Category Archives: CP Canada
In the news today: Alberta passes bill on teacher strike
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Alberta passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike Premier Danielle Smith's government ha...
Oct 28, 2025
Prime Minister Carney's visit to Singapore focuses on attracting investment in Canada
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Mark Carney met with potential investment partners in Singapore on Tuesday as his first official visit to Asia entered its second phase. The brief stopover in Singapore come...
Oct 28, 2025
Sanctions-evading Russian oil ships could pollute the Arctic, PM's adviser warns
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's allies are praising Ottawa's work on preventing Russia from smuggling oil through concealed ships - ships that Ottawa fears could someday unleash an environmental cataclysm i...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking t...
Oct 27, 2025
Whale watch firm 'devastated,' says its boat could have hit humpback later found dead
A British Columbia whale watching company says it is "devastated" by the discovery of a dead humpback whale that it believes could have been struck by one of its vessels. Fisheries and Oceans Canada s...
Oct 27, 2025
Health Canada authorizes long-awaited drug to slow early-stage Alzheimer's disease
TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized a drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Lecanemab is the first medication approved in Canada that targets the buildup of amyloid plaque in t...
Oct 27, 2025
Eby says he'll keep lobbying for slain woman's family, who wanted more from bail law
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government was not done yet advocating for the family of Kelowna woman Bailey McCourt, whose ex-husband was charged with murdering her hours afte...
Oct 27, 2025
David Eby says British Columbia's anti-tariff ads, aimed at Americans, will go ahead
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said the province plans to push ahead with anti-tariff advertisements aimed at the American public, days after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed a campai...
Oct 27, 2025
Blue Jays fans stick it out till early morning hours to see L.A. Dodgers take Game 3
TORONTO - Patience is a virtue but it didn't pay off for the Toronto Blue Jays fans who stuck it out until almost 3 a.m. at Rogers Centre for a watch party that saw more than 27,000 fans pack the stan...
Oct 27, 2025
First Nation calls B.C. Premier Eby's comments 'deliberately inflammatory'
The Quw'utsun Nation says public comments by British Columbia Premier David Eby and other politicians about its groundbreaking Aboriginal title case in Richmond, B.C., are "at best, misleading, and at...
Oct 27, 2025