Canada

CP NewsAlert: Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante won't seek third term in 2025

MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante says she won't run for a third term in next year's municipal elections. Plante's office confirmed the news, which the mayor will make official at an 11:30 a.m. ...

Oct 23, 2024

Petition calls for urgent federal action to support wildfire fighters

OTTAWA - People who fight wildfires are on Parliament Hill today to demand the federal government better support firefighters, warning more will leave the job if they don't. Harold Larson, a former fi...

Oct 23, 2024

In the news today: Some Liberal MPs set to ask Trudeau to step down

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Unspecified number of Liberal MPs set to confront Trudeau, ask him to step down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

Oct 23, 2024

Unspecified number of Liberal MPs set to confront Trudeau, ask him to step down

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face down his own caucus members in a hotly anticipated meeting this morning, as several of them plan to try to convince him to step aside. Rumours have cir...

Oct 23, 2024

Bank of Canada to release interest rate decision, economic forecast today

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to make its latest interest rate decision this morning. The central bank has lowered its key policy interest rate three times so far this year to bring it to 4.25 pe...

Oct 23, 2024

Presidents and prime ministers: How cross-border personality clashes could play out

WASHINGTON - President John F. Kennedy stood before Canadian lawmakers elucidating the important relationship between the two countries: "Geography has made us neighbours. History has made us friends....

Oct 23, 2024

Poll suggests more than half of Canadians unaware of gridlock in House of Commons

OTTAWA - A debate has ground work in the House of Commons to a halt for weeks, but a new poll suggests that most Canadians are not even aware it's happening. In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 5...

Oct 23, 2024

Furstenau to speak as prospects loom for minority government in B.C.

VICTORIA - Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is set to meet the media for the first time since British Columbia's indecisive election on Saturday, amid speculation about a possible minority government. The...

Oct 23, 2024

Oil removal work begins on 'fragile' Second World War-era wreck in coastal B.C.

An oil salvage operation is underway on the fragile wreckage of a U.S. army transport ship that sank almost 80 years ago off coastal British Columbia in a race to head off an eruption of thousands of ...

Oct 23, 2024

What you need to know as Trudeau fights to retain leadership of the Liberal party

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resisted calls for his resignation for more than a year now but in recent weeks those calls have grown louder and in some cases more public. The Liberal cauc...

Oct 23, 2024