Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Federal Labour Minister Filomena Tassi described a strike at the Port of Montreal as a "matter of life and death" as the Liberal government tabled Tuesday controversial back-to-work legislati...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says a hypothetical tax on big corporations' excess profits would generate $7.9 billion for the federal government. The estimate Tuesday by budget officer Yve...

BARCELONA, Spain - Mid-sized cultural events could be held without social distancing - but with other precautions - after a pilot concert attended by 4,500 mask-wearing Spaniards who'd been screened f...

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose in February at the fastest pace in nearly seven years as strong demand for housing collided with a tight supply of homes on the market. The February S&P CoreLogi...

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 April 27 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

OTTAWA - Wrangling in the Senate over who will co-chair a special joint committee is holding up the start of a long-awaited, legally required, parliamentary review of Canada's assisted dying regime. T...

TORONTO - Ontario should work directly with employers to bring in a paid sick-leave program, the prime minister said Tuesday as the province made clear it wanted to top up an existing federal benefit ...

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests a vast majority of Canadians believe the verdict that found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd was good news. A jury fo...

OTTAWA - An international human-rights organization is calling on the Trudeau government to take action against alleged "crimes against humanity" by the Israeli government, which it labels an "aparthe...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. There are 1,187,918 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,187,918 confirmed cases (85,178 active, 1,...