Category Archives: Canada

Majority of Quebecers think province should end carbon pricing, survey says
MONTREAL - A new Lger poll says more than half of Quebecers want the province to abolish its price on carbon. Quebec has had some of the highest gas prices in the country since Prime Minister Mark Car...
May 20, 2025

Ottawa claims child welfare talks stalled over AFN's 'unreasonable' requests
OTTAWA - The federal government has told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that negotiations with the Assembly of First Nations on reforming the child welfare system are stalled and the AFN's request...
May 20, 2025

Netanyahu says Canada, U.K., France offering 'huge prize' to Hamas with Gaza letter
OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Canada, England and France are giving Hamas "a huge prize" by threatening to take action against Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaz...
May 20, 2025

In the news today: Canada Post workers poised to strike Friday
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post workers poised to strike Friday Canada Post received a strike notice Monday from the union represe...
May 20, 2025

Former hockey player under cross-examination at ex-teammates' sex assault trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by video conference...
May 20, 2025

BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging...
May 20, 2025

Top finance officials from G7 countries gather in Banff for three-day summit
BANFF - High-ranking officials from the world's top economies are in Banff, Alta., this week for a three-day summit that will cover topics including the global economy, the war in Ukraine and artifici...
May 20, 2025

Statistics Canada's April inflation data to show impact of carbon price removal
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release inflation data for April today. Market data shows economists on average expect the annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.6 per cent last month, from 2.3 per...
May 20, 2025

Canada Post workers issue strike notice, poised to hit picket lines Friday
MONTREAL - Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing some 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week. The Crown corporation say...
May 19, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Canada, U.K and France sign joint statement condemning Israel's actions
OTTAWA - The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France have signed a joint statement condemning the expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza, calling the level of human suffering "into...
May 19, 2025