Canada

CP NewsAlert: Carney appoints interim parliamentary budget officer

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Jason Jacques to a six-month term as the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer. Jacques is a director general at the office and replaces Yves Giroux, w...

Sep 2, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Alberta pauses ban on school library books with sexual content

EDMONTON - Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says in an email to school boards that the government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from librari...

Josh Hall Sep 2, 2025

Assembly of First Nations to lay out budget priorities during general assembly

WINNIPEG - The federal government's major projects legislation, closing the infrastructure gap on First Nations, and federal budget expectations are expected to be discussed at this week's annual meet...

Sep 2, 2025

Medical associations 'relieved' as school accreditation splits from U.S.

OTTAWA - Canadian medical associations are marking the first school year for a new accreditation system for medical schools that is fully separate from the United States. A news release from the Canad...

Sep 2, 2025

Ottawa vows to help Afghans hit by deadly earthquake as aid groups call out aid rest

OTTAWA - Ottawa says it's ready to help Afghans in the wake of a deadly earthquake, even as one organization warns that Canada is making it hard to reach those living under Taliban rule. The Taliban g...

Sep 2, 2025

Canada to host U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, other officials from G7 and Ukraine

OTTAWA - U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will be in the Ottawa region this week for a gathering of his peers from most G7 countries and Ukraine. Speaker of the House of Commons Francis Scarpaleggia wi...

Sep 2, 2025

Slurry pit deaths: Quebec coroner warns of dangers to farmers from manure gases

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is urging the province's professional farmers association to increase efforts to educate its members on the dangers of slurry pits. Coroner Nancy Bouchard made the recommen...

Sep 2, 2025

Canadian Red Cross helps rebuild Ukrainian children's hospital after rocket attack

KYIV - Workers dangle from ropes as they brush the last bit of white paint on the trim of the Okhmatdyt children's cardiac hospital in Kyiv. Below them, a damaged children's stroller and construction ...

Sep 2, 2025

Federal NDP launches leadership race

OTTAWA - The federal NDP today officially launched the race to find its next leader. In a news release, the party says there has been strong interest in the contest since Aug. 20, when the application...

Sep 2, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney huddles with cabinet in Toronto ahead of fall sitting

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney headed to Toronto on Tuesday for two days of private meetings with his cabinet ahead of the fall legislative sitting. It's Carney's second cabinet retreat since win...

Sep 2, 2025