Canada

The federal government must revisit its approval of a popular weed-killer, court says

OTTAWA - The federal government has been ordered to reassess its 2022 approval of a popular weed-killer after a Federal Court judge ruled this week the original approval was unreasonable. In a decisio...

Feb 20, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Federal government lists criminal organizations as terrorist entities

OTTAWA - The federal government says several transnational criminal organizations are being listed as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code to fight fentanyl trafficking. More coming. Jim Bronski...

Feb 20, 2025

Heritage minister proposes banning ads from CBC news programming

OTTAWA - The outgoing federal heritage minister says she wants to bar CBC/Radio-Canada from running ads during news programming and from charging subscription fees for digital products such as CBC Gem...

Feb 20, 2025

Boy charged with murder in quadruple homicide on Saskatchewan First Nation

REGINA - A 15-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. The teen cannot be identified due to the Youth Crimin...

Feb 20, 2025

Second person arrested in Montreal Jewish school shooting in November 2023

MONTREAL - Montreal police say they've arrested a second suspect in a shooting at a Montreal Jewish school in November 2023. A 19-year-old was arrested Wednesday for the shooting on Nov. 12, 2023, at ...

Feb 20, 2025

New poll says 27% of Canadians view the United States as an 'enemy' country

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians - 27 per cent - now see the United States as an "enemy" country, while another 30 per cent still say they consider the U.S. an ally. ...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 20, 2025

In the news today: Canadians perception of U.S. changing, as new lumber tariffs loom

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Poll says 27% of Canadians see U.S. as an 'enemy' A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians - ...

Feb 20, 2025

Politics and sports set to collide as Canada, U.S. meet in 4 Nations final

BOSTON - Sports and politics will collide tonight in Boston as archrivals Canada and the United States compete in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off. What might have been initially conceived as an ex...

Feb 20, 2025

After Chinese company divested from Calgary lithium firm, mystery firm stepped in

The federal government is going to court to force a Toronto company to sell a $34-million stake in a Calgary-based lithium firm that it bought off a Chinese company. The government had already deemed ...

Feb 20, 2025

Crashed Delta plane cleared from Toronto airport runway

The wreck of a crashed Delta Air Lines jet has been cleared from a runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. The airline says removing the wreckage took several hours on Wednesday. Delta says...

Feb 20, 2025