Canada

Montreal public health says one heat-related death reported since Sunday

MONTREAL - One heat-related death has been reported to Montreal's public health department since a period of extreme heat hit the city on Sunday. Department spokesman Tudor Matei says the city's healt...

Aug 12, 2025

Ford heading to Ottawa to meet with Carney, urge lower taxes

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet Monday with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who says he plans to urge the prime minister to lower taxes in order to stimulate the economy. Ford says he'll travel t...

Aug 12, 2025

Ontario youth climate case to be put to the test again in December

TORONTO - Ontario's climate plan is set to be put to the constitutional test again in December. A lawyer for a group of young climate activists says their historic constitutional challenge is set to b...

Aug 12, 2025

Man charged with assault after attack on Jewish father in Montreal caught on video

MONTREAL - Montreal police say a 23-year-old man has been charged in the assault of a Jewish father at a park last week. Sergio Yanes Preciado was charged with assault causing bodily harm, and appeare...

Aug 12, 2025

Here's where Canada's effective U.S. tariff rate might stand amid carve outs

OTTAWA - Amid the many layers of tariffs and exemptions from the United States, some economists say the effective tariff rate on Canada is much lower than the headline figures suggest. RBC senior econ...

Aug 12, 2025

Canada condemns Israel over deaths of journalists, new restrictions on aid

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says a "famine is unfolding" in Gaza which will be made even worse by new restrictions by Israel on international aid groups. Anand signed a joint stateme...

Aug 12, 2025

CP NewsAlert: China announces 75.8 per cent tariffs on Canadian canola

OTTAWA - China has announced preliminary tariffs on Canadian canola following an anti-dumping investigation launched last year in response to Canada's tax on Chinese electric vehicles. Canadian canola...

Aug 12, 2025

Quebec provincial police add two murder suspects to most wanted criminals list

MONTREAL - Two men suspected of murder are the latest fugitives added to the Quebec provincial police's most wanted list. Police say they have been actively searching for Pierry Philogne et Gianpietro...

Aug 12, 2025

Wildfire erupts south of Newfoundland's largest city, evacuation alert issued

ST. JOHN'S - More than 13,000 people living on the outskirts of St. John's, N.L., have been told to prepare to evacuate their homes and businesses as a new wildfire grows near the province's largest c...

Aug 12, 2025

In the news today: Potential strike notice looms for Air Canada

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Potential strike notice looms for Air Canada The union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants...

Aug 12, 2025