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Canadians’ trips to liquor stores, pharmacies tracked via phones during pandemic

Canadians’ trips to liquor stores, pharmacies tracked via phones during pandemic

OTTAWA — Canadians' movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via their mobile phones without their knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report sent to a parliamentary committee shows.
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'Colonialism and cucumbers': Governor General gets lukewarm reception in Quebec

'Colonialism and cucumbers': Governor General gets lukewarm reception in Quebec

QUEBEC — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, the first Indigenous person named as the Queen's representative in Canada, still has some work to do on her French, Quebec Premier François Legault said Thursday.
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Alghabra says logistical challenges delaying charter flights for Ukrainian refugees

Alghabra says logistical challenges delaying charter flights for Ukrainian refugees

OTTAWA — Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says Canadian airlines are standing by to help bring charter flights of Ukrainian refugees to Canada as soon as some logistical hurdles are overcome.
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Greater Toronto Airports Authority 'urgently' calls on feds to help with congestion

Greater Toronto Airports Authority 'urgently' calls on feds to help with congestion

TORONTO — The organization that runs Toronto's Pearson International Airport is "urgently" calling on the federal government to help alleviate major delays affecting passengers at security and clearance points amid a shortage of staff.
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Tory leadership debate, youth eating disorders rising : In The News for May 5

Tory leadership debate, youth eating disorders rising : In The News for May 5

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 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Financial intelligence agency highlights criminal risks of underground banking

Financial intelligence agency highlights criminal risks of underground banking

OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency is warning that unregistered money-transfer services are ripe for abuse by criminals trying to launder cash and fund terrorist activities.
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Firefighters say recognition of cancer risk is tough battle, especially in Quebec

Firefighters say recognition of cancer risk is tough battle, especially in Quebec

VANCOUVER — Jenn Dawkins remembers the spring day in 2016 when she joined four other female firefighters at British Columbia's legislature to lobby for the inclusion of breast cancer as a presumed occupational illness covered by the province's health
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Anti-gang unit investigating relationship between Ontario plane crash victims

Anti-gang unit investigating relationship between Ontario plane crash victims

SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. — British Columbia's anti-gang unit says it's looking into why an international fugitive was on board a plane that crashed in northwestern Ontario and what his relationship was with the other passengers. Sgt.
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Ethics committee says government must tell Canadians it's tracking their movements

Ethics committee says government must tell Canadians it's tracking their movements

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee says the federal government needs to tell Canadians if it’s collecting data about their movements, and allow them to opt out of that collection.
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Indigenous people experiencing homelessness in Montreal a 'humanitarian crisis'

Indigenous people experiencing homelessness in Montreal a 'humanitarian crisis'

Montreal's ombudswoman described homelessness experienced by Indigenous people in the city as a "humanitarian crisis" in a report released Wednesday.
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