Category Archives: National News – CP

VANCOUVER - A private university in downtown Vancouver has closed its doors for three days after two of its students may have been exposed to the new coronavirus. A news release from University Canada...

OTTAWA - Conservative party leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole are poised to kick their respective campaigns up a notch as both have now secured places on the contest ballot. On Frida...

As of Jan. 1, every Canadian and all Canadian businesses are paying a price on carbon. The federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act means provinces that do not have their own price on pollution th...

OTTAWA - A top U.S. Defense Department official says her country is working on cyber weaknesses in its vast array of military equipment - and will shut down anything that isn't brought up to stan...

TORONTO - In order to learn about how Canada's Indigenous astronomers see the skies, Caroline Ormrod had to look overseas. The Toronto resident was interested in pursuing graduate work that would allo...

KAHNAWAKE, Que. - A blockade in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake that has halted rail traffic south of Montreal for more than three weeks is being dismantled. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake confirme...

OTTAWA - Lush Cosmetics has launched a campaign calling on people to pressure the Canadian Parliament to back out of an agreement with the U.S. that governs refugee claims in both count...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government has changed course and is introducing a carbon tax. Premier Brian Pallister says his government will enact a $25-per- tonne tax, starting July...

VICTORIA - Police say five people have been arrested following a protest at the British Columbia legislature. Victoria police say the five were taken into custody at about 9 p.m. Wednesday and&nb...

TORONTO - A man who killed 10 people when he drove a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018 has admitted in a court document to planning and carrying out the attac...