Category Archives: CP Canada
Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney has made Canada's first-ever cut to funding for a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world's poorest countries - a move that has been sharp...
Nov 21, 2025
13-year-old girl struck and killed by school bus in Montreal suburb
LAVAL - A 13-year-old girl died Thursday evening after she was struck by a school bus moments after she had exited the vehicle in Montreal's northern suburb. Erika Landry, a spokesperson for Laval pol...
Nov 21, 2025
Sidhu: $6-billion trade infrastructure fund key to doubling non-U.S. exports
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said he's witnessed a sea change in interest for Canadian exports headed outside the United States amid the ongoing tariff war with the U.S. Sidhu ...
Nov 21, 2025
In the news today: Grizzly attacks B.C. elementary class, many hurt
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically A grizzly bear has attac...
Nov 21, 2025
How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
PORT COQUITLAM - When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver...
Nov 21, 2025
Quebec man accused of killing his kids gets new trial date after third postponement
MONTREAL - A Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has a new trial date, after recently being granted a third postponement. Kamaljit Arora is charge...
Nov 21, 2025
Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law
OTTAWA - Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committ...
Nov 21, 2025
Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B investment in Canada
ABU DHABI - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1-billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 billion i...
Nov 21, 2025
Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically
A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt. ...
Nov 20, 2025
B.C's Opposition Conservatives have been talking with Alberta about pipeline: Rustad
VICTORIA - The leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition says his party has been talking with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith about her plans to build a pipeline to B.C.'s northern coast. B.C. C...
Nov 20, 2025