Canada

Budget day: Alberta government planning to balance books, boost employment

EDMONTON - It's budget day in Alberta. And while the United Conservative finance minister is saying the province remains on track to end the deficit, the Opposition NDP is warning people to ...

Feb 27, 2020

Car-sharing firm leaves Canada with valuable data in changing market: expert

VANCOUVER - The car-sharing company formerly known as Car2Go is closing up shop in North America on Saturday, taking with it valuable data for automakers looking to the future, says one expe...

Feb 27, 2020

Wet'suwet'en meeting to take place and quiet fireworks; In The News for Feb. 27

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 Feb. 27 ... What...

Feb 27, 2020

Chinatowns across Canada report drop in business due to new coronavirus fears

Most of Calgary's city councillors had lunch at a restaurant in Chinatown this week to try to help reduce fears about the new coronavirus. Businesses in Chinatowns across Canada have reported a drop i...

Feb 27, 2020

Meeting back on with federal, B.C. governments: Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief

A meeting between the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, the federal government and the British Columbia government is set to take place Thursday after it was abruptly cancelled Wednesday, one of the lea...

Feb 26, 2020

A look at carbon prices across the country

OTTAWA - As of Jan. 1, every Canadian and all Canadian businesses are paying a price on carbon. The federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act means provinces that do not have their own price on pol...

Feb 26, 2020

B.C. hospice looking at legal and other options after funding cut by province

VANCOUVER - A hospice society in British Columbia says it is outraged by the province's decision to stop its funding because it refuses to provide medically assisted death. Angelina Ire...

Feb 26, 2020

Alberta must juggle sluggish economy, big deficits, lost jobs in upcoming budget

EDMONTON - Alberta is to bring in its new budget Thursday while juggling a sluggish economy, multibillion-dollar deficits and escalating conflicts with public-sector workers. "There continues to ...

Feb 26, 2020

Names in the mix: an list of potential Conservative leadership contenders

OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is underway and the deadline to register as a candidate is Feb. 27. By then, candidates must have submitted 1,000 signatures, $25,000, a full application form...

Feb 26, 2020

Candidates down to the wire to enter Conservative leadership contest

OTTAWA - Rudy Husny scrambled up and down the stairs of the House of Commons Wednesday, thrusting his nomination papers for the Conservative leadership in front of one party member after another ...

Feb 26, 2020