Category Archives: CP Canada
Supreme Court to weigh appropriate legal path for reviewing complaint about railway
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will help decide the appropriate means of reviewing a company's complaint about the service provided by a railway. In November 2023, the Canadian Transportation Ag...
Feb 19, 2026
Hydro-Québec proposes doubling electricity rates for energy-hungry data centres
MONTRAL - Quebec's hydro utility is seeking to significantly raise electricity prices for data centres and cryptocurrency operations. Hydro-Qubec has asked the province's energy board to hike rates fo...
Feb 19, 2026
New study to help assess potential impact of expanding port on Hudson Bay
WINNIPEG - The federal government announced another step Thursday toward a potential energy and trade corridor through northern Manitoba and the Arctic. The government is launching a market-sounding s...
Feb 19, 2026
NDP leadership candidates pitch their rebuilding plans to voters in final debate
OTTAWA - The NDP leadership candidates began the final official debate with a general acknowledgment they agree on policies, but have different visions for how to achieve their most existential goal -...
Feb 19, 2026
Pressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights
QUBEC - Pressure is mounting on Quebec's justice minister to formally abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the government's proposed constitution, with critics saying the province risks openin...
Feb 19, 2026
U.S. International Trade Commission launches CUSMA rules-of-origin auto investigation
WASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into rules-of-origin regulations for automobiles under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade. A news release on t...
Feb 19, 2026
New defence purchasing agency will become more independent, MP says
OTTAWA - Ottawa is now well into its overhaul of defence procurement and will soon give the agency at the centre of its strategy more authority to ramp up the domestic defence sector and rearm the mil...
Feb 19, 2026
Finance minister unveils Ottawa's 'follow the money' plan to tackle extortion
OTTAWA - The federal government is bringing law enforcement and financial institutions together to fight extortion operations targeting Canadian businesses and households. Finance Minister Franois-Phi...
Feb 19, 2026
Feds put up $50 million for Inuit-led university as part of funding package
OTTAWA - The federal government will provide $50 million to help develop Canada's first Inuit-led university, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty said Thursday. Gull-Masty announced the fund...
Feb 19, 2026
Pneumonia hospitalizations rose dramatically last year, new CIHI data shows
TORONTO - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says pneumonia hospitalizations rose by almost one-third across Canada last year. The data released Thursday shows kids between five and 17 year...
Feb 19, 2026