Category Archives: National News – CP

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's on board with Prime Minister Mark Carney's second batch of key major projects picked for potential fast-track approval. Smith says she's encouraged ...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's premier says a proposed tungsten mine in Sisson Brook, N.B., can help the province play a major role in the national economy and securing Canadian sovereignty, now that i...

DUNCAN - A B.C. Supreme Court judge says self-defence rules that allow people to arm themselves against an intruder can also include situations where someone refuses to leave after initially being wel...

BURNABY - The British Columbia General Employees' Union has voted to ratify an agreement with the provincial government, marking the "official end" to a public sector strike that lasted eight weeks. T...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew isn't ruling out an early election and says he recently contemplated calling an early vote when legislation to detain highly intoxicated people longer looked like...

TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Ksi Lisims LNG facility in northern British Columbia and the North Coast Transmission Line that is planned to power it are among major projects that Prime Minis...

HALIFAX - A golf course developer's controversial pitch to build in a Cape Breton provincial park is going nowhere, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters on Thursday. The provincial Departmen...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's rights watchdog has criticized the province for stigmatizing people who use drugs, calling it a violation of their human rights to treat their health issues as "moral fa...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters last week, joining a court battle that could help determine whic...

FREDERICTON - The family of a 78-year-old man who died after waiting seven hours for care in a Fredericton hospital has settled a lawsuit they filed against the province's health authority. Darrell Me...