Category Archives: Canada
Economic growth in July could give way to stall in August: StatCan
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy grew in July but any momentum may have been short lived, Statistics Canada said Friday. Real gross domestic product grew 0.2 per cent in July, marking the first signs of ...
Sep 26, 2025
Concordia University celebrates 'landmark' fundraising year amid financial challenges
MONTREAL - The president of Montreal's Concordia University says the success of the school's most ambitious funding campaign ever is a heartening "statement of faith" that comes at a difficult time fo...
Sep 26, 2025
In the news today: Postal workers on strike, Carney in U.K., Chinese EV tariff review
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Unionized postal workers on strike nationwide Unionized postal workers are on a nationwide strike this morning...
Sep 26, 2025
Striking Canada Post union urges Ottawa to walk back sweeping mandate changes
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Post workers is urging Ottawa to walk back sweeping changes to the postal service's mandate as mail carriers take to picket lines across the country. The federal...
Sep 26, 2025
Ottawa says Chinese EV tariff review is 'informal,' with no specific deadline
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is reviewing its decision to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs - but it can't or won't say when the review began, or when it will end. The tariffs took...
Sep 26, 2025
Carney looks to strengthen trade, security ties in U.K. visit
LONDON - Prime Minister Mark Carney is urging "like-minded" countries to work together in the face of the economic and geopolitical "rupture" driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff agenda. Car...
Sep 26, 2025
Crew unravels humpback whale from rope and fishing gear off B.C.'s coast
Fader the humpback has been coming back to British Columbia's waters for the last two decades, but this time the whale was spotted with something extra - more than 130 metres of rope and fishing gear....
Sep 26, 2025
Ex-Israeli PM Ehud Olmert slams Netanyahu for framing Carney as enemy of Israel
OTTAWA - Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says Canadians should oppose Israel's government - not Israelis themselves - and blasts his successor for treating Prime Minister Mark Carney as "an ...
Sep 26, 2025
Quebec labour tribunal to hear case against Amazon over warehouse closures
MONTREAL - A Quebec labour tribunal will begin hearing witnesses in a case against Amazon stemming from the e-commerce giant's decision to close its seven warehouses in the province. The Confdration d...
Sep 26, 2025
Former Ontario hockey player fatally shot in Wisconsin; police seeking suspect
Police in Wisconsin say a man from Ontario was killed in what's believed to be a drive-by shooting. The Sheboygan Falls police department says 32-year-old Giovanni Michael Robinson was found with a fa...
Sep 25, 2025