Canada

Caring Society tries to force Canada back to the table to talk child welfare reform

OTTAWA - The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is calling on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to force the federal government back to the negotiation table on First Nations child welfare...

Jan 15, 2025

Global temperatures this year to rival 2024's record-breaking heat: climate officials

Canadian climate officials say this year's average global temperature is set to rival 2024's record-breaking heat, and is virtually guaranteed to be hotter than any year on record before 2023. Scienti...

Jan 15, 2025

Sex class action greenlit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court justice has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who is accused of paying minors for sex. In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Ca...

Jan 15, 2025

Canada says it has border under control just ahead of Trump inauguration

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa has added 60 new drones at the Canada-U.S. border and will deploy two new helicopters this week as it moves to ratchet up security. McGuinty ...

Jan 15, 2025

Wilkinson in Washington: Minister makes the case for U.S.-Canada energy alliance

WASHINGTON - Jonathan Wilkinson is the latest Liberal in Washington amid President-elect Donald Trump's tariff threats, and the Canadian energy minister is making the pitch for a Canada-U.S. energy an...

Jan 15, 2025

In the news today: An early election, the Liberal leadership race and Trump's tariffs

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Early election looms over Liberal race The next Liberal leader will need to turn their attention quickly to en...

Jan 15, 2025

Liberals trail Tories in nominations ahead of expected early election

OTTAWA - The next Liberal leader will need to turn their attention quickly to ensuring the party is ready for an early election once the short leadership race ends in March. Multiple Liberal cabinet m...

Jan 15, 2025

Trudeau and the premiers meet to discuss a response to Trump's threatened tariffs

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are set to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet today to talk about U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's vow to impose steep tariffs. Trump has ...

Jan 15, 2025

Lion Electric's customers worried about what comes next amid company's struggles

MONTREAL - Andrew Brooks ordered three school buses from Lion Electric Co. on Nov. 20, just before American Thanksgiving. As superintendent of a school district in Illinois, Brooks had been working wi...

Jan 15, 2025

As fruit buds swell, B.C. farmers hit by 2024 deep freeze hope for better harvest

Peter Simonsen says buds on the peach trees at his farm in Naramata, B.C., are already starting to swell early. But that makes him nervous. "They seem healthy and good, but I'm a little worried, becau...

Jan 15, 2025