Canada

Amazon, worker union before Quebec labour tribunal over warehouse closures

MONTREAL - A Quebec labour tribunal has begun hearing a case against Amazon over the e-commerce giant's closure in January of seven warehouses in the province. Some 1,700 employees lost their jobs fol...

May 16, 2025

Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, warns it's dangerous for Tories

OTTAWA - Former Conservative member of Parliament Stockwell Day says Alberta separatism poses a threat to the federal Conservative party - which risks seeing a return to the kind of vote-splitting tha...

May 16, 2025

Hockey Canada interviews among evidence excluded from ex-junior players' jury trial

Three of the five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018 spoke about the events of that night with an investigator hired by Hockey Canada, but thos...

May 16, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Report says Lapu Lapu festival planning followed rules

VANCOUVER - A preliminary report by the City of Vancouver and police into last month's Lapu Lapu Day festival attack says authorities are considering safety enhancements for outdoor events in light of...

May 16, 2025

NewsAlert: Canada Post report recommends phasing out daily door-to-door mail delivery

OTTAWA - The Industrial Inquiry Commission report on the labour dispute at Canada Post recommends phasing out daily door-to-door letter mail delivery for individual addresses, while daily delivery to ...

May 16, 2025

CRTC should equalize CanCon spending for streamers, broadcasters: Corus

OTTAWA - Corus is urging the CRTC to require traditional broadcasters and online players to pay the same amount into the Canadian content system. The broadcaster, which owns Global TV, says both shoul...

May 16, 2025

Clock starts on timing of byelection Poilievre hopes to use to return to Parliament

OTTAWA - The Conservatives know more today about when their leader could return to the House of Commons, now that Damien Kurek has been officially declared the member of Parliament for Battle River-Cr...

May 16, 2025

Concerns over protesters, man with smart glasses raised during hockey players' trial

The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team will now continue with a judge alone after the jury was dismissed. The move comes after a juror sent a note to the ...

May 16, 2025

University of Calgary launches program to study new relationship with the U.S.

CALGARY - The University of Calgary is launching an initiative to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House. Researchers at...

May 16, 2025

Carney travelling to Rome today, will be among world leaders at Pope's inaugural mass

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Rome today to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday. Carney is a devout Catholic and this will be his first official trip to the Vatican ...

May 16, 2025