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Federal government announces funds for skills-training programs for 17 organizations

Federal government announces funds for skills-training programs for 17 organizations

CHARLOTTETOWN — The federal government is announcing a $60-million investment in 17 organizations across Canada that help people with learning disabilities remain in the workforce.
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Physician health survey, monkeypox on campus: In The News for Aug. 25

Physician health survey, monkeypox on campus: In The News for Aug. 25

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 Aug. 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North

'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North

YELLOWKNIFE — Health-care facilities across Canada have been grappling with worker shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, but struggles to recruit and retain staff are nothing new in the North.
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Who 'discovered Canada'? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey

Who 'discovered Canada'? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey

OTTAWA, W.Va. — Quebecers are more inclined to say Jacques Cartier — or even Christopher Columbus — "discovered Canada," compared to the rest of the country, which points to Indigenous people, a new survey suggests.
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Parliament lit up in blue and yellow to mark Ukrainian Independence Day

Parliament lit up in blue and yellow to mark Ukrainian Independence Day

OTTAWA — Parliament was lit in blue and yellow Wednesday evening as a crowd of several hundred people, many wearing the same colour, marked Ukrainian Independence Day.
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Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

VANCOUVER — Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body's estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly half this week.
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NATO chief's first visit to Canadian Arctic to focus on Russia, climate change

NATO chief's first visit to Canadian Arctic to focus on Russia, climate change

OTTAWA — Canada’s longstanding resistance to NATO’s involvement in the Arctic appears to be thawing amidst warming temperatures and a coinciding increase in Russian and Chinese activity in the region.
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Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case

Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case

OTTAWA — The federal government is moving to shield "sensitive or potentially injurious information" from disclosure during a court challenge of its decision to return a turbine repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant.
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More than 1.3 million immigration applications in backlog amid humanitarian crises

More than 1.3 million immigration applications in backlog amid humanitarian crises

OTTAWA — Canada's immigration minister now projects it will take only a few months longer than originally hoped to get application wait times back on track, even though the crisis in Ukraine and other "external" events have worsened the backlogs.
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Quebec's CAQ leads rivals in fundraising ahead of election, Liberals in last place

Quebec's CAQ leads rivals in fundraising ahead of election, Liberals in last place

MONTREAL — Quebec's governing Coalition Avenir Québec party is dominating its rivals in fundraising and in the polls — days before the province's fall election campaign is scheduled to begin.
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