Category Archives: Canada

Negotiations expected to resume today as Montreal public transit strike in third day
MONTREAL - Negotiations between Montreal's public transit authority and its maintenance workers are expected to resume today, the third day of a strike causing headaches across the network. The strike...
Jun 11, 2025

Nova Scotia strike that turned deadly a century ago a milestone for workers' rights
HALIFAX - During Nova Scotia's storied 300-year history of coal mining, one deadly riot in 1925 proved to be pivotal for workers' rights in Canada. One hundred years ago today, William Davis - a 37-ye...
Jun 11, 2025

RFK Jr.'s firing of U.S. immunization committee worrisome, Canadian scientists say
TORONTO - Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s firing of an immunization advisory committee south of the border is worrisome. On Monday, the U.S. health and human services secre...
Jun 11, 2025

Lawyers continue final pitches to judge in hockey players' sex assault trial
LONDON - Defence lawyers are set to continue their final pitches to the judge today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Court heard from lawyers re...
Jun 11, 2025

Kananaskis: An explainer on Alberta's cherished park and G7 host location
CALGARY - For the next week, Derek Ryder will be temporarily divorced from his favourite mountain range and beloved trails in Kananaskis, Alta., so the world's most powerful people can safely gather f...
Jun 11, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Court rules Trump's tariffs can stay in effect while appeal proceeds
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on most countries around the world can remain in place while a federal appeals court decides on their future. The U.S. Court of International Trade r...
Jun 10, 2025

B.C. ruling says note on 'dinged' car was binding contract between two lawyers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Civil Resolution Tribunal says a note left on a car about a "dinged" door was a binding contract to pay repair costs. The decision says lawyer Carly Peddle was being dro...
Jun 10, 2025

Man accused of plotting shooting at New York Jewish centre extradited to U.S.
OTTAWA - The U.S. Justice Department says a Pakistani citizen who was living in Canada has been extradited to New York, where he's accused of plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre. ...
Jun 10, 2025

CP NewsAlert: BC Ferries picks Chinese shipyard to build four new boats
BC Ferries has chosen a Chinese shipyard to build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, with the first arriving by 2029. CEO Nicolas Jimenez says BC Ferries won't release the cost of the contract ...
Jun 10, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Squamish, B.C., declares wildfire emergency
SQUAMISH - The District of Squamish north of Vancouver has declared a local state of emergency due to an out-of-control wildfire that it says poses an imminent threat to people and property. More comi...
Jun 10, 2025