Canada

Liberal leadership race: A look at the potential candidates

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade and their shortest in the party's modern history to replace Justin Trudeau. He announced Jan. 6 that he will...

Jan 10, 2025

Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Yvonne Jones, Liberal member of Parliament for Labrador, says she won't be running in the next federal election. Jones has been public about her past battles with breast...

Jan 10, 2025

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly heads to Washington next week to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada. President-elect Donald Trump has threat...

Jan 10, 2025

Human rights group asks Canada to join U.S. and declare another genocide in Sudan

OTTAWA - A prominent human rights group is calling on Ottawa to follow the U.S. and declare that recent actions by Sudan's paramilitary force amount to genocide. The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human ...

Jan 10, 2025

Mélanie Joly will not run for Liberal party leadership, source confirms

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is out of the running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, a Liberal source confirms to The Canadian Press. Joly is expected to talk to media toda...

Jan 10, 2025

Canadian plane fighting L.A. fires out of service after colliding with civilian drone

Authorities in Los Angeles say a Quebec water bomber is out of service after colliding with a drone while fighting wildfires Thursday. A pair of Quebec water bombers and their crews have been helping ...

Jan 10, 2025

In the news today: Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December Statistics Canada will release the country's job report for ...

Jan 10, 2025

Provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners: health minister

TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says provincial and territorial health plans will cover primary care provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives. Holland says regulated he...

Jan 10, 2025

How to improve climate predictions? McGill researchers turn to 19th century letters

A team led by McGill University researchers came up with a method they hope could improve climate models over Africa by combining them with 19th century missionary records, refashioning dubious docume...

Jan 10, 2025

Civil society groups push to ensure effectiveness of coming border agency watchdog

OTTAWA - The fight for an independent review body to keep an eye on Canada's border agency may be over, but there are lingering concerns in civil society circles about how much bite the new watchdog w...

Jan 10, 2025