Canada

Media outlets start receiving Google payments from Online News Act: journalism group

Money has started to flow to Canadian news outlets from the $100 million Google agreed to pay them in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act, the organization administering the fund said. ...

Mar 13, 2025

'Get ready for a wild ride': Weather Network issues Canada's spring forecast

Canada's recent flirtation with balmy temperatures will give way to spring's characteristically volatile weather, the Weather Network's chief meteorologist said, with a new seasonal forecast suggestin...

Mar 13, 2025

In the news today: Tariff talks in Washington and G7 foreign ministers in Quebec

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ministers, premier to meet with Lutnick in D.C. Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secr...

Mar 13, 2025

Canadian ministers, Ontario premier to meet with Lutnick as tariff fight continues

WASHINGTON - Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today - days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surchar...

Mar 13, 2025

Mountain biking groups 'stretched thin' with trail work as popularity grows

VANCOUVER - The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of tr...

Mar 13, 2025

Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel

In one of history's little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump's annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped launch the U.S. pr...

Mar 13, 2025

G7 foreign ministers start talks in Quebec, as Joly pushes back on U.S. coercion

LA MALBAIE, Que. - A major foreign-policy summit is underway in Quebec today, with the Liberals welcoming foreign ministers from the U.S., Europe and Japan. The Group of Seven ministerial meeting is t...

Mar 13, 2025

New poll suggests 40% of Canadians fear losing their jobs due to Trump's tariffs

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that 40 per cent of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs as many businesses scale back hiring plans in response to the trade war with the United States. The Leger...

Mar 13, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Carney to be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister Friday

OTTAWA - Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday after the formal resignation of Justin Trudeau. A senior Liberal source says a new cabinet wil...

Mar 12, 2025

'Several critical safety failures' behind B.C. workers death, WorkSafeBC says

RICHMOND, B.C. - WorkSafeBC says a worker killed in Vancouver last year when a mould used for concrete fell 26 storeys should never have been able to stand where she was. The report released by the pr...

Mar 12, 2025