Category Archives: Canada

Statistics Canada set to release February jobs report this morning
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release unemployment figures for February today. Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 20,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to have...
Mar 07, 2025

Trump's temporary pause on some tariffs brings little relief to Canada
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's stiff duties have been temporarily paused on some Canadian products, bringing little relief as the tariff threat continues to hang over America's closest nei...
Mar 07, 2025

Federal Court dismisses challenge of Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament
OTTAWA - A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament. Two Nova Scotia men had asked the Federal Court to declare the current suspensi...
Mar 06, 2025

Ontario court approves historic $32.5B tobacco settlement
An Ontario court has approved a historic $32.5 billion settlement that will see three major tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex-smokers in Canada. In a ruling released today, On...
Mar 06, 2025

Yukon budget predicts $81.9 million surplus, shrinking GDP after mine disaster
Yukon's finance minister predicts an $81.96 million surplus this year as the territory promises record capital investment in housing. However, it's also forecasting a shrinking real GDP in the wake of...
Mar 06, 2025

RCMP launch probe amid allegations of corruption in Alberta health contracts
EDMONTON - Mounties in Alberta say they have launched an investigation following a complaint regarding Alberta Health Services. They won't provide further details, but the investigation follows allega...
Mar 06, 2025

'We stand with Canada': Americans who live here show solidarity amid Trump's threats
Kimberly Waletich isn't Canadian. But when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on fellow citizens to "proudly wave our flag" on national flag day last month, she hung the Maple Leaf outside her Ottaw...
Mar 06, 2025

Montreal Gaelic sports club won't partake in U.S. competitions, citing LGBTQ+ safety
MONTREAL - A Montreal Gaelic sports club says it won't travel to the United States this summer for tournaments because of the policies of the Trump administration on transgender, nonbinary and gender ...
Mar 06, 2025

B.C. Conservative attacks 'super angry' Indigenous colleague over residential schools
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition attorney general critic has railed against members of her own party in a row over residential schools, including a "super angry" Indigenous colleague she says ...
Mar 06, 2025

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to toll U.S. trucks travelling to Alaska through province
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province will introduce legislation in the coming days that would give it the ability to levy fees on commercial trucks travelling from the Unite...
Mar 06, 2025