OTTAWA - Conservative members of Parliament are calling for a boost to Canadian diesel production to one million barrels per day as the price for the fuel continues to soar. Fuel prices have increased globally in recent months as wars in Iran and Ukrai...

OTTAWA - Groups serving LGBTQ+ people are urging the Carney government to extend funding and programming aimed at growing mental health and security concerns. The Trudeau government in 2022 launched an action plan to support LGBTQ+ Canadians, such as f...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet ministers Tuesday pledged to work with the new separatist Parti Québécois government in Quebec through the spirit of co-operative federalism. On his way into a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Carney told ...

OTTAWA - The national dental care program has "transformed access to care for millions of patients" but claims are being denied without explanations and too many people are confused about what's covered, says a new report from the Canadian Dental Assoc...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Sovereigntist Parti Québécois is projected to form minority government Quebec voters elected a Parti Québécois minority government Monday, completing a dramatic po...

Quebec voters elected a Parti Québécois minority government Monday, completing a dramatic political comeback and paving the way for an eventual third sovereignty referendum. The PQ won 59 seats out of 127 seats in the Quebec legislature. Here are five ...

VICTORIA - Political party OneBC says former Conservative legislator Brent Chapman and his wife, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, have been subjected to a "torrent of threats and abuse from insiders." Chapman announced last month that he was joining OneBC to run ...

MONTREAL - The Parti Québécois is projected to form a minority government, completing a dramatic political comeback and paving the way for an eventual third sovereignty referendum. The PQ was elected in 59 ridings by late Monday, putting it on track to...

The six souls who were on board a Canadian-owned air ambulance that went down off the coast of Massachusetts on the weekend have been identified. A news release from the U.S. Coast Guard late Monday said the Gulfstream G100 jet carried 66-year-old Mari...

MONTRÉAL - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette will lose her seat in the provincial riding of Trois-Rivières. Fréchette had previously represented the Sanguinet riding on the south shore of ...

MONTREAL - Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon had his work cut out for him after the 2022 election. His party won only three seats in 2022 and watched as the Coalition Avenir Québec won a second majority government, presenting itself as a ...

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Sol Zanetti will win his Quebec City area riding of Jean-Lesage. He has held the riding since 2022. The left-wing party's other co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal was also project...

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard will win the Orford riding in the province's Eastern Townships region. This was Milliard's first election as leader and his first attempt at winning a seat in the Que...

MONTREAL - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal will win her Montreal-area riding of Mercier. Ghazal was a founding member of the left wing sovereigntist party in 2006, alongside Françoise David an...

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Conservative Party of Québec Leader Éric Duhaime will win his riding of Bellechasse, south of Quebec City. Duhaime has been leader of the party since 2021. This is the first time Duhaime has been elected t...

MONTREAL - Quebec voters elected a Parti Québécois minority government Monday, possibly paving the way for another sovereignty referendum. Here's the latest on the race (All times Eastern): 11:29 p.m. Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard says the ne...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will take a hands-on role in setting the agenda for Ottawa's new AI advisory council. The Prime Minister's Office said the new group, announced Friday, will take an "all of government" approach to advising on AI. It...

TORONTO - The Department of National Defence says two members of the Canadian Armed Forces were arrested by Toronto police on charges related to organized crime, kidnapping and firearms theft. The department says Sachintha Fernando and James Moreau, b...

OTTAWA - Canada is very closely following reports that a woman who worked at a plague research institute in Siberia has died, Health Minister Marjorie Michel said on Monday. Russian authorities say the woman contracted pneumonia from an unknown source....

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree acknowledged gaps in Canada's security screening process on Monday after confirming a Canadian charged with espionage was given a security clearance. Anandasangaree was called to answer questions at t...

OTTAWA - The federal government made the first of a series of health-care funding announcements on Monday as it works to secure seven-year deals with each of the provinces and territories. The first of those agreements, worth $51.2 million, is with the...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's election campaign stepped on the slippery ice of health-care policy and how to pay for it Monday as leaders offered numerous promises, including a plan to restart projects that had been paused by the former NDP government....

OTTAWA - Speed Skating Canada says it is working to regain the charitable status it lost last month because of a missed annual tax filing. The Canada Revenue Agency published a notice in the Canada Gazette on Sept. 26 to note it had formally revoked th...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office is distancing itself from one of her party presidents who met in Calgary with U.S. Republican strategists looking to assist the province's separation movement. Smith's spokesperson Sam Blackett, in a s...

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Two Nova Scotia universities are condemning a sign that was displayed at an off-campus property in Antigonish on the weekend, saying it perpetuated rape culture. Tara Taylor, a professor at St. Francis Xavier University, posted a pho...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for missing Ontario air ambulance The Ontario company that owns the Canadian air ambulance that vanished off the coast of Nantucke...

MONTREAL - The Parti Québécois has won a minority government, completing a dramatic political comeback and paving the way for an eventual third sovereignty referendum. The party captured 59 seats after the votes were counted late Monday, falling short...

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for author and former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway says the man's life and career were "destroyed" by sexual assault allegations, while his defamation lawsuit has been delayed for years as he tried to ...