OTTAWA - Canadian members of Parliament are split on whether - and how - artificial intelligence should be used by lawmakers. The Economist reported this week that as much as 20 per cent of what's said on the floor of the House of Commons was flagged ...

OTTAWA - While Canada has kept silent on Turkey's crackdown on LGBTQ+ groups, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says that should not be interpreted as a lack of solidarity with oppressed people. The Carney government did not join Germany, France and...

The jury found over 43 million violations of consumer protection law, and it is now up to the judge to determine how much the company would pay, with state attorneys asking for $5,000 per violation.

VICTORIA - British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby says his government would introduce a new tax on unsold condominiums and hike the existing speculation and vacancy tax to improve housing affordability if his party is re-elected on Oct. 24. At a campai...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says his wife received a threatening message on her social media account, as part of ongoing harassment targeting his family. Sim, who is running for re-election on Oct. 17, says in a video that he and wife Teena Si...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey 's Democratic lieutenant governor resigned Friday after the governor demanded he step down over accusations of inappropriate behavior with women and ethics lapses. Gov. Mikie Sherrill had given Lt. Gov. Dal...

OTTAWA - Canada's competition bureau will move next week to begin gathering information on retail grocery pricing policies. The agency is tasked with protecting and promoting competition for the benefit for Canadian consumers and businesses. In June, t...

CALGARY - A Calgary man accused of posting an online threat to kill Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected back in court next week with a possible deal on the table to resolve the matter. The lawyer for Jamie Dacosta has told court that he received an ...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Drivers on Prince Edward Island are getting a break on fuel taxes until early next year. Premier Rob Lantz announced today that the government is suspending the provincial fuel tax until the end of January. It will remove 8.47 cents fro...

BANFF - The governor of the U.S. state that shares the longest border with Canada expressed dismay at the notion that his country would ever invade its southern neighbour. "I'd have a better chance of sprouting wings and flying around the audience her...

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Florida says Christiane Vinette Young voted in the 2024 and 2022 general elections and the 2022 primary elections, despite knowing she was not a U.S. citizen.

British Columbia's attorney general says she has asked the federal government to change the Criminal Code to ensure accountability for artificial intelligence companies after a "disturbing" report that OpenAI's chatbot coached the Tumbler Ridge shooter...

OTTAWA - A Canadian has been charged in the United States with three counts of voter fraud for casting ballots in three elections without being a U.S. citizen. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Florida says Christiane Vinette Young voted in the 2024 and 2...

NEW GLASGOW - The operator of a Nova Scotia emergency shelter says the provincial government owes local residents an explanation about why it is cutting off its funding. The Northstar shelter made the comment after the Nova Scotia government announced ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November's elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. T...

OTTAWA - The federal government posted a deficit of $5.1 billion for the April-to-July period of its 2026-27 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $7.8 billion for the same ...

Jamieson Greer says the Trump administration is "comfortable with where we are" with Canada. Trump's trade war with Canada has escalated since negotiations ended in acrimony last month.

MONTREAL - RCMP say a Quebec City man is facing charges after he allegedly threatened Prime Minister Mark Carney. The 45-year-old suspect appeared in court on Thursday, where he was charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. He also ...

RIVERVIEW, N.B. - Atlantic Canada could become one of the country's most prosperous regions if it leverages its abundant talent and resources as a "single economy," a group of business leaders say. The Atlantic Economic Panel - made up of seven well-kn...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has taken another step forward in talks with the Swedish defence company Saab as it considers acquiring its advanced radar planes for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Ottawa says it agreed on a non-binding term sheet with S...

BATHURST - New Brunswick Finance Minister René Legacy says the government is trying to grow the economy and transform how it delivers services while dealing with record deficits. The provincial government closed the books on the 2025-26 fiscal year Fr...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him Friday, as he responded to the Trump administration's attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House and affirmed the importance of journalists covering public fig...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Labour bill will test limits of Ottawa's power to quash strikes: experts Labour experts say the Liberal government is testing the limits of its powers to intervene...

