Canada

In the news today: Liberals meet in Ottawa amid leadership race

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals meet in Ottawa amid leadership race The Liberals are gathering on Parliament Hill for a second day in...

Jan 24, 2025

Clock ticks down for Liberal leadership hopefuls to sign up new members

OTTAWA - The Liberals are gathering on Parliament Hill for a second day in a row to talk next steps as the party searches for a replacement for outgoing leader Justin Trudeau. The candidates only have...

Jan 24, 2025

Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer

Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog. Her white, brown speckled nose has also made her somethin...

Jan 24, 2025

Who's in and who's out of the Liberal leadership race

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. Candidates must declare by 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 with a $50,000 depo...

Jan 23, 2025

Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law

MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will hear argu...

Jan 23, 2025

Joly off to Washington to talk tariffs with Rubio as Trump floats 5% target for NATO

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with Donald Trump's new secretary of state next week in Washington. Trump is threatening to impose 25 pe...

Jan 23, 2025

Freeland says she's abandoning capital gains tax change because of Trump

OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland says her promise to repeal changes to the capital gains tax was made in response to Donald Trump's election in the United States. Freeland is running...

Jan 23, 2025

Quick quotes: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday agreed to hear a challenge of Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, which prohibits public sector workers in positions of authority, including teachers and...

Jan 23, 2025

Quebec maple syrup producers fear 'major consequences' if Trump tariffs go ahead

MONTREAL - Quebec's maple syrup producers are worried their industry will take a big hit if U.S. President Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to slap 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports next ...

Jan 23, 2025

Trump calls on OPEC to bring down cost of oil at World Economic Forum

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump told an elite global audience today that he is going to ask the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries to bring down the cost of oil. He made the comments i...

Jan 23, 2025