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Abortion, MAID, CBC: Here’s what Conservatives are debating at Calgary convention
CALGARY — Hundreds of party delegates from across the country have assembled in Calgary for…
Avi Lewis leads field in NDP leadership fundraising, followed by MP McPherson
OTTAWA — NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis has received the lion’s share of campaign donations…
Advocates call for federal, provincial governments to strengthen child-care system
Child-care advocates called Friday on the federal and provincial governments to commit to strengthening the…
Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help
HALIFAX — Canada’s immigration minister says universities and colleges struggling to balance the books after…
Actress Catherine O’Hara: Canadian acting legend
A quick look at Canadian actress Catherine O’Hara, who died Friday at the age of…
Economy stalled in November, may have contracted in Q4 amid manufacturing decline
OTTAWA — A beleaguered manufacturing sector was weighing on the economy heading into the end…
Extreme cold disrupts Hydro-Québec exports to Massachusetts during spike in power use
MONTRÉAL — Extreme cold forced Hydro-Québec to temporarily suspend its energy exports to Massachusetts just…
Insurance policy doesn’t entitle family to additional rebuilding costs: Supreme Court
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with an insurance company in a…
Canadian man pleads guilty to sexually exploiting 100-plus girls in the United States
A 40-year-old man from Toronto has pleaded guilty in the United States for sexually exploiting…
Carney calls Trump’s U.S. Fed chair pick, Warsh, a ‘fantastic choice’
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is offering his seal of approval on U.S. President…
Anand: ‘not appropriate’ to compare with past ministers on human rights, global law
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her government’s approach to human rights and…
Federal deficit $26.4B for April-to-November period: fiscal monitor
OTTAWA — The federal government posted a deficit of $26.4 billion for the first eight…
U.S. faceoff with Cuba could put Canada ‘in a vise grip’: former ambassador
OTTAWA — As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say…
In the news today: Poilievre to speak in Calgary, Trump threatens tariffs, Oilers win
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Missing baby believed dead after mother’s remains found in Alberta apartment: RCMP
ST. ALBERT — A man has been charged with murder after the remains of his…
Experts say treason definition depends if you’re holding Criminal Code or dictionary
CALGARY — B.C. Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting…
B.C. school trustee ‘terrified’ after police ordered her out of vehicle at gunpoint
Prince George, B.C., school trustee Erica McLean parked her vehicle to write an email on…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford trades barbs with Parti Québécois leader over sovereignty
SAINT-GEORGES — The leader of the Parti Québécois and Ontario Premier Doug Ford traded barbs…
Montreal vigil marks Quebec City mosque attack anniversary as Islamophobia persists
MONTREAL — Organizers of a vigil in Montreal to mark the ninth anniversary of a…
Months after B.C. ostrich cull, why does protest movement persist?
Melody Leinweber’s latest tattoo is a stylized portrait of an ostrich with a colourful beak,…
Trump threatens tariffs, decertification on Canadian-made aircraft
U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made…
TV hit Heated Rivalry reflects Canadian values as LGBTQ rights threatened: Carney
OTTAWA — The Canadian TV show about two professional hockey players who fall in love…
‘Disturbing’ scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply
VANCOUVER — Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported “disturbing” scenes to Dr.…
Eby says extortion wave is ‘terror attack in slow motion’
OTTAWA — B.C. Premier David Eby said a wave of extortion crime in the province…