Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - The taxi industry’s attempt to stymie Uber’s entry into Quebec suffered a blow Tuesday after a judge rejected the cabbies’ request for a temporary injunction against the r...

As the federal Liberals try to come up with a way to price carbon that will appease 13 fractious provinces and territories, a prominent academic has a message for them - don’t bother. Carbon pri...

TORONTO - The organizers of Toronto’s Pride Parade have issued a wide-ranging apology for what they describe as a “history of racism and marginalization.” Pride Toronto says its R...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s open approach to immigration and its willingness to welcome tens of thousands of Syrian refugees is an “enlightened” move that will benefit the country’s b...

BROWNSTOWN, Pa. - Police say a 2-year-old Pennsylvania girl has been pinned against a barn by a minivan and died. Tuesday’s accident happened on the same block where a toddler was struck and kil...

TORONTO - The chief of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario says the federal and provincial governments must help his community overcome the effects of decades of mercury poisoning. Chi...

GATINEAU, Que. - The national telecom regulator has officially implemented new rules that industry watchers predict will lead to cheaper Internet rates. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunica...

VANCOUVER - Foreign home buyers forced to pay a new levy imposed by the British Columbia government are fighting for their money back and to have the fee declared invalid through a proposed class-acti...

OTTAWA - One of the most vocal critics of the Liberal government’s rush to buy new fighter jets says a new plane needs to be chosen within the next year to prevent a future gap. Conservative def...

BRUSSELS - Thousands of demonstrators marched at the European Union headquarters on Tuesday to protest trans-Atlantic trade talks with the United States and a planned deal with Canada, claiming they w...