Category Archives: National News – CP

OTTAWA - The federal government is announcing new regulations to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and landfills. A federal document says the new rules for oil and gas operators, which...

HALIFAX - New Brunswick has become the first province to sign an agreement with the federal government to create a joint environmental assessment process for major projects. Premier Susan Holt made th...

OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting a call from a working group to measure productivity across Canada's public sector, arguing that doing so would not "readily align" with its priorities. A w...

ABBOTSFORD - The lawyer for a senior British Columbia RCMP officer says his client intends to plead not guilty to assault charges laid after an alleged off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July. RCMP...

VANCOUVER - An environmental charity says it has reached an agreement with the federal and British Columbia governments as well as other private and public sector partners to conserve 45,000 hectares ...

OTTAWA - The National Council of Canadian Muslims says a delegation of Canadians that includes six members of Parliament was denied entry to the West Bank at the Israeli border Tuesday morning. Israel...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in d...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia woman sentenced to life in prison for strangling her 12-year-old daughter is being granted six months of day parole. Penny Boudreau killed her daughter Karissa in 2008, claim...

VANCOUVER - A woman has been killed by a fallen tree limb in British Columbia's Fraser Valley during what police described as severe and unpredictable weather. RCMP said they were called to Island 22 ...

OTTAWA - The federal government's 'Buy Canadian' policy took effect Tuesday and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change the way it purchases goods and services. Announced earlier in the fall, the str...