Canada

In the news today: Liberal leadership deadline, Trump versus Canada's digital tax

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Deadline arrives for Liberal leadership candidates The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on...

Jan 23, 2025

Supreme Court to decide whether to hear challenge of Quebec secularism law

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce this morning whether it will hear a challenge of Quebec's controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21. In 2024, the Quebec Court of Appeal up...

Jan 23, 2025

Canada's digital services tax, online regulation bills a likely Trump trade target

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has spent years touting its efforts to make tech giants pay. Now, those pieces of legislation could be a target of the Trump administration - particularly the digital s...

Jan 23, 2025

Field of Liberal leadership contenders nearly set as deadline day arrives

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on Parliament Hill as the party searches for its next leader. Candidates who want to run to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader are...

Jan 23, 2025

Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online betting sites, intelligence agency warns

OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency suspects online gambling platforms are being used to launder proceeds from fentanyl dealing and production. In an operational alert, the Financial Trans...

Jan 23, 2025

Federal government using AI to tackle Phoenix backlog as it tests replacement system

OTTAWA - The federal government is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to clear a backlog of Phoenix pay system transactions as it transitions to a new platform. Alex Benay, associate deputy ...

Jan 23, 2025

Supreme Court certifies B.C.'s class-action lawsuit against opioid providers

British Columbia's attorney general says the Supreme Court of Canada has certified the province's class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Niki Sharma says B.C. can now proc...

Jan 22, 2025

Mount Polley boss says 2014 B.C. mine spill not toxic as firm faces fisheries charges

The president of the company involved in the Mount Polley environmental disaster that poured millions of cubic metres of mine tailings into B.C. waterways 10 years ago says the material spilled wasn't...

Jan 22, 2025

Poilievre 'not aware' of more than two genders; says there are other priorities

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he is only aware of two genders - male and female - and that the government should leave people alone. In an interview with CP24 news channel, Poilie...

Jan 22, 2025

B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support

The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is apologizing and walking back comments suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project, and now says he doesn't support "resusci...

Jan 22, 2025