Canada

Court orders B.C. to pass law giving French school board expropriation powers

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the provincial government to pass a law within six months providing the Francophone School Board with powers to expropriate private property to build new...

May 28, 2025

Minister says CFIA following due process in B.C. ostrich cull case

OTTAWA - The federal agriculture minister says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is following "due process" as it prepares for a cull of about 400 ostriches at a farm in British Columbia. Asked abou...

May 28, 2025

Tenant group pushes for climate protections in report highlighting extreme heat risks

A Canadian tenant advocacy group says nearly half the renters they surveyed don't have air conditioning, as they press for protections from climate-fuelled extreme heat. A report released by ACORN Can...

May 28, 2025

Canadian doctors who served in Gaza call for arms embargo, sanctions against Israel

OTTAWA - Canadian medical professionals who treated wounded Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are urging Ottawa to stop all military trade with Israel. The doctors say Canada's current restrictions on ar...

May 28, 2025

National chief says First Nations growing frustrated with 'fast-track' approach

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says she doesn't blame First Nations leaders who are voicing frustration with governments promising to fast-track development in their terr...

May 28, 2025

Via Rail subsidiary paid Quebec marketing firm $330K as it pivoted to high-speed rail

MONTREAL - A federal Crown corporation paid more than $330,000 to an outside marketing firm to rebrand a planned passenger rail project between Toronto and Quebec City and boost its popularity. Docume...

May 28, 2025

Experts say royal visit was meant to send a message to Trump — and to London

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney meant to send a message to U.S. President Donald Trump by inviting King Charles to Ottawa this week, foreign policy experts say - but Trump may not have been the on...

May 28, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Evacuation concerns as fires rage in Manitoba, Flin Flon threatened

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says widespread wildfires have the city of Flon Flon on the verge of evacuation while officials are struggling to find places to put thousands more possible evacu...

May 28, 2025

Mexican president says she hasn't decided whether to attend G7 summit

OTTAWA - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says Canada has invited her to attend the G7 leaders' summit next month in Alberta but she hasn't decided yet if she'll attend. At her press briefing this ...

May 28, 2025

Defence minister says cost of Trump's proposed missile defence project still unknown

OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty says that Canada still doesn't know what it would cost to join U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" missile defence program. On Tuesday, in a s...

May 28, 2025