Category Archives: National News – CP

OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner says there is no reason to believe former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick broke the conflict-of-interest law during the SNC-Lavalin affair. In a report tod...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has tabled a $10.2 billion budget that projects a $129 million reduction in the province's net debt. Finance Minister Ernie Steeves presented the f...

FREDERICTON - Highlights from the New Brunswick budget presented Tuesday: - The province's $10.2 billion budget for 2020-21 includes a projected surplus of $92.4 million. --- - New...

OTTAWA - Environment leaders are warning the federal Liberals not to turn away from their plan to build the next federal budget around climate change, despite global economic uncertainty as ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is set to release the report from an inquiry into the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project. Premier Dwight Ball and Natural Resources Ministe...

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern):   9:52 a.m. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says there were 228 Canadians on boa...

OTTAWA - Former Liberal leader Bob Rae is being named Canada's special envoy for humanitarian and refugee issues. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is appointing Rae to the new role to continue th...

OTTAWA - A plane carrying Canadians who were on a cruise ship with a cluster of novel coronavirus cases arrived back in Canada this morning. The government-chartered aircraft landed at Canadian F...

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 March 10 ... Wha...

OTTAWA - The vice-president of the Metis National Council is stepping up his rhetoric against three provincial Metis leaders, accusing them of striking a "backroom deal" that allows new members into t...