Canada

B.C. Mountie tells hearing that 'dark humour' in group chats was to relieve stress

A B.C. RCMP officer says he showed a "lack of judgment" and regrets comments he made in police group chats, but using "dark humour" was a way to vent frustrations about the stressful job of policing. ...

Mar 10, 2025

Conservative candidate drops out of race for Ontario seat as election looms

OTTAWA - The Conservative candidate for a northern Ontario riding has dropped out just weeks ahead of an expected election, citing issues with the local electoral district board. Cassidy Villeneuve, w...

Mar 10, 2025

B.C. expands alcohol ban in its liquor stores to all U.S. booze

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Americans can "keep their watery beer" as he announces an expansion of the U.S. alcohol ban from provincial liquor stores. The province had removed a...

Mar 10, 2025

Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean haunted by looming U.S. tariffs on aluminum, lumber

SAGUENAY, Que. - The threat of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods looms large in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, where aluminum and wood are economic drivers. In the region ...

Mar 10, 2025

CP NewsAlert: 3 B.C. Conservatives kicked from the party will sit as Independents

VICTORIA - A group of three former B.C. Conservative legislators have announced they will sit as Independents in the provincial legislature. Dallas Brodie was kicked out of the party on Friday over he...

Mar 10, 2025

Quebec creates new committee to study whether secularism rules are being followed

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is creating a committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province. Announced this morning, the committee will study whether Quebec's secu...

Mar 10, 2025

U.S. commerce secretary says steel and aluminum tariffs coming this week

WASHINGTON - Canada remains in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump's enormous tariff agenda, with steel and aluminum duties set to come into force on Wednesday. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howar...

Mar 10, 2025

In the news today: Mark Carney succeeds Trudeau as Liberal leader

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Mark Carney succeeds Trudeau as Liberal leader Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into t...

Mar 10, 2025

'Very difficult position': Bank of Canada expected to cut rate amid trade uncertainty

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's interest rate announcement arrives on Wednesday in a cloud of uncertainty thanks to a shifting trade war with the United States. Most economists expect the central bank w...

Victor Kaisar Mar 10, 2025

'How did we survive?' What Canadians recall — and don't — about the COVID-19 pandemic

TORONTO - There had been warning signs for months. There were the reports of dangerous flu-like symptoms in Asia. News of the lockdown that kept tens of millions of people inside their homes in China....

Mar 10, 2025