Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rot...

EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent." Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the nearly 200...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked each of his cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to identify three to five "key objectives" that will help the Liberal government achieve its core missions. In a July 8 letter, Carney gave the ministe...

OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a decision that will get mail and parcels moving again. Rotating strikes will begin at 6 a.m. local ti...

VANCOUVER - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says being disavowed by the Vancouver Board of Parks wasn't "much of a blow" after its commissioners unanimously voted to apologize for a Harry Potter event opening in Stanley Park next month. Rowling poste...

A judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a "danger of rebellion" is brewing in Illinois during Trump's immigration crackdown. ...

VANCOUVER - The first-degree murder trial of a former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer accused of killing his client has concluded at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo is accused of killing Mohd Abdullah, a lecturer at Thompson Rivers...

WINNIPEG - A bill that would allow severely intoxicated people in Manitoba to be held for longer periods of time could become law very soon. The Opposition Progressive Conservatives joined the NDP government in voting to send the bill to public hearing...

WASHINGTON (AP) - New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday on mortgage fraud charges in a case that President Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to bring after he vowed retribution on his biggest political ene...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadians detained by Israel for attempting to reach the Gaza Strip should accept Ottawa's consular help to get home. Anand said today six Canadians have been detained from boats in the Mediterranean S...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservative leader apologized Thursday for making a gesture in question period that mimicked shooting himself in the head. Obby Khan made the motion Wednesday while Education Minister Tracy Schmidt was answ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Leader John Rustad confirms the cellphones of Conservative members were searched during a meeting this week to find a leak from inside his caucus. Rustad said on Thursday the phones were searched by other membe...

Indigenous leaders in northern Ontario are calling on politicians to take action against illegal drugs and provide more resources to communities after an alleged drug-related shooting in a First Nation left one person dead and another injured. Ontario...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is proposing changes to its short-term rental laws, including allowing for compliance orders and penalties to be published to deter people from breaking the rules. Housing Minister Christine Boyle tabled an om...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is moving to pass legislation to require a referendum on the future of Vancouver's park board, which Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to dissolve to give power over parks to city council. B.C.'s Housing Ministry said ...

OTTAWA - The gap between Canada and the United States on police-reported violent crime has narrowed in recent years, driven by a rise in the rate of major assaults here. A Statistics Canada analysis of crime trends between 1998 and 2023 says the number...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is facing calls to get his story straight on the fate of a homeless shelter in downtown Moose Jaw. Mayor James Murdock announced Wednesday, shortly after a meeting with Moe and some of his cabinet ministers, tha...

SURREY - Police in British Columbia say a six-month investigation into a suspected illicit drug trafficking ring they describe as large and "sophisticated" has led to four arrests and the seizure of more than $1 million in assets connected to the opera...

The government is still pursuing passage C-2, which proposes giving authorities new powers to access personal information and search mail - measures that have drawn intense opposition.

As she was grilled by MPs in her first committee appearance since taking over her new role in August, Dawn Farrell said 500 projects are waiting to be reviewed by her office, with nine being assessed.

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has recruited former national defence minister Harjit Sajjan to help the province secure some of the billions the federal government will spend to boost its military commitment. Sajjan, a former Vancouver mem...

TORONTO - Ontario's measles outbreak, which sickened more than 2,300 people over the course of nearly a year, highlighted the consequences of declining vaccination rates and led to the death of a newborn, has been declared over. Public Health Ontario...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's industrial strategy will leverage Canada's reputation for stability to attract more foreign investment, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday in a speech at the Canadian Club Toronto. Joly used the event to lay out the federal ...

HALIFAX - The RCMP and governments have plenty of work to do before they complete changes recommended by an inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed the lives of 22 people, an independent committee says. In an annual report relea...

HONG KONG (AP) - China outlined new curbs on exports of rare earths and related technologies on Thursday, extending controls over use of the elements critical for many high-tech and military products ahead of a meeting in about three weeks between Pres...

For Raquel Ohnona Look, whose son was killed by Hamas at a music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, the U.S.-advanced plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip has been a long time coming. "We will take any deal, because we need our people back where they belong," ...

OTTAWA - Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would add cancer warning labels to alcohol packaging. The Senate is studying Bill S-202, a revival of legislation Brazeau sponsored in the last Parliament. The previous bill...

Two unions representing British Columbia professionals and public service workers escalated their weeks-long job action on Thursday to include about 26,000 staff across more than 20 ministries and provincial Crown corporations and agencies. The Profess...

TORONTO - The Ontario government plans to restore lanes of vehicle traffic but keep bike lanes on a short stretch of Bloor Street West in Toronto, at a cost of $750,000. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria announced Thursday that the work would s...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has tabled a draft constitution that would enshrine the right to abortion and assisted dying while boosting the province's autonomy within Canada. Premier François Legault says the constitution bill, tabled Thursday in...

OTTAWA - Influencers had the "loudest voices" online in this spring's federal election, overtaking news outlets and politicians, says a new report. The report from the Canadian Digital Media Research Network, co-ordinated by the McGill University and U...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Gaza peace plan; Canada calls for unimpeded aid Prime Minister Mark Carney has responded to news that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace p...

TORONTO - When U.S. President Donald Trump urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol because of an unproven belief it can cause autism, Julie Green was brought back to the mom-blaming claims she heard more than a decade ago when her son was diagnosed with ...

EDMONTON - The union representing 51,000 striking Alberta teachers is set to resume negotiations with the provincial government's bargaining team after the long weekend. The meeting would be the first since the provincewide strike began Monday, and the...

LONGUEUIL - The long-awaited trial of a former researcher at Quebec's electric utility charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China opened Thursday with the Crown beginning to present its case. Yuesheng Wang, 38, is the first person to be c...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is urging all parties involved in the U.S.-backed Gaza peace plan to follow through, and Ottawa is looking at how it can support efforts to end the conflict. "We're encouraged, but it's the first phase an...

OTTAWA - Tanille Johnston, a social worker and city councillor for Campbell River, B.C., has launched her bid for the federal NDP leadership. A news release says Johnston is the first Indigenous woman to seek the party's top job and that she's ready to...

VICTORIA - A British Columbia private member's bill that would have given parents the right to sue doctors up to 25 years after they provided care for transgender children has been voted down in the legislature even before making it to first reading. A...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump's ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels after Democrats tried to counter the administration's...

KAMLOOPS - A regional district in the British Columbia Interior has declared a state of local emergency as an illegal dam threatens to burst. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has already issued an evacuation alert for 14 properties down river from...

MOOSE JAW - Many were surprised Wednesday in Moose Jaw when Premier Scott Moe and some of his cabinet ministers arrived to inform locals the city's downtown homeless shelter would be moving. Mayor James Murdock told reporters he doesn't know where the ...

MONTREAL - The Atikamekw Council of Manawan has launched legal action against the Quebec government over its inaction on repairs to the only road that links the Indigenous community to southern Quebec. The council says it has filed an application for a...

OTTAWA - The music industry called on the government to take action Wednesday to address unauthorized use of music by generative AI systems, helping the industry move toward a licensing system. Representatives from music industry groups appeared before...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has tabled what it says is the first law in Canada to recover health care costs from companies that use "deceptive practices" to sell vaping products. Attorney General Niki Sharma said Wednesday in Victoria t...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has split its border security bill in two in the hope of seeing some measures pass swiftly while giving Canadians more time to evaluate other, more contentious ones. Bill C-12, introduced Wednesday, includes several meas...