Canada

Canada consulting with allies on possible involvement in AUKUS security pact

OTTAWA - Canada is in consultations with the U.K., the U.S. and Australia about possible collaboration in the security pact known as AUKUS. The trilateral deal was struck three years ago in an effort ...

Sep 17, 2024

Five things to know about the Bloc Québécois' newest riding, LaSalle-Émard-Verdun

MONTREAL - The Bloc Qubcois dealt a painful blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Monday's byelection, winning the Liberal stronghold of LaSalle-mard-Verdun by 248 votes. Here are five things to kn...

Sep 17, 2024

Byelection win: Bloc Québécois to squeeze Liberals for gains, not trigger election

MONTREAL - The Bloc Qubcois leader says he's in no hurry to trigger a federal election and will instead stick with his plan to extract gains from the minority Liberal government. Yves-Franois Blanchet...

Sep 17, 2024

Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down

OTTAWA - Inflation has come down from its highs, and groceries are no exception. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that grocery prices in August rose 2.4 per cent from the year before, a far cry f...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 17, 2024

StatCan looks to improve the way it tracks wireless plan pricing with new data

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada has changed the way it tracks the price of wireless plans in an effort to capture a more accurate picture of what Canadians are paying when it calculates the inflation rate....

Sep 17, 2024

Health Canada approves updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus. The mRNA vaccine, called Spikevax, has been reformulated to...

Sep 17, 2024

Trudeau returns to Parliament after loss of second Liberal stronghold

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face his cabinet this morning, just hours after the Liberals lost a second stronghold in a byelection in Montreal Monday night. The cabinet will gather for ...

Sep 17, 2024

In the news today: Bloc wins Montreal Liberal stronghold

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Bloc wins Montreal Liberal stronghold, NDP holds on to seat in Winnipeg byelection The Bloc Qubcois has won th...

Sep 17, 2024

Statistics Canada to release August inflation figures today

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release its August consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters are expecting the report to show prices rose 2.1 per cent from a year ago...

Sep 17, 2024

MK-ULTRA: Ottawa, McGill seek to dismiss Montreal brainwashing experiment lawsuit

MONTREAL - Family members of patients allegedly brainwashed decades ago at a Montreal psychiatric hospital are afraid they're running out of time to get compensation because the federal government and...

Sep 17, 2024