VICTORIA - Credit rating agencies S&P and Moody's have both downgraded British Columbia's rating on the same day, citing the province's ballooning deficit and the apparent lack of a plan to dig the province out of its fiscal hole. S&P Global Ra...

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8. "I just remembered (seeing) a lot of the colours and the excitement of the colours in the water," said Gehman,...

MONTREAL - Quebec's firefighting academy should warn students that "hero" culture can sometimes lead firefighters to overlook their own safety in their attempts to save others, a coroner said Wednesday. Coroner Andrée Kronström made the comments in her...

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it's been a roller-coaster ever since for...

TORONTO - The Canadian Pharmacists Association is urging the federal government to remove all drug-related products from its list of potential retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. The association says there are currently eight pharmaceutical tariff co...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Confusion lingers over Trump's fentanyl tariffs As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to unveil his so-called "liberation day" plan to hit multiple countries wi...

Ontario communities hit hard by a weekend ice storm braced for another round of gusty winds and freezing rain on Wednesday as a massive spring storm descended on Central Canada. More than 192,000 Ontario homes and businesses were in the dark as the st...

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Donald Trump's tariff regime will "fundamentally change the global trading system" after the U.S. president exempted Canada from his so-called "liberation day" tariff list unveiled on Wednesday. "In a crisis...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh spelled out their plans to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff barrage Wednesday, while Liberal Leader Mark Carney shifted to prime ministerial mode to handle the late...

America's 49th state is showing support for the country that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make its 51st. Republican Rep. Chuck Kopp of Alaska, which shares a border with the Yukon and is separated from the contiguous U.S. by Canada, says the st...

WASHINGTON - Democrats in the U.S. Senate are moving forward on a resolution to block sweeping tariffs targeting Canada as President Donald Trump presses Republican lawmakers to continue backing his trade agenda. Sen. Tim Kaine plans to force a vote on...

MONTREAL - Quebec has no intention of softening its language laws, Premier François Legault said Tuesday after the United States listed his government's French-language reform as a barrier to trade. "It's non-negotiable," Legault told The Canadian Pres...

MONTREAL - Pressure is starting to mount on Quebec to reconsider its cap-and-trade emissions pricing system after the federal consumer price ended Tuesday. There has long been a broad consensus in Quebec on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders continue campaigning as more Trump tariffs loom Party leaders are likely to receive questions about Canada-U.S. relations during their campa...

Some Ontario regions hard hit by last weekend's ice storm may not recover power until the end of the week, Hydro One said Tuesday as crews and communities braced for more freezing rain in the coming days. The utility provider said power has been restor...

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney is pausing his federal election campaign and returning to Ottawa for meetings as prime minister ahead of Wednesday's announcement on U.S. tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to hit multiple countries wi...

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure. The New D...

OTTAWA - Unions on both sides of the border are calling on American senators to vote in favour of legislation to overturn U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a joint resolution led by ...

SURREY, B.C. - U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan's military and its nuclear weapons program over more than 15 years. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a Friday ne...

MONTREAL - A former politician and head of an influential business lobby group is joining the race to be the next leader of the Quebec Liberals. Karl Blackburn published an open letter this morning that says Quebec needs a new, inclusive style of leade...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday provided few details of his plan this week to upend global trade through "reciprocal" tariffs as the White House confirmed there's been no decision on whether a pause on economy-wide duties against Can...

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario were still without power Monday after freezing rain coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice, with outages expected to last in some areas as storm cleanup continues. An outage map from provi...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Eyes warily turn to next round of U.S. tariffs during second week of federal election The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh r...

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure. The New D...

A representative for the Canadian Red Cross says the situation on the ground in Myanmar is "still very dire and tragic" days after a massive earthquake that has killed more than 1,700 people. Canadian Red Cross operations lead Chiran Livera said teams ...

HANOVER - Quebec Premier François Legault believes Europe's rearmament presents an "extraordinary opportunity" for his province as it tries to diversify trade away from the United States. Legault told a gathering in Hanover, Germany, that Europe plans...

TORONTO - An Ontario judge rejected a Hudson's Bay restructuring agreement Saturday evening, increasing the likelihood that lenders may seek to push the company into receivership. In a written decision issued Saturday, Ontario Superior Court judge Pete...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre brushed off reports of campaign turmoil Sunday as he pitched his party as the best choice to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump. With the second week of the federal election campaign underway, another ...