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Canada Post returns to full service for domestic parcels; letters still delayed
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it has reinstated on-time service guarantees and returned to full service levels for domestic parcels after a strike brought deliveries to a halt last year. However, it says ...
Jan 07, 2025

Biden praises Trudeau as friend, defender of freedom following resignation news
OTTAWA - U.S. President Joe Biden says he is proud to call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a friend as both men now prepare for their departures from leadership. Biden says he spoke with Trudeau on the ...
Jan 07, 2025

Ontario launches border-strengthening operation as Trump tariff threat looms
TORONTO - The Ontario government says it has launched an operation intended to beef up security along the border with the United States. In a news release, Premier Doug Ford says Operation Deterrence ...
Jan 07, 2025

GFL Environmental selling majority stake in environmental services business
VAUGHAN, Ont. - GFL Environmental Inc. has signed a deal to sell a majority interest in its environmental services business to private equity firms Apollo and BC Partners in an agreement that will see...
Jan 07, 2025

Spruce Kings defenseman commits to TSU
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Spruce Kings' defenseman Trent Ballentyne is on his way to Tennessee next season. The London, Ontario native has committed to Tennessee State University for the 2025-20...
Jan 07, 2025

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies at 96
PARIS (AP) - Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and w...
Jan 07, 2025

South Korean anti-corruption agency receives new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presid...
Jan 07, 2025

South Korean anti-corruption agency receives new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presid...
Jan 07, 2025

In the news today: The key pieces of Trudeau’s political legacy
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... The key pieces of Trudeau's political legacy Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he will resign as ...
Jan 07, 2025

The seven key pieces of Justin Trudeau’s political legacy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he will resign as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party chooses a successor. Trudeau, who was first elected Oct. 19, 2015, steps down...
Jan 07, 2025