Category Archives: Canada
NDP, Conservatives, Greens throw rocks at each other over tax changes, health care
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 project...
Oct 5, 2026
Speed Skating Canada working to regain charitable status after missed tax filing
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 Ga...
Oct 5, 2026
Alberta premier unaware of reported separatist meetings with U.S. strategists
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...
Oct 5, 2026
Sign on off-campus property perpetuated rape culture: St. Francis Xavier University
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 prof...
Oct 5, 2026
In the news today: jet search ends, Quebec votes, MPs return, daylight time debate
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...
Oct 5, 2026
Sovereigntist Parti Québécois is projected to form minority government
MONTREAL - The Parti Qubcois 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 ...
Oct 5, 2026
Author Steven Galloway 'destroyed' by sex assault allegations, lawyer says
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 defamatio...
Oct 5, 2026
MPs spar over Carney's major projects bill as Parliament returns
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians returned to Ottawa on Monday and Opposition members of Parliament had their sights trained firmly on the government's 243-page economic and labour bill. Prime Minister Mark C...
Oct 5, 2026
Clocks stay in daylight saving, but analysis backs permanent standard time
VANCOUVER - Ralph Mistlberger's light is adjustable, allowing him to have the full spectrum of options depending on what his internal clock needs. "You want cool in the morning. You want warm in the e...
Oct 5, 2026
Chief justice stresses need to protect democratic institutions as pressures grow
OTTAWA - Canada's democratic institutions need protection in the face of unrelenting pressures, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Monday as the Supreme Court of Canada opened a new judicial year. Wagn...
Oct 5, 2026