WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection will not be able to immediately begin issuing refunds for President Donald Trump's tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court. In a filing to court today, Brandon Lord, a senior official in U.S. C...

HALIFAX - Halifax high school student Teddie Rofe says the Nova Scotia government has just made a decision that will strip away some of her independence. Rofe, 17, is in Grade 11 and works part-time jobs babysitting and cleaning. She also volunteers ev...

ABBOTSFORD - A Crown prosecutor says a large body of circumstantial evidence has established the case of first-degree murder against three young men on trial for the violent slaying of an Abbotsford, B.C., couple at their home in the city in 2022. Arno...

VICTORIA - The Tumbler Ridge and Prince George chambers of commerce in B.C. are urging Ottawa and the provincial government to ban children under 16 from using AI tools and social media. Jerrilyn Kirk, executive director of the Tumbler Ridge chamber, s...

VANCOUVER - A forensic toxicologist testifying at a public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray says neither alcohol nor the psychedelics LSD or psilocybin were detected in him. Dr. Aaron Shapiro with B.C.'s Provincial Toxicology C...

EDMONTON - Ottawa and Alberta have reached a prospective deal that they say will see major projects be approved more efficiently. In a joint announcement Friday the two governments said the deal will bring a "one project, one review" approach to addres...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Bar on Friday walked back what it said was an erroneous earlier statement its representatives had made indicating that it had an open investigation into Lindsey Halligan, a former top federal prosecutor in Virgi...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday he is considering filling in part of Toronto's waterfront for a new convention centre. Ford has mused several times over the past week that the city needs more convention space and that the Metro Toronto Convention...

MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court heard arguments Friday in a case about a high school teacher who alleges her Charter rights were violated when she was ordered to hide a student's gender identity from their parents. The teacher, identified only thro...

OTTAWA - Analysts are warning the conflict in the Middle East could drive up costs across Canada's supply chains and compound price pressures at the grocery store. Global oil prices have risen sharply in recent days as Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran ...

WASHINGTON - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc sat down with President Donald Trump's trade czar in Washington on Friday as Ottawa continued preparations for a review of the critical continental trade pact. Before the meeting with United State...

OTTAWA - The United States and Israel do not have a "blank cheque" in their bombing campaign in Iran, and are still bound by international law, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Friday, as the war in the Middle East approaches the seven-day ...

OTTAWA - Quebec discriminated against female refugee claimants by introducing regulations that denied them access to subsidized daycare spaces, Canada's highest court said on Friday, leading to strong rebukes from members of the provincial government. ...

There was tangible relief among Canadians who landed Friday morning in Toronto on a flight from Dubai, as an escalating conflict in the Middle East causes travel chaos that has included thousands of flight cancellations. Returning travellers described ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada signs defence, trade pact with Japan Canada and Japan have signed a new strategic partnership agreement that aims to boost co-operation on defence, energy,...

MONTREAL - A witness told a defamation trial on Friday she felt like a "prisoner" during a 1992 encounter with Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet. Marie-Louise Moreau testified that Ouellet came up behind her while she was preparing items for a mass in Mont...

OTTAWA - Ottawa real estate watchers are calling on the federal government to be more clear about its workspace needs as public servants prepare to spend more time in the office. Landlords and office brokers want to know whether the federal government ...

TORONTO - Frank Stronach will eventually be found not guilty on some of the charges he faces, an Ontario judge suggested Friday as the billionaire businessman's sexual assault trial continues in Toronto. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy indic...

TOKYO - Canada and Japan have signed a new strategic partnership agreement that aims to boost co-operation on defence, energy, trade and technology. Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Friday, outlining a long ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump appeared Friday to rule out talks with Iran absent its "unconditional surrender." Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gul...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon early Friday as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic's fleet of warsh...

BRISBANE - A young woman from British Columbia drowned when she was attacked by a pack of dingoes at a famed tourist destination in Australia, a coroner has determined. Piper James, 19, was on a backpacking trip and was working on the island of K'Gari ...

CAIRO (AP) - The Trump administration is confronting mounting discontent from allies in the Persian Gulf who have complained they were not given adequate time to prepare for the torrent of Iranian drones and missiles bombarding their countries in retal...

