Canada

In the news today: Poilievre campaigning in Conservative-safe ridings

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Poilievre campaigning in Conservative-safe ridings Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning in what...

Apr 25, 2025

Canadians rate U.S. relations as poor as ties with Russia, worse than links to China

OTTAWA - Canadians say their relations with Washington are just as bad as ties with Moscow, according to polling that suggests an openness to improving links with China and especially Mexico. Just 16 ...

Apr 25, 2025

New B.C. corrections unit offers involuntary care for mental health, addictions

SURREY - British Columbia has opened the first of the government's promised secure units to provide involuntary treatment for people with brain injuries and overlapping mental-health and addiction con...

Apr 24, 2025

Federal party leaders work to drive home key messages as election day approaches

Party leaders emphasized familiar themes Thursday as they criss-crossed the country to shore up support in the final stretch of the federal election campaign.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 24, 2025

B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis

NEW YORK - Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and o...

Apr 24, 2025

Man given five months in U.S. jail for smuggling people across border from B.C.

SEATTLE - The U.S. District Attorney's office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British C...

Apr 24, 2025

Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum sentence in prostitution case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to examine the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence for purchasing sexual services from someone under age 18. The decision comes in a case ...

Apr 24, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Quebec court overturns out-of-province tuition hike

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated the provincial government's tuition hike for out-of-province students. The ruling also overturns a new requirement that 80 per cent of out-of-p...

Apr 24, 2025

Supreme Court of Canada agrees to weigh in on B.C. First Nations' title dispute

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to weigh in on a dispute between First Nations that have overlapping land title claims in British Columbia. The overlapping claims involve the Gitanyow Nation, t...

Apr 24, 2025

Canada caught up in China-U.S. trade war as Trump claims fentanyl continues to flow

WASHINGTON - Pulling Canada into his trade war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump claims Chinese fentanyl continues to "pour" across both borders. Trump complained on social media today about Chi...

Apr 24, 2025