Category Archives: The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - The union representing 34,000 public sector workers in British Columbia says members of other unions will join a rally in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday to show they are "not backing down...

VANCOUVER - The union representing 34,000 public sector workers in British Columbia says members of other unions will join a rally in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday to show they are "not backing down...

All three sperm whales stranded off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island have died, a marine rescue organization says. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society, has...

HALIFAX - This summer's prolonged drought across Atlantic Canada has had a costly impact on wild blueberry growers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Donald Arseneault, general manager of the NB Bluebe...

OTTAWA - Nigel Wright, a longtime Canadian businessman and former top aide to prime minister Stephen Harper, has died. Onex, the private equity firm where Wright worked for nearly three decades, annou...

A story published by The Canadian Press on Sept. 29 about a civil trial involving Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon incorrectly reported that Quebec Superior Court Justice Chantal Tremblay would have si...

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued new tariffs that could add further pressure on Canadian producers of softwood lumber and furniture. A presidential proclamation on Monday evening set out a 10 pe...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a federal government shutdown is "likely," with Congress deadlocked ahead of a midnight deadline to pass legislation to keep it running. "Not...

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say two men have appeared in court in the theft of vehicles in the Montreal area worth $1.8 million. They say the suspects, aged 40 and 59, turned themselves in at ...

OTTAWA - With the prospect of public service cuts looming over the capital, an Ottawa economic development agency is making a pitch for federal help to grow out the local defence industry and turn it ...