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Federal government posts $3.9B surplus for April-to-August period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a surplus of $3.9 billion for the first five months of its 2022-23 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the finance department says the result for the Apr...
Oct 28, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Freeland to deliver fall economic statement on Nov. 3
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver an update on federal finances in the fall economic statement to be presented in the House of Commons on Nov. 3. More coming. The Canadian Press
Oct 28, 2022
Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who welcomed generations of worshippers as well as political leaders from across the nation and around the world at Harlem's landmark Abyssinian Baptist C...
Oct 28, 2022
Spain's state prosecutor drops charges against Neymar
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spain's state prosecutor dropped its charges against Neymar on Friday, but a Brazilian company involved in the case will continue to fight the soccer player in court. The case ...
Oct 28, 2022
Province ratifies agreement with Alberta Crown prosecutors
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial officials have announced that Alberta Crown Attorneys' Association members have ratified an agreement with the Alberta government.The agreement, said to be the first of its...
Oct 28, 2022
Spokesman: Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted in break-in
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was "violently assaulted" by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, and he is now in the hospital and expected...
Oct 28, 2022
Feds take first step toward hiring a company to process dental-care claims
OTTAWA - Health department officials say the federal government plans to hire a third-party company to process claims for its new dental-care insurance program. The procurement department has invited ...
Oct 28, 2022
Former Ottawa police chief at inquiry, latest GDP numbers : In The News for Oct. 28
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 28, 2022
U.S. secretary of state continuing first Canadian visit in Montreal today
MONTREAL - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Montreal today as he continues his two-day trip to Canada. Blinken is to visit a battery recycling facility in east-end Montreal before...
Oct 28, 2022
Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly will testify today at the public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to clear "Freedom Convoy" protesters. Sloly resigned t...
Oct 28, 2022