Canada

The Liberals are about to choose the next prime minister. What happens next?

OTTAWA - The Liberals will choose a new leader Sunday, marking the end of Justin Trudeau's decade as prime minister. He will step down officially in the days to come. On Tuesday, Trudeau said he will ...

Ian Gustafson Mar 08, 2025

Large majority of Canadians reject Trump's annexation overtures, poll suggests

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests few Canadians are open to President Donald Trump's repeated pitches for Canada to become a U.S. state, though interest in it rises among Conservative supporters and those ...

Mar 08, 2025

Threats, harassment driving women out of politics, MPs warn

OTTAWA - As longtime Liberal MP Pam Damoff prepares to leave politics when the next federal election is called she is wistful but open about what is driving her to step away from a career she has had ...

Mar 08, 2025

Liberal leadership candidates make final push ahead of weekend vote

OTTAWA - It's the last day before Liberals elect their next leader and the campaigns are making their final get-out-the-vote push as they seek to rally grassroots support from across the country. Form...

Mar 08, 2025

Shooting near Scarborough Town Centre in Toronto injures 11, suspect at large

TORONTO - Eleven people have been injured after reports of a shooting at a pub near Scarborough Town Centre mall in east Toronto. Police say multiple people were shot near Progress Avenue and Corporat...

Mar 07, 2025

Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, demands to search landfill for remains

WINNIPEG - The RCMP said Friday that remains found at a landfill north of Winnipeg have been identified as belonging to Morgan Harris, one of two slain First Nations women who search teams have been l...

Mar 07, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Remains found in Manitoba landfill confirmed to be Morgan Harris

WINNIPEG - RCMP say remains found in a Winnipeg-area landfill have been confirmed to belong to Morgan Harris, who died at the hands of a serial killer in 2022. More coming. The Canadian Press

Mar 07, 2025

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Hudson's Bay seeks creditor protection, plans restructuring

TORONTO - Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest company that dates back to 1670, has filed for creditor protection and intends to restructure the business. The department store company says it has been facing...

Mar 07, 2025

Eby says electricity export tariffs similar to Ontario's are not 'priority' for B.C.

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Eby says imposing such a fe...

Mar 07, 2025

Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers' advice

OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats"...

Mar 07, 2025