Category Archives: Canada
Business groups warn of 'massive' impact from another Canada Post strike
Business groups expect a "massive" hit to small companies' operations after unionized postal workers began a countrywide strike on Thursday evening. But the Canadian Federation of Independent Business...
Sep 26, 2025
Federal government posts $7.8B deficit for April-to-July period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $7.8 billion for the first four months of its 2025-26 fiscal year. According to the Finance Department's monthly fiscal monitor, the resul...
Sep 26, 2025
Quebec government lifts planned 2035 ban on gas-powered vehicle sales
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is lifting a ban on the sale of gas-powered cars that would have taken effect in 2035. Environment Minister Bernard Drainville says the decision will give industry a b...
Sep 26, 2025
What the Canada Post strike means for your passports, pension cheques and more
OTTAWA - With Canada Post workers hitting picket lines, the flow of mail across the country has stopped. Here's what the move means for items you may have been expecting in your mailbox. Mail delivery...
Sep 26, 2025
Canada not part of mass walkout when Israel PM Netanyahu spoke at UN General Assembly
OTTAWA - Canada was not part of a mass walkout Friday morning during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the United Nations General Assembly. The office of Canadian Ambassador Bob R...
Sep 26, 2025
Statistics Canada says tourism spending up 0.9 per cent in second quarter at $26.5B
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says total tourism spending in the second quarter rose 0.9 per cent as an increase in domestic travel was offset in part by fewer visitors from the U.S. The agency says tota...
Sep 26, 2025
Economic growth in July could give way to stall in August: StatCan
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy grew in July but any momentum may have been short lived, Statistics Canada said Friday. Real gross domestic product grew 0.2 per cent in July, marking the first signs of ...
Sep 26, 2025
Concordia University celebrates 'landmark' fundraising year amid financial challenges
MONTREAL - The president of Montreal's Concordia University says the success of the school's most ambitious funding campaign ever is a heartening "statement of faith" that comes at a difficult time fo...
Sep 26, 2025
In the news today: Postal workers on strike, Carney in U.K., Chinese EV tariff review
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Unionized postal workers on strike nationwide Unionized postal workers are on a nationwide strike this morning...
Sep 26, 2025
Unionized postal workers on strike after plans to end most home delivery announced
OTTAWA - Unionized postal workers are on a nationwide strike this morning, after Canada Post announced it was planning to end door-to-door mail delivery for almost all households within the next decad...
Sep 26, 2025