Category Archives: CP Canada
In the news today: Poilievre speaks to Tory event, social media poll, Sabres fans
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pierre Poilievre set to speak at conservative conference in Ottawa Pierre Poilievre is set to give a keynote a...
May 07, 2026
Most Canadians want social media, AI chatbot ban for kids under 16, poll indicates
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates. Seventy per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said th...
May 07, 2026
Pierre Poilievre urges conservatives to keep fighting in networking conference speech
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's message to fellow Tories at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference on Thursday was to keep fighting. The annual event in Ottawa is billed as the ...
May 07, 2026
Road closures, drones, and new stadium rules for World Cup in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver have unveiled details of preparations that include the closure of a major downtown road artery for more than two months. Taunya Geelhoed, chie...
May 06, 2026
Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn't establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medica...
May 06, 2026
Do more for Iran activists and Canada diaspora threatened by regime, groups urge
OTTAWA - Iranian-Canadian groups are calling on Ottawa to do more to protect democracy activists inside Iran and to weed out transnational repression within Canada. "Unfortunately since the January ma...
May 06, 2026
Carney says he'll consult Trudeau's committee on Senate picks
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Mark Carney said he will consult with an independent advisory board set up under former prime minister Justin Trudeau before he moves to fill a growing list of Senate vacanci...
May 06, 2026
Whale in Vancouver Sea-Doo crash seen feeding, in good condition, next day: officials
VANCOUVER - Canada's Fisheries Department says a grey whale that was hit at high speed by a Sea-Doo in front of a horrified Vancouver crowd on Monday appeared in "good condition" the next day. The Fis...
May 06, 2026
Canadian online critic of Trump sues U.S. Homeland Security for trying to unmask him
The U.S. government wants Google to unmask an anonymous Canadian critic of President Donald Trump, a move the American Civil Liberties Union says could have a chilling effect on free speech. The Canad...
May 06, 2026
Four more sailors on doomed 1845 Arctic expedition identified using DNA analysis
Four more members of a doomed 1845 Arctic expedition have been identified with the help of DNA testing, a Canadian research team says, including one sailor whose remains had been shrouded in archeolog...
May 06, 2026
