Category Archives: Canada

NewsAlert: Canada Post report recommends phasing out daily door-to-door mail delivery
OTTAWA - The Industrial Inquiry Commission report on the labour dispute at Canada Post recommends phasing out daily door-to-door letter mail delivery for individual addresses, while daily delivery to ...
May 16, 2025

CRTC should equalize CanCon spending for streamers, broadcasters: Corus
OTTAWA - Corus is urging the CRTC to require traditional broadcasters and online players to pay the same amount into the Canadian content system. The broadcaster, which owns Global TV, says both shoul...
May 16, 2025

Clock starts on timing of byelection Poilievre hopes to use to return to Parliament
OTTAWA - The Conservatives know more today about when their leader could return to the House of Commons, now that Damien Kurek has been officially declared the member of Parliament for Battle River-Cr...
May 16, 2025

Concerns over protesters, man with smart glasses raised during hockey players' trial
The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team will now continue with a judge alone after the jury was dismissed. The move comes after a juror sent a note to the ...
May 16, 2025

University of Calgary launches program to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY - The University of Calgary is launching an initiative to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House. Researchers at...
May 16, 2025

Carney travelling to Rome today, will be among world leaders at Pope's inaugural mass
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Rome today to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday. Carney is a devout Catholic and this will be his first official trip to the Vatican ...
May 16, 2025

Recount confirms narrow Liberal victory in Milton East—Halton Hills South
OTTAWA - Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen says she found out just before midnight on May 15 that a judicial recount had confirmed her victory in the federal Ontario riding of Milton East-Halton Hills S...
May 16, 2025

In the news today: Crews continue battle against Manitoba wildfires
roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Crews continue battle against Manitoba wildfires Fire crews in Manitoba continue to battle out-of-control wildfires, inc...
May 16, 2025

Kahnawake casino owners sue Mohawk council, grand chief for $220 million
MONTREAL - Two owners of a casino in a First Nations community southwest of Montreal are suing the territory's council for more than $200 million. They say the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake ignored thei...
May 16, 2025

Quebec renews subsidy program for electric school buses
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is renewing a subsidy program for electric school buses that expired in March. The program will now offer subsidies of $240,000 for each purchase of an electric school...
May 16, 2025