. When you have this Arctic air, it tends to be pretty stubborn. We are expecting the start of February to start off colder than normal.” The whole of February is actually meant to be colder than normal,
CelebrityThe Canadian PressPriscilla Presley disputes trust of late Lisa Marie Presley
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Priscilla Presley has filed legal documents disputing who oversees the estate of her late daughter Lisa Marie Presley. The filing in Los Angeles Superior Court last week disputes the validity of a 2016 amendment to Lisa Marie Presley's living trust that removed Priscilla Presley and a former business manager as trustees and replaced them with Lisa Marie Presley's two oldest children, Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough, if she died or became incapacitated. Benjamin Keough died in
NewsThe Canadian PressJudge says Federal Court lacks jurisdiction for Uyghur genocide case
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has thrown out a Uyghur group's attempt to sue the Liberal government over its lack of response to a possible genocide in China. The judge says courts can only rule on whether the government is following existing laws and policies, instead of delving into global agreements. The Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project had asked the Federal Court to find that Ottawa was breaching a United Nations convention against genocide by ignoring events in China. Two years ago, the Hous
NewsCBCWindsor-Essex officials issue opioid warning after 11 overdoses in a week
Health officials in Windsor-Essex have issued an alert about a recent spike in opioid overdoses — the second alert this month. The Windsor-Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy (WECOSS) says there were 11 opioid overdoses recorded between Jan. 20 and Jan. 26. WECOSS says nine of the overdoses that week involved fentanyl. Following that week — from Jan. 28 to Jan. 29 — there were eight emergency department visits due to opioid overdoses, with an additional nine paramedic calls for a suspe
NewsCBCCharlottetown Curling Club may be moving to Stratford
Charlottetown curlers may have a new place to throw rocks in a couple years as discussions for a new rink in Stratford move forward. The old Charlottetown Curling Club was sold to the city in 2021 for $1.5 million and has since become an outreach centre. Curlers have been playing at rinks in Summerside, Montague and other communities on P.E.I. while their board of directors searched for a new location. Robbie Younker, treasurer for the Charlottetown Curling Club, said Stratford seems to be a nic
NewsThe Conversation CanadaPublicly owned land should be used for affordable housing, not sold to private developers
On Jan. 25, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to “ensure” affordable housing is built along Hamilton’s light rail transit (LRT) route. Building and maintaining affordable housing near good transit is one of the biggest challenges cities face today. It’s not just Hamilton, Ont.: Toronto, Mississauga, Ont., Brampton, Ont., Waterloo, Ont., Ottawa, Québec City, Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton are all constructing or planning new transit lines.
BusinessThe Canadian PressCanadian doctors spend 18.5 million hours on unnecessary paperwork, says new report
HALIFAX — Canadian doctors spend 18.5 million hours per year on unnecessary administrative work — the equivalent of more than 55 million patient visits — a report published Monday by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says. Dr. Leisha Hawker, president of Doctors Nova Scotia, which represents all licensed physicians in the province, said eliminating paperwork redundancies and shortening medical forms can improve patient care and reduce burnout experienced by doctors. “A lot of physi
PoliticsThe Canadian PressTreasury to increase borrowing amid debt ceiling standoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Monday it plans to increase its borrowing during the first three months of 2023, even as the federal government is bumping up against a $31.4 trillion limit on its legal borrowing authority. The U.S. plans to borrow $932 billion during the January-to-March quarter. That's $353 billion more than projected last October, due to a lower beginning-of-quarter cash balance and projections of lower-than-expected income tax receipts and higher spending. The
NewsCBCVitalité postpones sexual assault examiner training when not enough nurses sign up
A training course scheduled to begin next month to help address an ongoing shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners in New Brunswick has been postponed "due to insufficient participation," according to the Vitalité Health Network. Three registered nurses signed up for the course, but none of them were in the Edmundston region, Zones 4, or the Campbellton region, Zone 5, "where the staffing need[s] are higher," said Sharon Smyth-Okana, senior vice-president of client programs and nursing. "It i
EntertainmentThe Canadian PressAmina Luqman-Dawson’s 'Freewater' wins John Newbery Medal
NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Amina Luqman-Dawson made time to write a children's book she calls her "little quiet project," a historical adventure about a community of escaped slaves that she completed while raising a son and working as a policy consultant and researcher on education and domestic violence. Finding an agent and publisher was the first miracle for Luqman-Dawson and her debut children's story, “Freewater,” which was released last year by a Little Brown and Co. imprint founded by auth
NewsThe Weather NetworkToronto issues extreme cold alert as polar vortex descends
Some parts of Eastern Canada may see the coldest temperatures in years this week.
