Category Archives: National News – CP

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations will hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss the implications of federal legislation that would speed up approvals for major projects. National Chief Cind...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew promoted his province Friday as the route for a future trade corridor, which could include a pipeline, in order to get goods from Western Canada to overseas marke...

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's goal of enhancing American power aligns with Prime Minister Mark Carney's aim of making Canada's economy the fastest-growing in the G7, Trump's envoy to Canada s...

OTTAWA - An acquittal is the appropriate outcome for a British Columbia woman whose conviction in the drowning death of a toddler was set aside two years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Ta...

OTTAWA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he has accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., later this month. The summit runs from Jun...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howev...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.7 p...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's May employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.0 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.8) Participation rate: ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to table landmark legislation to break down internal trade barriers and increase labour mobility within Canada. The government has put a bill on the House of ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese Premier Li Qiang have agreed to regularize channels of communication between the two countries. A readout from Carney's office also says the leaders com...