OTTAWA - The Liberal government has tabled Budget 2026 featuring tax changes, cultural supports and billions of dollars aimed at stoking investment and economic sovereignty. The budget includes $142.1 billion in new spending or tax break measures, larg...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada and federal government have agreed to keep a target of two per cent inflation at the core of the central bank's mandate. The Bank of Canada sets its benchmark interest rate independently from the federal government but it ge...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government's new budget leaves unanswered a major accounting question about Ottawa's plans to meet its 2035 NATO defence spending commitments. The budget charts a path to meet alliance defence spending targets from now through to 2...

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending its journalism tax credit by $501 million over five years, with $85 million in ongoing annual funding. Ottawa said in its spring fiscal update that it would consult Canadians and stakeholders about extending...

OTTAWA - The federal government has tabled the 2026 budget proposing $142.1 billion in new spending and projecting a steady decline in the deficit. Here are some highlights from the new fiscal plan. Support for northern communities The federal governme...

OTTAWA - Here's a brief look at some key numbers in the Liberal government's 2026 budget. - $142.1 billion: The total amount of new spending and tax breaks included in Budget 2026. -$62.3 billion: The projected deficit for 2026-27. - $3 billion: How mu...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it is providing "unprecedented" support in the new federal budget for culture and recreation through $4 billion in funding over five years. "Culture is foundational to a strong, proud and sovereign Canada," says the...

OTTAWA - The new federal budget commits $32 billion over 10 years to repair, replace and build First Nations infrastructure - though the Assembly of First Nations says the work will require more. The federal budget released Thursday is largely framed a...

OTTAWA - The government's updated immigration plan looks to maintain broad targets for permanent and temporary resident admissions while offering permanent status to up to 200,000 longtime temporary residents who have already applied. The government sa...

OTTAWA - The federal budget contains a lot of government jargon like "supercycles" and "mega deductions" that might mean little to people struggling with the high cost of living. Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champagne said Thursday the budget's o...

OTTAWA - The Carney government is promising to end homelessness in Canada within a decade. The 2026 budget, released Thursday, offers $11.2 billion to tackle homelessness over four years, starting next year, and $17.8 billion over 10 years. The federal...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is arguing that tax changes, cultural supports and billions of dollars aimed at stoking investment in Budget 2026 will give Canada the freedom to shape its own future. Ottawa is proposing $142.1 billion in new measures, ...

Deadly bear attacks in British Columbia are rare, but there have been at least 10 fatalities since the 1990s, including this week's attack that claimed the lives of a mother and daughter in Bella Coola. 1994 Four-year-old Ian Dunbar is killed in a bea...

VANCOUVER - A public relations expert told British Columbia Supreme Court that author and former University of B.C. professor Steven Galloway could have done more to rehabilitate his reputation after he was accused of rape more than a decade ago. Norma...

MACKENZIE - Communications problems along Highway 39, which complicated the emergency response to a bus crash that injured 20 on Wednesday, are a familiar issue for northern residents, the provincial legislator for Mackenzie, B.C., said. Kiel Giddens, ...

BELLA COOLA - The Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola, B.C., said additional Mounties have been brought into the region to escort students to school after a fatal bear attack killed a mother and daughter in the community. It said in a social media post that p...

TORONTO - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization now recommends that all infants receive vaccination against hepatitis B. The expert committee says infants can receive the shot within the first 24 hours of birth or at their first routine chi...

OTTAWA - Canada's envoy to the European Union says Brussels removed language about ratifying the decade-old trade deal from a joint statement issued at the end of the summit in Montreal last week. Canadian Ambassador to the EU Jonathan Wilkinson confir...

A Mexican judge has been arrested on allegations that he accepted a $2-million bribe in exchange for granting bail to a man accused of acting as second-in-command to Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, Ame...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Here's what you need to know as the Liberals prepare to table Budget 2026 The federal Liberals will lay out next steps in their plan to fortify Canada's economy wh...

TORONTO - Many Canadians welcome the Democratic sweep of U.S. Congress, but have mixed views on whether voters' strong rebuke of President Donald Trump's administration will change their attitude toward America amid the ongoing trade war. Trump's pun...

OTTAWA - Ghana's head of state praised Canada this week for advocating against what he called a "rigged global system" that keeps African countries trapped by debt and mired in climate chaos. His comments come as Canadian officials confirm Ottawa will ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are teeing up Thursday's budget as the government's next step toward fixing long-standing problems facing Canada's economy. Budget 2026 will be the second tabled under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Budgets detail a governmen...

OTTAWA - Control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress will shift to the Democrats next year, after Tuesday's midterm elections saw a blue wave wash over even some of the most reliably Republican states. Here are some ways the change in the distributio...

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk completed his second spacewalk on Thursday, spending nearly seven hours in the vacuum of space as he worked to upgrade the International Space Station's power system. Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon stepped back in...

TORONTO - The Canadian Paediatric Society is urging doctors to talk to teen patients about healthy relationships and dating violence. In new guidance issued Thursday, the society said one-third of teens in Canada experience physical, psychological, se...

OTTAWA - NASA's first chief economist has been named president of the Canadian Space Agency. Industry Minister Mélanie Joly on Wednesday announced that Alexander MacDonald had been appointed to the role. A government news release says MacDonald helped ...

OTTAWA - In 1985, Canadian athlete and activist Rick Hansen embarked on a historic world tour, wheeling more than 40,000 kilometres across 34 countries to promote inclusion and tackle barriers for people with disabilities. More than 40 years later, Ha...