The killer of British Columbia teenager Reena Virk has lost an appeal over the cancellation of her day parole last year following a positive drug test result. A decision of Parole Board of Canada's appeal division says Kerry Sim, known as Kelly Ellard ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he has "serious" reservations about Prime Minister Mark Carney's suggestion for a new parliamentary budget officer and is calling for the latest interim watchdog to get the job. He suggested that he h...

VANCOUVER - A paramedic testifying at a public hearing into the 2015 death of Myles Gray says he had trouble intubating the man and was told by a Vancouver officer that police had used batons and a "lateral neck restraint" as they tried to make an arre...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has agreed to apologize to the people of Tumbler Ridge after the mass shooting by a user of the firm's technology, whose worrisome online behaviour wasn't flagged to police by the...

NORTH VANCOUVER - Two mayors from Vancouver's North Shore are calling for a public inquiry into the cost of a new wastewater treatment facility, along with a governance review of Metro Vancouver and a mechanism to ensure fairness in cost sharing. A joi...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's first supervised drug consumption site could be open within a few weeks, even as some nearby residents continue to oppose the idea. The NDP government said Thursday it is setting up a temporary mobile structure at the site in cent...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based Christian charity founded by a wealthy businessman has filed a constitutional challenge in B.C. Supreme Court, claiming the Canada Revenue Agency has no right to revoke its charitable status. The Coram Deo Foundation, fou...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump's attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroa...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Japan for a brief visit to one of Canada's closest partner countries as he wraps up a trip across the Indo-Pacific. "The trip is long overdue, given how significant Japan is as a partner for us in the re...

MONTREAL - The major crimes unit of the Montreal police force has caught Canada's most-wanted fugitive. Montreal police say they arrested Bryan Fuentes Gramajo at around 2:40 a.m. in the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough. The 24-year-old Montreal nativ...

GATINEAU - An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that Loblaw took too long to address requests from customers who wanted to delete their PC Optimum accounts. The office on Thursday said Loblaw had the mechanism to respond to ...

VICTORIA - Workers in B.C.'s softwood lumber industry and those in other sectors who have lost their jobs because of U.S. tariffs will benefit from almost $71 million in funding for retraining. Federal Jobs Minister Pat Hajdu and Sheila Malcolmson, the...

An emerging industry to remove carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere got a boost on Thursday with the launch of an initiative to raise another $100 million for those projects. The federal government, RBC, BMO and Shopify are among the founding members...

REGINA - Some Saskatchewan daycare operators say the province's new child-care agreement is hitting parents with higher, unexpected fees. They say they found out this week not all children who turn six this year will continue to be covered for $10-a-d...

OTTAWA - The federal government is being accused of creating an uneven playing field in Canada's shipping industry, and critics claim the Prime Minister's Office is unwilling to rectify it. Later this spring, Ottawa is expected to launch a federal subs...

VANCOUVER - Ottawa this week published details of an agreement recognizing the Musqueam First Nation's Aboriginal title within much of Vancouver. The news prompted claims on social media that Canada had ceded Vancouver properties to the Musqueam, but e...

Niagara's regional chair has backed away from a proposal that included possible amalgamations, after facing opposition from many of the area's mayors. Bob Gale said in a letter last month that he was starting consultations on reforms including potentia...

TORONTO - As protests ramp up around the world in response to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, different versions of the country's flag are appearing on the streets. Both Iran's official state flag and the historic "Lion and Sun" flag have become common si...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to realign global trade are facing another legal battle after more than 20 states filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging his latest worldwide tariffs. Trump implemented the 10 per cent global duty last ...

VANCOUVER - The head of British Columbia's teachers' union says parents will see better supports for their school-aged children after its members ratified a four-year collective agreement with the province. The B.C. Teachers' Federation said in a stat...

EDMONTON - Those in the wine and hospitality industries are applauding a move from the Alberta government to scrap a wine tax that they say reduced transparency and created business uncertainty. Alberta had introduced an ad valorem markup that taxed w...

MONTREAL - The woman being sued for defamation by Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet took the stand at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday to repeat her misconduct allegations against him. Paméla Groleau testified in Superior Court that she felt like Ouellet...