EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's journey toward holding a fall referendum vote on separation took a bizarre turn Wednesday - straight into another roadblock. It occurred when the governing United Conservative members of a bipartisan legislature co...

OTTAWA - New Democrats and several unions are warning that federal job cuts and research facility closures will put food safety and security at risk. The federal government's website says it's planning to cut more than 650 jobs at Agriculture and Agri-...

WASHINGTON - Two Canadian steel companies have agreed to pay $19 million to resolve allegations they knowingly failed to pay proper duties on flat-rolled steel manufactured in Europe and Asia, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. From May 2019 t...

OTTAWA - The European Parliament formally welcomed Canada into the defence borrowing and procurement agreement known as SAFE on Wednesday - making it the only non-European country to join. The European Parliament passed a final vote Wednesday to greenl...

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney met with Eby in a closed-door meeting in Vancouver ...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong said his meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday was meant to assert Canadian sovereignty in the face of Beijing's warnings to Canadian lawmakers that such visits are inappropriate. "I thought it...

MONTRÉAL - Fewer than half of the recommendations from a landmark public inquiry into Quebec's youth protection services have been fully or largely implemented, says a five-year progress report released Tuesday. The Quebec government launched the inqui...

MONTREAL - Quebec's corrections officers protested across the province today to bring attention to their expired collective agreement. Union members affiliated with the CSN federation gathered outside buildings related to public security, including co...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney called Israel's treatment of people aboard an intercepted flotilla "abominable" and "unacceptable," on Wednesday, adding Ottawa is seeking assurances about the safety of Canadians involved. The prime minister made th...

TORONTO - One person in Ontario was being tested for Ebola, the province's health ministry said on Wednesday, as a deadly outbreak of a rare type of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda had officials around the globe on alert, inclu...

TORONTO - Two generic versions of Ozempic are set to start arriving in Canadian pharmacies this week, which means patients who use the drug to treat diabetes or for weight loss may have more options for a fraction of the cost. Health Canada approved bo...

MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway says homelessness is a growing problem along its North American rail network and has pledged $100 million over ten years to fund community groups and shelters that offer services to the unhoused. Non-profits in Cana...

OTTAWA - Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer, the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday. That sum includes money from all levels of government. The federal government's contribution is expected to be $473 million. ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is nominating Gen. Jennie Carignan, the head of Canada's military, as a candidate for a top role in NATO. Defence Minister David McGuinty announced Wednesday her candidacy for chair of the NATO Military Committee, the ma...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is looking at overhauling the express entry system to make it easier for people with high-paying job offers to apply for permanent residency. A public consultation survey and discussion paper outline the proposed changes to the express ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Feds didn't push carbon price backstop in Alberta in show of co-operation: Dabrusin Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin says Ottawa didn't enforce the fede...

OTTAWA - The government didn't enforce the federal standard on Alberta's industrial carbon price as a gesture of co-operation with the province, Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said Tuesday. "Fighting with our provinces, being tied up in co...

VANCOUVER - Chris Van Brockhoven booked his trip to Vancouver last summer in the hopes of attending a World Cup match, but after learning the cost of admission, his group felt forced to pivot. "We were flabbergasted at how expensive the tickets are and...

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign service cuts are disproportionately affecting positions based abroad, with those rotational positions being eliminated at three times the rate of those for Global Affairs staff based in Canada. Data obtained by The Canadian Pr...

VANCOUVER - The sounds of Indigenous drums and song bounced off the walls of an East Vancouver banquet hall Tuesday evening as members of British Columbia's Heiltsuk Nation gathered for a traditional washing ceremony years in the making. Dawn Wilson a...

OTTAWA - The CBC is pausing production on a satirical show on Indigenous issues after blowback from some who claimed false pretences were used to lure high-profile guests. CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson says the public broadcaster is halting productio...

OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Border Services Agency workers says it's disappointed by the federal government's decision to provide funding for the agency to hire private sector guards on contract for immigration holding centres, arguing the w...

VICTORIA - Canada cannot work if "separatist premiers" get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday. Eby said that is the message he'll relay to Prime Minister Mark Carney when they meet Wednesday after Carney me...

As an unmarked speedboat approached the ship that had been her home for two weeks, Luiza Ravalli heard a voice over a loudspeaker issue an ominous command: "Turn back or you'll be boarded." Ravalli, a primary care nurse from the Greater Toronto Area, a...

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Ottawa says it has proposed spending about $164 million to protect whales and their habitat off British Columbia, including working with BC Ferries to reduce underwater vessel noise by half. The federal government s...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is getting a new top aide after Ian Todd announced plans to retire this summer. Steve Outhouse will take on the role of chief of staff in addition to his job as Conservative campaign manager, while Aaron Wu...

OTTAWA - Armenia's ambassador in Ottawa is praising Canada's ongoing support for democratic reforms in the Caucasus nation - even as a group representing Armenian-Canadians says the federal government is easing up on efforts to bring peace to the regio...

OTTAWA - A traditional Inuit lamp has been approved as an optional spiritual emblem for headstones at the National Military Cemetery. The qulliq emblem was unveiled Tuesday in a ceremony at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa attended by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon....