Former prime minister Justin Trudeau has joined England's Oxford University in a new role. Trudeau, 54, joined the Blavatnik School of Government as a distinguished fellow and member of the World Leaders Circle, the school said in a news release Frida...

OTTAWA - Canada's aid sector is expressing dismay over the first federal budget in more than 15 years to make no mention of foreign aid, and is calling on Ottawa to outline its vision in an upcoming foreign policy review. "The budget is largely silent ...

As the winter holiday season approaches, one of the most popular sunny destinations for Canadian travellers remains out of reach. The United States' oil blockade against Cuba triggered severe fuel shortages in the country and prompted Canadian airlines...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to restore the auditor general's access to privileged information. In Thursday's federal budget, a line item in a list of proposed legislative changes indicated Ottawa plans to update the Auditor General Act "...

OTTAWA - The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on eight Canadian businesses for allegedly helping to evade sanctions on Iran's government. The department says it sanctioned money services businesses in British Columbia and Ontario...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government welcomes "any moves" to restore free trade between Canada and the United States as officials south of the border push to end the trade war. In the days since the U.S. midterm elections gave the De...

TORONTO - The man who carried out a deadly van attack in Toronto eight years ago is no longer challenging his more than two dozen convictions. Ontario's top court says Alek Minassian has abandoned the appeal of his convictions on 10 counts of first-deg...

A man from Mackenzie, B.C., who was the first to respond to a crash that injured 20 people when a shuttle bus careened off the highway said he is grateful he was in the wrong place at the right time. Rich Rogers was driving along Highway 39 with his wi...

VICTORIA - British Columbia premier-designate Lorne Doerkson is a fan of this week's federal budget, but two economists caution that it may not be easily emulated provincially. Marc Lee, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives...

A forensic DNA expert said investigators assessing the scene of this week's deadly bear attack in Bella Coola, B.C., will likely use techniques to identify the culprit animal very similar to those used at a crime scene involving human DNA. "It is prett...

OTTAWA - Advocates are welcoming news that the federal government plans to end homelessness within 10 years - a crisis one activist said may be bigger than Ottawa realizes. This week's federal budget estimated about 65,000 Canadians are homeless. Tim R...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin says she's confident billions of dollars in tax credits in the new federal budget will encourage private investment to build out Canada's electricity grid. Thursday's federal budget committed $50 billion to ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Friday accused the government of hiding the facts on the number of newcomers it's bringing to Canada, despite the focus in the new immigration levels plan on people who are already here. In Winnipeg on F...

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is asking the Competition Bureau to examine whether Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. acted in bad faith when it acquired Stelco Inc. In a letter to the competition commissioner, Joly pointed to Cleveland-Cliffs chief executive Loure...

OTTAWA - The latest federal budget promises billions of dollars in affordability relief, but middle-income Canadians struggling with the cost of living may find little new immediate help in the spending plan. While Ottawa earmarked fresh assistance for...

MONTRÉAL - Quebec's highest court has ruled that anti-strike-breaker provisions can apply to remote workers in certain circumstances. The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling handed down by Quebec Superior Court in 2023 and reinstated a prior decisi...

OTTAWA - The Manitoba Métis Federation is "appalled" by the lack of Métis-specific funding in Prime Minister Mark Carney's new budget. While First Nations and Inuit have targeted funding measures in the budget, Métis do not, despite having pressed the ...

TORONTO - Wayne Gretzky played a big part in one of his country's crowning moments on the international sporting stage. The Great One fed fellow superstar Mario Lemieux for the decisive goal that secured the 1987 Canada Cup final against the Soviet Uni...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 8.7 per cent (9.1) _ Prince Edward Island 7.4 per cen...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely becaus...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's October employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.5 per cent (60.6) Participation rate: 64.8 per cent (64.8) Number unemployed: 1,507,70...

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government has learned from past mistakes as it sets out its ambitious aim of eliminating homelessness within 10 years. "For decades, governments and communities have tried to address this crisis. ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Champagne, Carney travelling across country to sell federal budget to Canadians Canada's leaders are fanning out today to sell communities on this year's federal b...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet ministers fanned out across the country Friday to sell Canadians on their latest federal budget - while the Conservatives sought to portray the document as a costly spending binge. Speaking at a news ...

OTTAWA - Some economists are getting worried that a string of job losses in recent months is revealing cracks in the labour market. Statistics Canada said Friday that the unemployment rate rose two tenths of a point to 6.7 per cent in October. The labo...

NEW WESTMINSTER - A woman who pleaded guilty to multiple charges in a child sex trafficking case in British Columbia has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. The B.C. Prosecution Service says Jennifer Stephens has also been ordered to provide a DNA sa...

TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized Moderna's mRNA vaccine for influenza, as well as its combination mRNA vaccine for flu and COVID-19. Both are approved for adults 50 years of age and older. But Moderna told The Canadian Press they will not hit ph...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has tabled Budget 2026 featuring tax changes, cultural supports and billions of dollars aimed at stoking investment and economic sovereignty. The budget includes $142.1 billion in new spending or tax break measures, larg...