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CP NewsAlert: Alberta byelection called for Aug. 18, giving Poilievre path to House
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a byelection for the riding of Battle River - Crowfoot in Alberta for Aug. 18. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to run in the riding afte...
Jun 30, 2025
Political, health leaders among more than 80 new appointees to the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - The prime minister's incoming chief of staff and two doctors who led Canadians through the COVID-19 pandemic are among 83 appointments to the Order of Canada, being announced today by Gov. Ge...
Jun 30, 2025
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thanks Canada for dropping digital services tax
OTTAWA - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thanked Canada for rescinding its digital services tax in a move to resume trade negotiations with the United States. In a post on social media, Lutnick...
Jun 30, 2025
In the news today: Canada rescinds digital services tax
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada rescinds digital services tax Canada is rescinding its digital services tax and will resume trade negot...
Jun 30, 2025
From lacrosse myths to kilts: 5 things you may not know about Canadian symbols
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians likely will get a chance later this year to debate whether to adopt a livestock brand as an official national symbol. A bill to create the brand was introduced earlier in Jun...
Jun 30, 2025
Retiring government rep Marc Gold calls Senate 'greatest privilege' of his life
OTTAWA - Sen. Marc Gold's career as the government's representative in the Senate is ending, closing a chapter he called "the greatest privilege" of his life. Gold reaches the Senate's mandatory retir...
Jun 30, 2025
Is Canada now free of internal trade barriers? Read the fine print
OTTAWA - Federal and provincial leaders are working to dismantle internal trade barriers that push up the cost of goods and make it harder to do business within Canada. But anyone expecting all of the...
Jun 30, 2025
Amid calls for separation, Alberta's new referendum rules set to formally take effect
EDMONTON - As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own. Beginning Fri...
Jun 30, 2025
Montreal Jewish museum reopens century-old sewing shop as a pop-up exhibit
MONTREAL - For 100 years, H. Fisher & Fils was a fixture of Montreal's garment industry, serving up orders of buttons, bolts of cloth and sewing supplies from its storefront on St-Laurent Boulevar...
Jun 30, 2025
Canada cancelled its digital services tax. What was it and why did the U.S. hate it?
OTTAWA - Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one da...
Jun 30, 2025