Category Archives: CP Canada

Talks stall between Alberta teachers, government in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says there's still a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend, while teachers ...
Oct 15, 2025

Fact File: No evidence Canadian schools banning pork from lunches
A TikTok video from October asked viewers to "imagine" receiving an email from a teacher asking parents' not to pack pork in their children's school lunches lest it offend religious students. Some who...
Oct 15, 2025

Conservatives, Liberals clash over youth unemployment as Tories pitch training reform
OTTAWA - Young workers in Canada are facing an increasingly bleak jobs market - and the federal Conservatives and Liberals are at odds over how the government could help. Unemployment rose to 14.7 per...
Oct 15, 2025

Records reveal what Chrétien told ministers before Quebec referendum
MONTREAL - Six days before the nail-biting 1995 Quebec referendum that nearly tore the country apart, Jean Chrtien told his ministers to keep their cool. The prime minister acknowledged that day that ...
Oct 15, 2025

In the news today: Stellantis' move upsets union, conservatives win N.L. election
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Unifor decries Stellantis move to U.S. A union representing autoworkers at Jeep's Brampton assembly plant in O...
Oct 15, 2025

Blue Jays fans arrive in Seattle for ALCS Game 3 against the Mariners
SEATTLE - Lloyd Johnston and Shaun Funk arrived in Seattle from Vancouver by train Wednesday wearing rival baseball caps, but the two friends said they're only a "little conflicted." Johnston, with th...
Oct 15, 2025

Alberta government to release report into health contract scandal in 'a few days'
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it received Wednesday the final report from the investigation into allegations of corruption over health contracts, but it won't be immediately released. Former Ma...
Oct 15, 2025

New procurement rules could lead interpreters to avoid federal work, association says
OTTAWA - The association representing professional interpreters is warning that Ottawa's planned new procurement rules could convince many of them to shun work for the federal government. The governme...
Oct 15, 2025

CBC's five-year plan leans on young people, new Canadians to build audience
OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada says it wants to expand its audience by pitching itself to Canadians who "under-value" its services - or don't watch, listen to or read its offerings at all. In its new five-...
Oct 14, 2025

CP NewsAlert: N.L. NDP Leader Jim Dinn wins riding
Jim Dinn, leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP, has won the riding of St. John's Centre. Dinn was first elected to the district in 2019. The Canadian Press
Oct 14, 2025