Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Budget signals lower increases to health transfers, end of funding deals
OTTAWA - The federal budget signals there is no room for the premiers to negotiate for more health-care funding in the coming years, one economist says - and the Ontario government is calling for that...
Nov 11, 2025
Ontario, feds agree to 1-year child-care extension; average fee to stay $19/day
TORONTO - Ontario has secured a one-year extension with the federal government for the national $10-a-day child-care program, giving parents reassurance their fees won't rise for at least 12 more mont...
Nov 11, 2025
Yemen's Houthi rebels signal that they've stopped attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Yemen's Houthi rebels are signaling they've stopped their attacks against Israel and shipping in the Red Sea as a shaky ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip. In an unda...
Nov 10, 2025
Two men dead in Chilliwack, B.C., car crash: police
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack, B.C., say two men from the Okanagan are dead after a rollover. RCMP say the crash took place around noon on Monday. Chadsey Road between Keith Wilson Road and South ...
Nov 10, 2025
B.C. Securities Commission settles with man, company for more than $4 million
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission says it has reached a nearly $4.2 million settlement with a man and his company for misleading shareholders and misusing investor funds for perso...
Nov 10, 2025
DFO investigating third whale death off B.C.'s coast within weeks
VICTORIA - An advocate for whales says many collisions between vessels and the animals are likely undetected or unreported as Fisheries Department investigates another death of a humpback whale off B....
Nov 10, 2025
DFO investigating third whale death off B.C.'s coast within weeks
VICTORIA - An advocate for whales says many collisions between vessels and the animals are likely undetected or unreported as Fisheries Department investigates another death of a humpback whale off B....
Nov 10, 2025
Veterans Affairs minister 'respects' independence of court in poppy ban decision
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight says she respects the independence of Nova Scotia's judiciary in determining judges have the right to ban the poppy from their courtrooms. Earlier this...
Nov 10, 2025
New website raises awareness about available cancer clinical trials
Canadians now have access to a public listing of active cancer clinical trials across the country, a resource that's long existed in the United States and Europe. The Canadian Cancer Society announced...
Nov 10, 2025
Next batch of national interest major projects to be released Thursday, Carney says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the next tranche of projects the government is referring to the Major Projects Office for review will be announced Thursday. Carney revealed the timing while t...
Nov 10, 2025