Category Archives: Canada
CP NewsAlert: Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050
OTTAWA - The federal government is pushing its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid to 2050. The government previously aimed to fully decarbonize electricity grids by 2035, but some provinces...
Dec 17, 2024
Tories call for House hearings on tariffs amid Liberal tumult as firms seek strategy
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling for Parliament to hold hearings in January on Canada-U.S. trade ahead of president-elect Donald Trump's entry to the White House. The Tories say they have no fai...
Dec 17, 2024
Culture of silence at Montreal youth detention facility at centre of sex scandal
MONTREAL - A new report says a culture of silence reigned over a Montreal detention centre where female employees are accused of sexually abusing detainees, with at least one worker becoming pregnant....
Dec 17, 2024
Toronto terror suspect charged with multiple war crimes: RCMP
TORONTO - A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto with his son is now also facing multiple war crimes charges. The RCMP say 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi - who was arrested ...
Dec 17, 2024
Poilievre hails B.C. byelection win for Conservatives as Liberal vote collapses
LANGLEY, B.C. - Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of ...
Dec 17, 2024
Judge reluctantly gives government three more months to pass 'lost Canadians' bill
OTTAWA - An Ontario Superior Court judge has "reluctantly" given the federal government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to the so-called lost Canadians. That's a...
Dec 17, 2024
Quebec adopts rule banning sale of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035
QUBEC - The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035. The rules, adopted Monday, applies to all "light-duty" vehicles, which the prov...
Dec 17, 2024
Postal employees head back to work as union challenges strike intervention
MONTREAL - Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers are moving again after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo. The Canada Industrial Relati...
Dec 17, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Housing crisis voted Canadian Press News Story of the Year
OTTAWA - The critical shortage of available and affordable housing is the 2024 Canadian Press News Story of the Year. It received votes from more than one-quarter of nearly 100 editors surveyed. The J...
Dec 17, 2024
Canada’s quarterly population growth hits slowest pace since early 2022
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada estimates the country's population grew by 176,699 people between July 1 and Oct. 1, marking the slowest pace of growth since the first quarter of 2022. Canada's population ...
Dec 17, 2024