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Human rights group asks Canada to join U.S. and declare another genocide in Sudan

Human rights group asks Canada to join U.S. and declare another genocide in Sudan

OTTAWA — A prominent human rights group is calling on Ottawa to follow the U.S. and declare that recent actions by Sudan's paramilitary force amount to genocide — but the Liberal government has been silent so far.
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Provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners: health minister

Provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners: health minister

TORONTO — Provincial and territorial health plans will cover primary care provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives starting next year, federal health minister Mark Holland announced on Friday, which those professionals say will allow
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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government's efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada.
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Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics

Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Yvonne Jones, Liberal member of Parliament for Labrador, says she won't be running in the next federal election.
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Trudeau says Trump is trying to distract from cost of tariffs with 51st state remarks

Trudeau says Trump is trying to distract from cost of tariffs with 51st state remarks

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that incoming U.S. president Donald Trump is trying to distract from how costly his tariffs will be for American consumers by talking about making Canada the 51st state.
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Poilievre says the next Canadian election will be about the carbon price

Poilievre says the next Canadian election will be about the carbon price

OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre returned to Ottawa on Thursday after the holidays with a familiar demand for Justin Trudeau: call a carbon-tax election. Neither Trudeau's announcement that he plans to resign as Liberal leader nor U.S.
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In the news today: Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December

In the news today: Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December Statistics Canada will release the country's job report for December this morning.
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Civil society groups push to ensure effectiveness of coming border agency watchdog

Civil society groups push to ensure effectiveness of coming border agency watchdog

OTTAWA — The fight for an independent review body to keep an eye on Canada's border agency may be over, but there are lingering concerns in civil society circles about how much bite the new watchdog will have.
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How to improve climate predictions? McGill researchers turn to 19th century letters

How to improve climate predictions? McGill researchers turn to 19th century letters

A team led by McGill University researchers came up with a method they hope could improve climate models over Africa by combining them with 19th century missionary records, refashioning dubious documents in a bid to better inform projections of globa
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Liberals set to announce Trudeau's successor as party leader on March 9

Liberals set to announce Trudeau's successor as party leader on March 9

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals will announce a new leader on March 9, the party announced late Thursday, giving potential candidates just two weeks to decide to run and potential voters less than three weeks to join the party in order to vote.
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