Category Archives: CP Canada

Polytechnique engineers design low-cost, Japanese kirigami-inspired parachute
MONTREAL - Researchers at Polytechnique Montreal have created a concept for a parachute inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, one that engineers hope could be used in everything from humanitarian ...
Oct 02, 2025

Fact File: Claims government built fake homes for photo op misleading
In September, the public announcement of the federal government's Build Canada Homes agency sparked social media posts claiming a fake construction site with fake homes was used as a backdrop for the ...
Oct 02, 2025

LeBlanc: No timeline for reaching tariff deals, but talks not at a 'dead end'
OTTAWA - It's futile to predict how long trade talks with President Donald Trump's White House might last, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc told the House of Commons trade committee ...
Oct 02, 2025

Budget watchdog says home affordability is getting better — but not everywhere
OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada's housing affordability gap - but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budge...
Oct 02, 2025

New defence procurement office will deliver equipment, not more bureaucracy, MP vows
OTTAWA - Ottawa launched a new Defence Investment Agency on Thursday with the aim of centralizing defence procurement and purchasing equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces at a faster pace. "We're go...
Oct 02, 2025

In the news today: Ottawa eyeing Quebec LNG project, Israeli envoy critical of Carney
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ottawa expressed interest in Quebec LNG project Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural g...
Oct 02, 2025

'No one of her stature': Conservationist Jane Goodall remembered in Canada
TORONTO - Jane Goodall's friend Dax Dasilva says one of the most remarkable things about the conservationist was an ability to draw animals towards her. Dasilva, a Vancouver-born entrepreneur and envi...
Oct 02, 2025

Former Vancouver police officer awarded $30,000 after years-long grievance process
A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination comp...
Oct 02, 2025

Federal officials were interested in proposed Quebec LNG project, documents show
MONTREAL - Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export "substantial volumes" of LNG to Europe, documents show. The revelation ...
Oct 02, 2025

Conservation group preparing to perform necropsies on dead sperm whales in P.E.I.
A conservation group is planning necropsies on three sperm whales that died after being stranded off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal R...
Oct 02, 2025