Canada

Gun suspect arrested in Regina after four found dead on Saskatchewan First Nation

REGINA - Police have arrested a man accused of pointing a gun at people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan a few hours after four people were found dead in a home on another reserve. RCMP say ...

Feb 05, 2025

Mark Carney pledges to beat Trudeau's target date for meeting NATO spending benchmark

OTTAWA - Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney says he would reach Canada's NATO defence spending target by the end of the decade - two years ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's schedule. Carn...

Feb 05, 2025

International grads more likely to hold jobs below their education levels: StatCan

OTTAWA - International students who graduated from Canadian schools are more likely to be underemployed than their Canadian peers and many are living with lower incomes as a result. Statistics Canada'...

Feb 05, 2025

Prime Minister Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. summit amid threat of Trump tariffs

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada f...

Feb 05, 2025

Statistics Canada says merchandise trade surplus $708 million in December

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade surplus with the world was $708 million in December. The result compared with a revised deficit of $986 million in November and marked t...

Feb 05, 2025

Poilievre would impose life sentences for trafficking over 40 mg of fentanyl

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre says a Conservative government would bring in mandatory life sentences for those convicted of trafficking, production and distribution of over 40 mg of fentanyl. The Conserva...

Feb 05, 2025

In the news today: Canadian unity in face of tariffs, wrongful conviction reviews

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump's threats bring Canadians together McGill University undergrad Daniel Miksha made a significant decision...

Feb 05, 2025

Ontario votes: Most leaders set to campaign in Greater Toronto Area

Ontario's main party leaders are mostly campaigning in the Greater Toronto area today as the focus of the snap election shifts to provincial issues. The threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods domina...

Feb 05, 2025

New wrongful conviction review body could see hundreds of applications

OTTAWA - A new independent commission tasked by the federal government with reviewing miscarriages of justice could discover that more people than expected are serving prison sentences for crimes they...

Feb 05, 2025

'A madness in the air.' Trump's threats unleash patriotic wave among Canadians

FREDERICTON - McGill University undergrad Daniel Miksha made a significant decision over the weekend. After hearing the news that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to impose 25 per cent tariffs on C...

Feb 05, 2025