Canada

988 suicide helpline takes more than 300K calls, texts in its first year

TORONTO - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says responders have fielded more than 300,000 calls and texts since the launch of the national 988 suicide helpline a year ago. Dr. Allison Crawfo...

Nov 27, 2024

Mediation temporarily suspended in Canada Post strike, parties to meet with minister

OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is summoning Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to his office today as federal mediation to end the nearly two-week old strike isn't working...

Nov 27, 2024

After record-breaking warmth, winter to 'salvage its reputation': Weather Network

Canada's warmest winter on record is unlikely to make a repeat performance this year, The Weather Network's chief meteorologist says, as a new seasonal forecast suggests the season will try to "salvag...

Nov 27, 2024

In the news today: Trudeau to meet premiers after Trump tariff threat

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trudeau to meet with premiers today following Trump tariff threat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet...

Nov 27, 2024

One small step for Alberta town: Residents hope to share name with lunar rover

ATHABASCA, Alta. - Residents of a northern Alberta town are over the moon that it could share its name with the first Canadian rover set to explore the dark, cold terrain of Earth's closest celestial ...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 27, 2024

Trudeau to meet with premiers today following Trump tariff threat

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country's premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump adm...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 27, 2024

N.S. Tories win second majority; NDP replaces Liberals as official Opposition

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he needed a strong, fresh mandate to negotiate with the federal government on issues such as carbon pricing. And in Tuesday's election, voters gave the P...

Nov 27, 2024

N.S. election: a look at re-elected Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston

HALIFAX - Tim Houston gambled that Nova Scotia voters would re-elect the Progressive Conservatives with another majority - even though he ignored his government's fixed-election-date legislation. It w...

Nov 26, 2024

Nova Scotia election: Five main promises of re-elected Progressive Conservatives

The Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives won a second consecutive majority government in Tuesday's election. Premier Tim Houston made a series of campaign promises related to housing, health care and...

Nov 26, 2024

The latest on the Nova Scotia provincial election

Nova Scotians have gone to the polls after a campaign during which the Progressive Conservatives asked voters for a second term in office, and the NDP and Liberals both pledged to make life more affor...

Nov 26, 2024