Category Archives: National News – CP

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government says it will fight hard to defend a court challenge to its school pronoun law. "Alberta's government will vigorously defend o...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-based human rights group has asked Mayor Valrie Plante to bar the Israel-Premier Tech cycling team from competing in Sunday's Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral amid the war in Gaza,...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests 44 per cent of Canadians want to see the temporary foreign worker program scrapped as the country grapples with high unemployment, especially among young people. Conservat...

VICTORIA - Former B.C. cabinet minister Katrina Chen says she is "furious" about calls by Premier David Eby to cancel or reform the temporary foreign worker program. Chen said on social media platform...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa man was sentenced on Monday to ten years in prison for the promotion of hate propaganda against Jewish people produced for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Superior Court Jus...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his environment minister aren't saying whether Canada is still committed to meeting its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030, as the government faces...

ST. JOHN'S - A proposed offshore oilfield and a hydroelectricity deal with Quebec are two major projects in Newfoundland and Labrador that can increase the competitiveness of Canada's economy, Prime M...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to streamline regulations and cut costs following a 60-day red tape review exercise. Departments and agencies have published reports i...

TORONTO - Hundreds of home care nurses say they want to be paid the same as their counterparts in hospitals, as bargaining on a new deal gets underway. The Ontario Nurses' Association says it is askin...

SURREY - Federal police investigating the escape of gangland killer Rabih Alkhalil from a British Columbia jail said they foiled an unrelated murder plot as they announced charges against three people...