Category Archives: National News – CP

CAMPBELL RIVER - A British Columbia man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes involving a minor he met over Snapchat, his jailing coming amid what advocates sa...

MONTREAL - After more than seven years in power, Quebec Premier Franois Legault announced on Jan. 15 that he would step down after the Coalition Avenir Qubec chooses his replacement. The upcoming lead...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has said its crackdown on illegal cannabis shops was motivated in part by a desire to rein in human trafficking and ensure cannabis sold in the province is not con...

MONTREAL - Montreal police have taken over an investigation into a building fire that forced the complete closure on Wednesday of the Jacques Cartier Bridge, a major span to the city's South Shore. A ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Quebec City on Thursday for two days of private meetings with his cabinet to prepare for Parliament's return next week. The cabinet retreat begins the ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Mark Carney is not "grateful" after the prime minister warned an international audience that the world has entered a dangerous new age of g...

DAVOS - International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu says it's "important" to expand trade and economic opportunities with India, particularly in agriculture and energy products. He says formal trade n...

DAVOS - Prime Minister Mark Carney is wrapping up his nine-day trip around the world - a tour aimed at drumming up investment abroad that has attracted some cross-partisan criticism. Carney is current...

OTTAWA - The federal government is set to launch its new national artificial intelligence strategy soon - but critics say it hasn't done enough to listen to Canadians and pollsters are warning that a ...

TORONTO - Climate change is rapidly shrinking the number of reliable hosts for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, say Canadian researchers studying how to adapt the Games as a new paper floats the i...