The past few days have been "an emotional roller-coaster" for Elenore Sturko, who said she thought she had found a political home among a group of eight like-minded legislators in the CentreBC party - only to be abandoned three days later, when all exc...

EDMONTON - Friday is the last day to apply for a mail-in ballot for Alberta's referendum with applications approaching 700,000. Elections Alberta will stop accepting applications as of midnight and the agency has said mail-in ballots must be returned ...

TORONTO - When MapQuest's general manager woke up in Toronto on Thursday morning, the Texan visiting for a conference knew he couldn't leave without visiting one place. Doug Berger made a beeline south from his hotel, wandering past the dock where the ...

OTTAWA - A former RCMP intelligence official convicted of breaching Canada's secrets law has been granted day parole to help him prepare for his full return to society, including possible employment as an electrical worker. Records show the Parole Boar...

OTTAWA - Labour experts say the Liberal government's latest major legislative push will test the limits of Ottawa's power to intervene in collective bargaining when economic interests are at stake. The Liberals tabled Bill C-39, the Building Canada Str...

MONTRÉAL - Quebec's incumbent premier says she is "very concerned" about possible interference in the provincial election by the United States. Coalition Avenir Québec leader Christine Fréchette told journalists she reached out to Prime Minister Mark C...

British Columbia's attorney general says she's shocked by an article describing alleged interactions between the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter and ChatGPT, in which the AI chatbot vividly describes the effectiveness of a shotgun in a classroom. The report...

VANCOUVER - OneBC failed to gain official party status in the British Columbia legislature before the provincial election was called, but its leader says hundreds of people want to be their candidates in the Oct. 24 vote. Dallas Brodie says in a video...

MONTREAL - Federal party leaders are paying tribute to a 45-year-old Canada Revenue Agency employee who was killed in Montreal on Tuesday. The Union of Taxation Employees identified the woman as Leïla Ben Salem. Prime Minister Mark Carney offered condo...

OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant. Online flight tracker data shows Netanyahu flew over Greece, Italy, France and Canada on his way to addr...

OTTAWA - A day after Prime Minister Mark Carney told a U.S. media outlet his government has studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada, Defence Minister David McGuinty said all militaries consider such risks. "It is normal. All milit...

Three glaciers in British Columbia's southwest could "disappear completely" within decades in what a researcher says is the result of years of inaction on climate change. A new study from Simon Fraser University published in the journal Annals of Glac...

Experts are raising concerns about a proposed overhaul to the country's air passenger complaints process, as worries about impartiality and efficiency resurface. At Senate transport committee hearings this week, law and aviation professors said the wou...

VICTORIA - John Rustad is a trailblazer who transformed British Columbia's political scene, but the "founding father" of the provincial Conservative party will not be running in the Oct. 24 province vote. Angelo Isidorou, the former B.C. Conservative ...

In an address on Parliament Hill today, Lam said it's time to go beyond a 2017 pact that covered investment, defence and academia, and to forge deeper ties with longer-term goals.

Four beluga whales and one dolphin that were shipped out of Marineland this summer have since died at their new homes. Another beluga, Beethoven, lived at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, but died after the move. Here is the list of the animals who died: -- ...

Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, made the comment just days after the Yom Kippur gun attack that left a police officer critically injured and the shooter dead.

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it spent a record $1.9 billion more than what the provincial legislature had approved for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Finance Minister John Lohr said there are plenty of reasons why the Progressive Conservative go...

WINNIPEG - A for-profit company that oversees plasma collection says it is working with Health Canada on a reopening plan after the federal health agency suspended one its operating licences for a clinic in Winnipeg. Health Canada halted all collectio...

HOUSTON - Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk said he's been dreaming of going to space for a long time - and assuming everything goes to plan, he could fulfil that goal next week. "I always dreamt of it and thought it would be the most wonderful experien...

Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser has ordered the courts to reopen the case of two Saskatchewan sisters who spent almost three decades in prison for what may be wrongful murder convictions. Fraser says he is sending the case of Odelia and Neressa Qu...

FREDERICTON - An Oklahoma judge has removed the University of New Brunswick as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania state senator with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump. Sen. Doug Mastriano alleged defamation, racketeering, an...