Category Archives: Canada
Federal government reports deficit of $31.2B for its April-to-January period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $31.21 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the ...
Mar 27, 2026
Carney's budget bill becomes law after passing final Senate hurdle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget bill is now law, marking a milestone for the minority Liberal government. The budget implementation act, Bill C-15, received royal assent Thursday ev...
Mar 27, 2026
Ottawa announces $28.9M for carbon capture and other clean tech projects
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is doling out $28.9 million in funding for a series of carbon capture and renewable energy projects across Canada today. The money is coming from Canada...
Mar 27, 2026
Majority in the House of Commons: is the real magic number actually 173 seats?
OTTAWA - The results in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne in the April 13 byelection will have major implications on moving bills forward in the House of Commons. The vote is one of three byelect...
Mar 27, 2026
In the news: NATO spending target hit, MP criticized over misheard comments on China
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canada met two per cent spending pledge: NATO For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Canada is spe...
Mar 27, 2026
Family of China murder victim loses B.C. lawsuit against family of executed killer
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a man murdered in a "contract killing" in 2017 in China, against the family of the killer who they say used the victim...
Mar 27, 2026
New Democrats gather in Winnipeg to pick new leader, plot path out of political exile
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on NDP delegates Friday to focus on issues like affordability and health care and put off tackling bigger policy ideas until they form a government. Kinew ...
Mar 27, 2026
Ontario man pleads guilty to running drug ring that brought meth, cocaine into Canada
LOS ANGELES - An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to running a drug-trafficking operation that U.S. officials say brought hundreds of kilograms of meth and cocaine worth up to US$17 million from the Uni...
Mar 26, 2026
Here's how Canada hit its NATO defence spending target
OTTAWA - Canada spent $63.4 billion on national defence in 2025, meeting its NATO commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence for the first time, the alliance's annual report said Thursday. Spe...
Mar 26, 2026
Liberal MP Michael Ma sorry after confusion over remarks on forced labour in China
OTTAWA - MP Michael Ma, who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals, has apologized after appearing to cast doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China. Ma said he regretted making a mistake ...
Mar 26, 2026
