Canada

CP NewsAlert: Carney sending MP to China to push back against canola tariffs

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's parliamentary secretary will join Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on a trade mission to China later this week. The Prime Minister's Office says Kody Blois, Liberal...

Sep 04, 2025

Quebec replaces Luc Boileau as head of public health with Caroline Quach-Thanh

MONTREAL - Quebec is replacing its national public health director, with Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh taking over from Dr. Luc Boileau. In a statement Wednesday, the government said Quach-Thanh's term wil...

Sep 04, 2025

Quebec premier to shuffle cabinet next week, delay start of legislative session

QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will shuffle his cabinet next week and delay the start of the legislative session by two weeks. His office says the shuffle will give the government new momentum...

Sep 04, 2025

Union escalates B.C. public service job action, saying no improved offer in sight

VANCOUVER - The union representing thousands of British Columbia public service workers says it is escalating job action in the dispute. The BC General Employees' Union says pickets are being expanded...

Sep 04, 2025

Canadian among injured in deadly Lisbon streetcar crash

OTTAWA - A Canadian is among the injured after a popular 19th-century streetcar crashed in Portugal's capital on Wednesday. At least 17 people died in the wreck, with another 21 injured. The head of L...

Sep 04, 2025

Head of hard-right U.S. think tank no longer set to meet Carney's cabinet

MISSISSAUGA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his ministers are no longer set to meet with the head of a right-wing U.S. think tank as the second day of cabinet meetings begin. Heritage Foundation pres...

Sep 04, 2025

In the news today: Day 2 of Carney cabinet retreat, TIFF launches with John Candy doc

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney settles in for Day 2 of cabinet retreat Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will meet behind clo...

Sep 04, 2025

Report calls on NATO to counter authoritarian manipulation, disinformation

OTTAWA - A resurgent North Atlantic Treaty Organization should play a leading role in fighting the growing aggression of authoritarian states in the online battlespace, says a new report from civil so...

Sep 04, 2025

What could drought-stricken forests mean for Canada's fall foliage?

An Ontario biologist says drought-stricken parts of Canada could be in for some underwhelming fall foliage if stressed trees lose out on the energy needed to generate some of the season's most brillia...

Sep 04, 2025

Carney says his ministers are looking for ways to cut spending at cabinet retreat

TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will meet behind closed doors for a second day in a row today, as the Liberal government prepares for Parliament's return in a little under two wee...

Sep 04, 2025