Category Archives: CP Canada

House committee adds language, security checks to 'Lost Canadians' bill
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is recommending that most adults eligible for birthright citizenship under the "Lost Canadians" bill meet the same standards on language, knowledge of Canadian hi...
Oct 08, 2025

Justice minister rules out withdrawing legal submission on notwithstanding clause
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser has rejected calls from five premiers for Ottawa to withdraw its legal argument calling for limits on the use of the Constitution's notwithstanding clause. Fraser...
Oct 08, 2025

Cadaver dogs fail to find remains in search for two missing Nova Scotia children
HALIFAX - Two tracking dogs trained to search for human remains have failed to find any trace of two children reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home more than five months ago, the RCMP sai...
Oct 08, 2025

In the news today: Carney comes home with no new deal, Blue Jays look to bounce back
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney returns to Ottawa without a tariff deal Prime Minister Mark Carney returns to Ottawa today without any ...
Oct 08, 2025

Carney returns to Ottawa without a deal to end the U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON - Mark Carney departed Washington Wednesday with no deal in hand to lift U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods - an outcome that drew both intense criticism during a heated question period and rar...
Oct 08, 2025

Edmonton Elks organize free camp for high school football players sidelined by strike
EDMONTON - High school football players sidelined as a result of the Alberta teachers strike are getting some gridiron help from the CFL's Edmonton Elks. The strike, in its third day Wednesday, means ...
Oct 08, 2025

Experts say Ottawa’s new AI task force is skewed towards industry
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has given its new AI "task force" until the end of the month to fast-track changes to the national artificial intelligence strategy - a plan that critics say leans too ...
Oct 08, 2025

Jobs minister urges striking Canada Post union to respond to latest offer
OTTAWA - The federal jobs minister is urging the union representing striking Canada Post workers to respond to the Crown corporation's latest offers. Patty Hajdu told reporters on the way into the Lib...
Oct 08, 2025

Hydro spying trial delayed as court weights utility's motion to shield information
LONGUEUIL - The trial of a former Hydro-Qubec employee facing economic espionage charges remains on hold over arguments about the utility's commercial secrets. Hydro-Qubec prompted the delay after int...
Oct 07, 2025

Former B.C. lawyer planned murder of his client, Crown tells court
VANCOUVER - The Crown attorney in the first-degree murder trial of a former Kamloops lawyer says the accused methodically planned the murder of his client for more than a week. Ann Katrine Saettler to...
Oct 07, 2025