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Cameco wins battle with taxman, CRA to refund company millions
A Saskatchewan mining company is finally seeing their efforts to fight the taxman payoff.Cameco announced on Monday the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is refunding the uranium producer $300 million relat...
Mar 27, 2023

Canada sanctions more Iran guard corps members, police after Toronto rally criticism
Ottawa is adding more Iranian individuals and companies to its sanctions list after the government faced heavy criticism at a diaspora event this weekend. The new sanctions apply to eight people, as w...
Mar 27, 2023

Zelenskyy meets with UN atomic agency chief in Ukraine
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with U.N. atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi in Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows ...
Mar 27, 2023

Israeli embassy in Canada joins strike against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul
OTTAWA - Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the country's judiciary. Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that th...
Mar 27, 2023

UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya
GENEVA (AP) - U.N.-backed human rights experts said on Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity - including sexual slavery - have been committed against Libyans and migrants in the North ...
Mar 27, 2023

In The News for March 27 : A final goodbye to two fallen Edmonton police officers
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 March 27 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 27, 2023

Funeral for two Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to family dispute
EDMONTON - A regimental funeral is set to be held today for two Edmonton police officers who were shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy. Police say a 2 1/2-kilometre procession from the Alberta legisla...
Mar 27, 2023

Sask. judge to decide on bail for sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted
YORKTON, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge is set to deliver his decision on whether to give bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions. ...
Mar 27, 2023

Canada argues court misconstrued Charter in directing feds to bring men in Syria home
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says a federal judge misinterpreted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in directing officials to secure the release of four men from detention in northeastern Syria. G...
Mar 27, 2023

Israeli president urges Netanyahu to halt legal overhaul
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's ceremonial president on Monday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately halt a contentious overhaul of the judiciary. Isaac Herzog's plea comes hours aft...
Mar 26, 2023