Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa commits $6M to fund cross-Canada research aimed at driving productivity
CALGARY - The federal government has announced a $6 million grant aimed at improving Canada's economic productivity through a cross-country research partnership. The funding from the Social Sciences a...
Feb 09, 2026
B.C. firm says some workers found dead after abduction from Mexico mine
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based firm that operates a mine site in Mexico where 10 workers were abducted last month has heard from "a number of families" that their relatives have been found dead, the co...
Feb 09, 2026
Ottawa investigating report Gaza cemetery where Canadians were buried was destroyed
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada said it is "deeply concerned" by reports the Gaza War Cemetery where nearly two dozen Canadians were buried has been severely damaged or destroyed. The department respon...
Feb 09, 2026
In the news today: Tax exemptions, Alberta tribute hockey game, Super Bowl highlights
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Conservatives call for tax relief for GM worker severance packages The Opposition Conservatives are calling on...
Feb 09, 2026
Engineering students brace the cold to race concrete sleds in London, Ont.
Hundreds of engineering students braced the bone-chilling cold over the weekend to race concrete sleds down a hill in London, Ont. As part of the annual Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race, teams fr...
Feb 09, 2026
Liberals reject Poilievre's call for tax relief on GM workers' severance pay
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is rejecting a call from the Opposition Conservatives to grant a tax reprieve on severance packages for laid-off General Motors workers in Ingersoll, Ont. Conse...
Feb 09, 2026
'Get their act together': Freeland on U.S. relationship with others on world stage
Former cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland says when it comes to the U.S. and its relationships with other countries on the world stage, it needs to "get their act together." Since his 2025 inauguratio...
Feb 08, 2026
Cascadia movement has roots in the past, but does B.C. separatism have a future?
VICTORIA - In 2017, Cory Pahl was a candidate for the Cascadia Party of British Columbia, whose official goals included the creation of a provincial assembly that would assert the sovereign rights of ...
Feb 08, 2026
'They were brothers': Players, families remember 3 who died in Alberta highway crash
STAVELY - When Sawyer Smith thinks about teammates Caden Fine and JJ Wright, he remembers an instance of team tomfoolery on the golf course. He was with Cameron Casorso on the course when Fine and Wri...
Feb 08, 2026
Petition calls for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance
OTTAWA - An electronic petition on the parliament website calls on the House of Commons to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance. It says the reason is...
Feb 08, 2026