Canada

CP NewsAlert: Chrystia Freeland calls for release of $200B tariff retaliation plan

OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland says Canada needs to release a $200 billion plan to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. Freeland says Ottawa mus...

Jan 27, 2025

Ford's decision to speed up alcohol sales expansion to cost province $612M: report

TORONTO - Ontario's budget watchdog estimates that the government's decision to speed up the rollout of alcohol sales in corner stores will cost the province more than $600 million. That's nearly thre...

Jan 27, 2025

In the news today: Trudeau in Poland for Auschwitz anniversary

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trudeau in Poland for Auschwitz anniversary Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Krakow, Poland, where leaders ...

Jan 27, 2025

Five years on, Chinese Canadians recall ridicule and racism over pandemic precautions

VANCOUVER - In early 2020, Lili Wu was already "armed to the teeth" whenever she ventured to public places near her home in Port Coquitlam, B.C. - face mask, sanitizer, protective eyewear and gloves. ...

Jan 27, 2025

World leaders, survivors in Poland for 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

KRAKOW - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Krakow, Poland, where leaders from around the world are gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The notoriou...

Jan 27, 2025

Foreign Affairs Minister Joly says Canadian released from detention in Afghanistan

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canadian David Lavery has safely made it to Qatar from Afghanistan with the help of the Qatari government. The Canadian Armed Forces veteran went mi...

Jan 26, 2025

B.C.-based climate activist deported to Pakistan after protest charges

A British Columbia-based climate change activist says he's looking forward to seeing his family and eating the food when he returns to his native Pakistan, as he was being deported from Canada on Sund...

Jan 26, 2025

Trump says Canada should become part of U.S. Our head of state isn't weighing in.

OTTAWA - Canada's political leadership has found rare unanimity in recent weeks: nobody wants the country to become the "51st state," as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pitched. The heads o...

Jan 26, 2025

Quebec man charged with second-degree murder after death in Montérégie region

SAINT-ANICET, Que. - A 55-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after a death in Quebec's Montrgie region on Saturday. The man appeared in court via video conference on Sunday. Quebe...

Jan 26, 2025

Public service productivity study group not looking at remote work, says member

OTTAWA - The working group tasked with measuring productivity within Canada's federal public service has not looked at remote work, one of its members says. Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labou...

Jan 26, 2025