Canada

Indigenous MP says he has the money and the signatures to contest Liberal leadership

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says he has the money and the signatures he needs to join the federal Liberal leadership race. Speaking in Halifax today to Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqey chiefs from a...

Jan 23, 2025

Family of 13-year-old Quebec girl who went missing in 2005 still seeking answers

MONTREAL - The mother of a 13-year-old Quebec girl who vanished without a trace 20 years ago today says she still hasn't given up hope of finding her. Franoise Algier's last memory of her daughter, Ml...

Jan 23, 2025

Karina Gould submits paperwork to enter Liberal leadership race on deadline day

OTTAWA - Liberal leadership contender Karina Gould submitted her official paperwork to enter the race to replace Justin Trudeau today. Gould said outside party headquarters in Ottawa that her party lo...

Jan 23, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Ex-priest pleads guilty to indecent assaults of children in Nunavut

IQALUIT - Defrocked Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger has pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault against children in Nunavut. Court has heard the offences took place between 1978 and 1982 at o...

Jan 23, 2025

Documentary 'Sugarcane' about a B.C. residential school among Canadian Oscar nominees

Secwpemc filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat and Toronto journalist Emily Kassie are among the Canadians up for Oscars. The pair got a best documentary feature nod for their film "Sugarcane," which follow...

Jan 23, 2025

In the news today: Liberal leadership deadline, Trump versus Canada's digital tax

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Deadline arrives for Liberal leadership candidates The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on...

Jan 23, 2025

Supreme Court to decide whether to hear challenge of Quebec secularism law

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce this morning whether it will hear a challenge of Quebec's controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21. In 2024, the Quebec Court of Appeal up...

Jan 23, 2025

Canada's digital services tax, online regulation bills a likely Trump trade target

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has spent years touting its efforts to make tech giants pay. Now, those pieces of legislation could be a target of the Trump administration - particularly the digital s...

Jan 23, 2025

Field of Liberal leadership contenders nearly set as deadline day arrives

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on Parliament Hill as the party searches for its next leader. Candidates who want to run to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader are...

Jan 23, 2025

Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online betting sites, intelligence agency warns

OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency suspects online gambling platforms are being used to launder proceeds from fentanyl dealing and production. In an operational alert, the Financial Trans...

Jan 23, 2025