Category Archives: CP Canada

In the news today: Carney to address Assembly of First Nations
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to address Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa Prime Minister Mark Carney will address hundre...
Dec 02, 2025

Carney vows to meet Coastal First Nations after chiefs vote against pipeline to B.C.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to meet with Coastal First Nations after chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Col...
Dec 02, 2025

Franklin the Turtle book publisher condemns 'violent' post by U.S. defense secretary
The publisher of the Franklin series of children's books says an online post by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depicting the titular character as a bazooka-wielding soldier is denigrating and vio...
Dec 02, 2025

Alberta's Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party isn't a separatist party. Last week's historic energy deal between Alberta and Ottawa was met with skepticism, and at multip...
Dec 01, 2025

Calgary man found guilty of three terrorism-related charges tied to ISIS
CALGARY - An Alberta judge said a man who willingly joined an Islamic State group in the Middle East over a decade ago knew what he was doing and found him guilty Monday of three counts of participati...
Dec 01, 2025

Generations of Indigenous leaders brace for a new battle over another pipeline
OTTAWA - For some First Nations leaders, the prospect of conflict with provincial and federal governments over plans to send another pipeline to the B.C. coast brings back vivid memories of years past...
Dec 01, 2025

May says voting for budget was 'mistake' and it won't happen again
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says supporting the Carney government on the budget vote is a "mistake" she won't make again. May told The Canadian Press the memorandum of understanding Prim...
Dec 01, 2025

B.C. community holds vigil to mourn deaths, losses in deadly Hong Kong fire
VANCOUVER - Family members of more than 150 people who died when seven highrises burned in Hong Kong last week "deserve the truth," said Phoebe Wong, who attended a memorial in Vancouver late Sunday f...
Dec 01, 2025

Canadian injured in West Bank in what local group calls assault by Israeli settlers
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada said Monday it is aware of a Canadian citizen injured in the West Bank and is providing consular help after what local activists described as an attack by Israeli settle...
Dec 01, 2025

Treasury board president "looking into" potential changes to return to office rules
OTTAWA - Treasury Board president Shafqat Ali on Monday denied having any knowledge about discussions to potentially order public servants to return to the office full time in 2027. Ali was responding...
Dec 01, 2025