Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Hydro-Québec proposes doubling electricity rates for energy-hungry data centres
MONTRAL - Quebec's hydro utility is seeking to significantly raise electricity prices for data centres and cryptocurrency operations. Hydro-Qubec has asked the province's energy board to hike rates fo...
Feb 19, 2026
New study to help assess potential impact of expanding port on Hudson Bay
WINNIPEG - The federal government announced another step Thursday toward a potential energy and trade corridor through northern Manitoba and the Arctic. The government is launching a market-sounding s...
Feb 19, 2026
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address
WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week, just months after resoundingly winning an offi...
Feb 19, 2026
NDP leadership candidates pitch their rebuilding plans to voters in final debate
OTTAWA - The NDP leadership candidates began the final official debate with a general acknowledgment they agree on policies, but have different visions for how to achieve their most existential goal -...
Feb 19, 2026
Pressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights
QUBEC - Pressure is mounting on Quebec's justice minister to formally abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the government's proposed constitution, with critics saying the province risks openin...
Feb 19, 2026
Slavery exhibit removed by Trump administration is returning to Independence Mall in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled on Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the c...
Feb 19, 2026
U.S. International Trade Commission launches CUSMA rules-of-origin auto investigation
WASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into rules-of-origin regulations for automobiles under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade. A news release on t...
Feb 19, 2026
New defence purchasing agency will become more independent, MP says
OTTAWA - Ottawa is now well into its overhaul of defence procurement and will soon give the agency at the centre of its strategy more authority to ramp up the domestic defence sector and rearm the mil...
Feb 19, 2026
Wolitarsky signs one-day deal with Winnipeg so he can retire with Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Drew Wolitarsky retired Thursday as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The veteran receiver signed a one-year deal with Winnipeg, allowing him to call it a career with the franchise. Wo...
Feb 19, 2026
An arts panel made up of Trump appointees approves his White House ballroom proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees, on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself whe...
Feb 19, 2026