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Payments start for first claimants in First Nations child welfare case

Payments start for first claimants in First Nations child welfare case

OTTAWA — Some claimants are now receiving compensation payments through a $23-billion settlement for more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families.
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Fact File: No truth to online claims of dramatic drop in potato exports to U.S.

Fact File: No truth to online claims of dramatic drop in potato exports to U.S.

While Canadians wait for news of an improved trade situation with the United States, false reports about quiet deals with other countries have begun to fill the void.
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PM's staff say search is on for a local office that meets Carney's security needs

PM's staff say search is on for a local office that meets Carney's security needs

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says work is "well underway" to find a local constituency office for the prime minister that meets his security requirements.
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Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Eaton Centre shooter's sentencing appeal

Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Eaton Centre shooter's sentencing appeal

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the sentencing appeal of a man who opened fire in Toronto's Eaton Centre mall in 2012, killing two people and leaving several others injured.
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100 homes, structures may have been lost to Newfoundland's largest wildfire: premier

100 homes, structures may have been lost to Newfoundland's largest wildfire: premier

ST. JOHN'S — Officials say the largest wildfire burning in Newfoundland and Labrador may have destroyed up to 100 homes and structures.
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In the news today: Air Canada flight cancellations, Alberta's third summer town hall

In the news today: Air Canada flight cancellations, Alberta's third summer town hall

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
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'One battle after another' for farmland in Cowichan title ruling: ex-councillor

'One battle after another' for farmland in Cowichan title ruling: ex-councillor

Former Richmond, B.C., city councillor Harold Steves' family has been farming in the area since 1877, lending their name to the community of Steveston.
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Former general says Ottawa must help former translator's family escape Taliban

Former general says Ottawa must help former translator's family escape Taliban

OTTAWA — A former top general says it would be "unconscionable" for Ottawa to allow the family of an Afghan translator who risked his life to help Canadian soldiers to be deported back to Afghanistan.
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'This is our livelihood': Farmers brace for hit from new China canola tariff

'This is our livelihood': Farmers brace for hit from new China canola tariff

Farmer Bill Prybylski says China’s planned tariff on canola seed wasn’t factored into his business equations this year. The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says the 75.
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Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return

Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return

VANCOUVER — A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court says the Canadian government wrongfully denies people status under the country's Indian Act if their ancestors "voluntarily" gave up Indigenous status under laws that predate Confeder
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