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B.C. to require Canadian-made biofuels to meet standards for gas, diesel
British Columbia's energy minister says the province will soon require Canadian-made products to fulfil renewable fuel standards for gasoline and diesel. Adrian Dix says B.C.'s requirement of five-per...
Feb 27, 2025

Defending champion Gushue aiming to win Brier for a record seventh time
KELOWNA, B.C. - There was a time when a Canadian men's curling championship always seemed just out of Brad Gushue's reach. Now the veteran skip is simply the man to beat at the Montana's Brier. His St...
Feb 27, 2025

Ottawa Redblacks to hold 2025 training camp at Queen's University
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks will be taking their training camp on the road. The CFL club announced Thursday it will hold this year's camp at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. It's the first time ...
Feb 27, 2025

Sask NDP; chambers encourage residents to shop local
The Saskatchewan NDP have launched an initiative to bring the province together and support their own local businesses. "Next week, [United States President] Donald Trump intends to impose what will b...
Feb 27, 2025

Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero and 28 others to the US as officials meet with Trump team
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico has sent drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States with 28 prisoners requested by the U.S. government, a Me...
Feb 27, 2025
Premier Moe says relations with U.S.A. ‘more intense’ after meetings in D.C.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says relations with the United States have been "a little more intense," as he continues to push against the threat of tariffs.Moe says even with heightened rhetoric fro...
Feb 27, 2025

Montreal-area mayors outraged as Quebec tables bill to expand hazardous landfill
MONTREAL - Montreal-area mayors are denouncing the Quebec government's decision to force the City of Blainville to cede a piece of land for the expansion of a hazardous waste disposal site. Blainville...
Feb 27, 2025

Trudeau calls idea of banning Trump from Canada 'irresponsible'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's call for the federal government to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from coming to Canada for the G7 summit this June. At ...
Feb 27, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Quebec minister Éric Caire resigns over auto board scandal
QUBEC - A long-serving minister in Quebec's Coalition Avenir Qubec government has resigned amid a scandal over the auto insurance board's online platform. Quebec Premier Franois Legault says Cybersecu...
Feb 27, 2025

Quebec man sentenced for 3D-printed guns, online hate speech against Jews
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges including hate speech against Jews and the 3D printing of firearms. Pascal Tribout, 38, was sentence...
Feb 27, 2025