Canada

Alberta to pilot oil and gas royalty breaks for legally required well cleanup

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is moving ahead with a plan that would give oil and gas companies a tax break for meeting their legal obligations to clean up old well sites, inviting a select group ...

Feb 08, 2023

A year after "Freedom Convoy," Ottawa to reopen street in front of Parliament Hill

Ottawa's city council has approved a motion to reopen the street in front of Parliament Hill to traffic a year after it was closed off following the "Freedom Convoy" protests. Wellington Street, which...

Feb 08, 2023

Prairies stand to benefit the most from boost to immigration target: Desjardins

OTTAWA - A new Desjardins report suggests Canada's immigration target increase could spur economic growth, with the Prairies standing to benefit the most. Principal economist Marc Desormeaux says his ...

Feb 08, 2023

'Serious injuries' as bus crashes into daycare in Montreal suburb, driver arrested

LAVAL, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says there are "serious injuries" after a city bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday morning in a suburb north of Montreal. Public Security Minister Franois...

Feb 08, 2023

Pierre Poilievre pledges to honour Trudeau's health-care funding offer to premiers

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre says he would honour the health-care increases Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised provinces if his Conservatives form the next government. Poilievre made the pledge t...

Feb 08, 2023

Defence, innovation ministers team up to sell D.C. on merits of working with Canada

WASHINGTON - Canada's defence and economic development ministers are in the U.S. capital this week to remind lawmakers and military contractors about the economic virtues of cross-border collaboration...

Feb 08, 2023

Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest

MONTREAL - About one million square kilometres of Quebec is covered by boreal forest, roughly 70 per cent of the entire province. In the north, where ecosystems are less likely to have been altered by...

Feb 08, 2023

In The News for Feb. 8: Will the premiers say yes to the feds' health care offer?

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 ... What we are watchi...

Feb 08, 2023

Federal health minister to write to provinces seeking agreement on new health deal

OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will ask the provinces today whether or not they intend to accept the new health-care funding deal tabled by the prime minister. Duclos and Mental Hea...

Feb 08, 2023

Vancouver's Turkish community unites to collect donations for quake survivors

VANCOUVER - Donations are pouring into a Vancouver warehouse for those affected by Monday's devastating earthquake in Turkey, but a volunteer organizer says the country could most benefit from profess...

Feb 08, 2023