Canada

CP NewsAlert: Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador ready to sign Churchill Falls deal

QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault and his Newfoundland and Labrador counterpart Andrew Furey are set to sign an agreement Thursday ending a long-running dispute over the Churchill Falls hydroelec...

Dec 11, 2024

In the news today: BoC expected to cut interest rates again today

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... BoC widely expected to cut interest rates today, odds leaning toward half-point cut The Bank of Canada is set ...

Dec 11, 2024

BoC widely expected to cut interest rates today, odds leaning toward half-point cut

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to make its final interest rate announcement of the year this morning. Forecasters are widely expecting a half-percentage point interest rate cut. That would bring t...

Dec 11, 2024

Trudeau set to speak with premiers to tackle Trump's tariff plan

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with provincial and territorial premiers this afternoon to talk Canada-U.S. relations. The premiers will virtually discuss a joint plan to tackle ...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 11, 2024

Tensions rising between Canada Post, union as strike nears four-week mark

Canada Post and the union representing postal workers are in a war of words as a countrywide strike enters its 27th day. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers pushed back on recent criticisms from Cana...

Dec 11, 2024

Trudeau highlights Kamala Harris presidential defeat as an attack on women's progress

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says women's rights and women's progress is under attack, pointing to the recent defeat of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris as an example. Speaking on T...

Dec 10, 2024

Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order

VANCOUVER - The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a dispute with their employers has applied for a judicial review of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon's decision last mon...

Dec 10, 2024

Canada's information commissioners band together in call for greater government transparency

Information commissioners and ombuds from federal, provincial, and territorial jurisdictions across Canada are asking their respective governments to prioritize transparency in the design and implemen...

Dec 10, 2024

TikTok files legal challenge of federal government's shutdown order

OTTAWA - TikTok is challenging the federal government's order to shut down its operations in Canada. The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver last Thursday. In November, Ottawa ordere...

Dec 10, 2024

Settlement in Quebec minor hockey coach abuse class action

MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has approved a class action settlement that could provide as much as $10.25 million to victims who were sexually abused by a minor hockey coach in a Montreal suburb. F...

Dec 10, 2024