Category Archives: CP Canada
Activists from Gaza-bound flotilla expected to return to Canada this weekend
The first of six Canadian activists aboard a flotilla that was detained by Israeli forces while attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has returned home. Indigenous rights activist Msk...
Oct 11, 2025
'Shovel Superman’': Alberta man uses vacation to help clean up floods in Taiwan
HUALIEN CITY - While many people like to spend their vacations on the beach or at resorts, Jaron Rosso Wiigs of Edmonton used some of his days off to shovel mud after a typhoon in Taiwan. When he arri...
Oct 11, 2025
Canada's first non-beating heart transplant could lead to shorter wait lists: UHN
TORONTO - A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor. University Heal...
Oct 11, 2025
Mail, parcel delivery to resume as postal union begins rotating strikes
Kathryn Gallagher Morton is "absolutely thrilled" that Canada Post is at least moving. Being the owner of Maplelea, a small business that sells Canadian-themed dolls via its website, she said a majori...
Oct 11, 2025
Former Liberal cabinet minister says young people are hesitant to enter politics
OTTAWA - Sergio Marchi says when he asks students in his university course on politics how many of them are interested in a career in public life, he's surprised if two or three of them raise a hand. ...
Oct 11, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith says Ottawa is dodging responsibility for pipeline decision
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province's planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast. In a statement Fri...
Oct 10, 2025
DNA advances lead to Quebec man admitting to murdering 10-year-old girl in 1994
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of a 10-year-old girl in a northern Montreal suburb more than 31 years ago, bringing closure to the young victim's ...
Oct 10, 2025
What the federal Liberals are pitching in their 2025 budget
OTTAWA - Over the past few weeks, the federal government has previewed items that will be included in the federal budget, being introduced today. Here is a running list of what has been announced by t...
Oct 10, 2025
Here are the B.C. ministries, provincial agencies and roles affected by job action
About 26,000 members of two unions representing British Columbia professionals and public service workers are participating in escalating job action as they push for pay increases in new contracts wit...
Oct 10, 2025
B.C.'s public service workers escalate strike to correctional facilities
BURNABY - British Columbia jails have been added to the growing list of sites behind picket lines as public service workers escalate job action. The BC General Employees' Union said in a statement Fri...
Oct 10, 2025