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Blinken calls for 'urgent steps' to restore calm between Israel and Palestine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to ease tensions following a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. View on euronews
NewsCBCCity says it will take immediate steps to improve TTC safety in wake of violence
The city says it will take immediate steps this week to improve safety on the TTC after a string of assaults and stabbings left riders injured in recent weeks. In a news release on Monday, the city says it will add more than 20 community safety ambassadors and more than 50 security guards to the transit system. Community safety ambassadors will work with people experiencing homelessness and with Streets to Homes workers to provide outreach services. Security guards, meanwhile, have "daily experi
NewsCBCWitnesses tell murder trial they saw a dead man in William Sandeson's apartment
The fourth week of the first-degree murder trial of William Sandeson started with some dramatic testimony from a witness who said he saw a man with a bullet hole in his head slumped over in Sandeson's apartment on the evening of Aug. 15, 2015. Sandeson is accused of killing Taylor Samson, 22, in a drug deal at Sandeson's apartment in south-end Halifax on the evening of Aug. 15, 2015. Sandeson was 23 at the time. Justin Blades testified in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Monday that he was at a frie
NewsCBCGold medallists call for resignations at Gymnastics Canada as MPs question CEO about misconduct claims
Three of Canada's most accomplished gymnasts called on senior leaders of Gymnastics Canada to step down just as the embattled organization's CEO was being grilled by a parliamentary committee over his handling of misconduct allegations. Kyle Shewfelt, Rosie MacLennan and Ellie Black wrote a letter to Gymnastics Canada's board of directors saying that leaders need to instill confidence, take action and show good judgment when they head up national sporting organizations. "Based on these key needs
NewsThe Canadian Press'Amtrak Joe' Biden hails plans for big East Coast tunnel fix
BALTIMORE (AP) — Greeted by the cheerful blare of a train horn, President Joe Biden stood Monday before a decrepit rail tunnel that he estimated he's been through 1,000 times — fearing for decades it might collapse. “For years, people talked about fixing this tunnel,” Biden told a crowd in Baltimore. “Back in the early '80's, I actually walked into the tunnel with some of the construction workers. ... This is a 150-year-old tunnel. You wonder how in the hell it's still standing." “With the bipar
NewsThe Canadian PressStrikes at two Atlantic universities tied to chronic underfunding: unions
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Leaders of faculty unions say ongoing strikes at two Atlantic Canadian universities are a sign of growing frustration among instructors and staff, driven by persistent underfunding of public post-secondary education in the region. Members of the faculty association at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador spent Monday on the picket line, after a strike was called at midnight. Faculty at Cape Breton University walked off the job last week, and spent the day outside h
NewsThe Canadian PressOntario hospital nurses start contract talks, plan 'escalating actions'
TORONTO — The Ontario Nurses' Association started negotiating a new contract Monday for hospital nurses and the union is planning to take its push for higher wages beyond the bargaining table. The nurses, and other broader public sector workers, have been subject for three years to a wage restraint law known as Bill 124, which capped increases at one per cent a year. Bernie Robinson, the interim president of the ONA, said the last contract left nurses feeling disrespected and devalued. "Safe to
NewsThe Canadian PressWHO decided the COVID-19 global emergency isn't over. What happens next?
OTTAWA — The World Health Organization decided Monday not to end to the COVID-19 global public health emergency it declared three years ago, even though the pandemic has reached what the international body calls an "inflection point." Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the WHO, said Monday "there is no doubt that we're in a far better situation now" than a year ago, when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was at its peak. But Tedros warned that in the last eight weeks, at
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Peru Congress agrees to debate measure on earlier elections
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pressed by Peru's embattled president to take action in response to weeks of deadly protests, Congress narrowly agreed on Monday to reconsider a proposal to move the 2026 national elections up to this October. Lawmakers approved the reconsideration with 66 votes in favor, the bare minimum required in the 130-member assembly, and well short of the two-thirds needed for final approval of earlier elections without a popular referendum. Lawmakers rejected a similar proposal on Frid
