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Ottawa opening new express entry pathway for international doctors next year
OTTAWA — Canada will open a new express permanent residency program for international doctors next…
Plan in works to save some jobs slated to be cut at Algoma Steel: union
SAULT STE. MARIE — Plans are in the works to save hundreds of the roughly…
In the news today: Trump on trade talks, Air Transat to cancel flights
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Bank of Canada expected to hold key rate, move to sidelines after an uncertain 2025
OTTAWA — Economists widely expect the Bank of Canada will hold its benchmark interest rate…
Trump says ‘We’ll see’ on whether to restart trade talks with Canada
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump answered “we’ll see” when he was asked Sunday whether…
Key ministers address Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa after Hodgson is bumped
OTTAWA — Several key federal cabinet ministers addressed the Assembly of First Nations gathering in…
Soccer official with Iranian ties says he is shocked national team won’t play in B.C.
VICTORIA — Babak Shahbazi has travelled to France, Germany, Brazil and Russia to watch the…
Air Transat to start halting flights Monday after pilots issue 72-hour strike notice
MONTREAL — Air Transat pilots set the stage for a strike as early as Wednesday…
Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller
OTTAWA — Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in…
Eager students plus gruelling six-hour math exam equals ‘fun’ at Putnam competition
ST. JOHN’S — Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a…
Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere
OTTAWA — Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a…
Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.’s northwest
British Columbia’s logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the…
Canada’s crypto tax crackdown reaps millions. So why no criminal charges?
VANCOUVER — A team of Canada Revenue Agency “cryptoasset auditors” has been mining a rich…
Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says anyone seeking an independence referendum should not have…
Thirty-six years after Polytechnique attack killing 14 women, a duty to do more
MONTREAL — Montrealers and others across the country paused to pay tribute Saturday to the…
Soccer fans buzzing as World Cup schedule announced for Toronto, Vancouver
VICTORIA — Foreign nationals in Vancouver and Toronto are buzzing with excitement as the cities…
Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection return to Canada
MONTREAL — First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders welcomed back dozens of Indigenous artifacts released…
Russian dissidents call on Ottawa to resettle their peers facing deportation in U.S.
OTTAWA — Prominent Russian democracy activists are urging Ottawa to resettle dozens of their peers…
Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum talk trade at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C.
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney met privately Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump and…
Search for grizzly behind ‘extraordinary attack’ on B.C. school group is called off
Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear…
B.C. releases guidance for doctors on youth mental health and substance-use care
VANCOUVER — Brock Eurchuk said he felt “completely cut adrift” by British Columbia’s health care…
Canadian-born renegade architect Frank Gehry dies at 96
TORONTO — Frank Gehry, the Canadian-born renegade architect behind some of the world’s most recognizable…
Eby says DRIPA law could be amended after First Nations win appeal in mining case
SURREY — First Nations are celebrating a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling which found…
First military procurements managed by Defence Investment Agency revealed
OTTAWA — The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by…