Category Archives: Canada

Statistics Canada's April inflation data to show impact of carbon price removal
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release inflation data for April today. Market data shows economists on average expect the annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.6 per cent last month, from 2.3 per...
May 20, 2025

Canada Post workers issue strike notice, poised to hit picket lines Friday
MONTREAL - Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing some 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week. The Crown corporation say...
May 19, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Canada, U.K and France sign joint statement condemning Israel's actions
OTTAWA - The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France have signed a joint statement condemning the expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza, calling the level of human suffering "into...
May 19, 2025

Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF - Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. "The next fire in here...
May 19, 2025

Archeologists find prehistoric artifacts at future skating rink site near Montreal
MONTREAL - Last fall, as archeologist Yves Chrtien was supervising a team digging at the site of a future hockey rink northeast of Montreal, a mini excavator unearthed pieces of cut stone. Formed unde...
May 19, 2025

Opposition slams Liberals for having no plans to table budget soon
OTTAWA - Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday for being vague about his plans after his government said it would not table a federal budget before the House of Commons rise...
May 19, 2025

Eco-friendly transportation a condition of planned Ottawa Senators arena: agreement
OTTAWA - Public transit, cycling and walking will be the "primary and preferred modes" of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators' planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the ...
May 19, 2025

Protesters opposed to agency-ordered cull at ostrich farm prepare for long-term stay
NAKUSP - Protesters who have been camping this weekend at a British Columbia ostrich farm that's been ordered to kill its entire flock because of bird flu say they're preparing to stay longer. Univers...
May 18, 2025

'A family is torn apart': 3 kids killed in suspected drunk driving crash in Toronto
TORONTO - An early-morning crash has torn one family apart, Toronto police said Sunday as they announced three children had died in a collision allegedly caused by an impaired teen driver. Police reve...
May 18, 2025

Carney leads Canadian delegation to the Vatican for Pope's inaugural mass
ROME - Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the Vatican today, leading a Canadian delegation attending the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV. Carney, a devout Catholic, will be among a number of world leader...
May 18, 2025