Category Archives: CP Canada

Jason Kenney warns of 'deeply divisive' impact of a sovereignty referendum in Alberta
CALGARY - Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney doesn't mince words when asked about possible Alberta separation. He says it's a historically discredited concept driven by a pocket of malcontents and gu...
Sep 15, 2025

Canadian veteran journalist and CTV News anchor Beverly Thomson dead at 61
TORONTO - Canadian journalist and longtime CTV News anchor Beverly Thomson has died. Thomson, who is best known for her high-profile interviews with politicians and celebrities, died on Sunday morning...
Sep 14, 2025

RCMP say four passengers dead in northern Manitoba plane crash
ST. THERESA POINT - Two men and two women from a remote Manitoba First Nation died Saturday when the bush plane they were in crashed, leaving the pilot and sole survivor with serious injuries. RCMP sa...
Sep 14, 2025

Build Canada Homes aims to build 4,000 housing units on federal land: Carney
OTTAWA - The newly created Build Canada Homes agency will oversee plans to build 4,000 homes on six federally owned sites, as part of a $13 billion agency budget to speed up affordable home building, ...
Sep 14, 2025

The budget, bail and other bills: Five things to watch for as Parliament returns
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are gearing up for their return to the House of Commons in what's expected to be a busy fall. Here is a look at some of the things to watch for as Parliament gets underw...
Sep 14, 2025

Judicial rights group denounces judge's appointment to Quebec Superior Court
MONTREAL - A judicial rights group is denouncing the recent appointment of judge Robert Leckey to Quebec Superior Court, filing a motion in the hope the court will declare it illegal and unconstitutio...
Sep 14, 2025

Parliament returns Monday with Carney's first budget on the horizon
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to square off with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Parliament for the first time this week when the House of Commons reconvenes for the fall sitting....
Sep 14, 2025

Manitoba cabinet briefing on landfill search for murder victims not being released
WINNIPEG - A report that could shed more light on why Manitoba's former Progressive Conservative government rejected calls to search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims is being withheld ...
Sep 14, 2025

Provincial election? Bring it on, say Newfoundland critics of Quebec energy deal
ST. JOHN'S - An imminent provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador is a key opportunity for the public to demand transparency about a new energy agreement with Hydro-Qubec - and possibly even h...
Sep 14, 2025

B.C. farm says it will ask Supreme Court of Canada to stop the cull of 400 ostriches
VICTORIA - A spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farms says the farm will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to stop the culling of 400 ostriches hit by avian flu, but it is not clear yet whether Canada's...
Sep 13, 2025