Category Archives: CP Canada
Ontario Liberals announce date to select new leader, kicking off race
TORONTO - The Ontario Liberal Party says it will select a new leader on Nov. 21, an announcement that kicks off its third leadership race since 2020. Several politicians, both provincially and federal...
Feb 07, 2026
Rob Lantz wins leadership race, will be next P.E.I. premier
CHARLOTTETOWN - Rob Lantz will become the next premier of Prince Edward Island after winning the Progressive Conservative party leadership at its convention Saturday. Lantz ran against Mark Ledwell fo...
Feb 07, 2026
Ottawa gives Canada Post a $1.01-billion loan amid ongoing financial struggles
GATINEAU - The federal government is making more than $1 billion available to Canada Post in the form of a repayable loan to help the beleaguered Crown corporation remain solvent and keep its services...
Feb 07, 2026
Keeping her 'eye on the ball': Hillman reflects on her time as top diplomat in D.C.
WASHINGTON - Kirsten Hillman hasn't written her autobiography yet, but the 57-year-old career diplomat - soon to be Canada's former ambassador to the U.S. - may already have a title picked out: "Diplo...
Feb 07, 2026
Quick facts about Kirsten Hillman, Canada's outgoing ambassador in Washington
WASHINGTON - Canada's Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman is ending her term in February. Here are some quick facts about the top diplomat in Washington who has stickhandled the Canada-U.S...
Feb 07, 2026
B.C. needs new mental health hospital, psychiatrist tells inquest into family's death
BURNABY - A psychiatrist with British Columbia's Northern Health authority has called for a new mental health hospital in B.C. in her testimony to an inquest into the deaths of a Prince Rupert family....
Feb 07, 2026
B.C.'s Warm weather forces those in ice-fishing derby into boats
Krista Clark is an avid ice fisher, but it was a late start to the season in British Columbia's East Kootenay region where she's lived for 47 years. "This year, it's been just waiting and waiting for ...
Feb 06, 2026
China overturns death sentence for Canadian Robert Schellenberg: NYT report
OTTAWA - China's highest court has overturned a Canadian man's death sentence, The New York Times is reporting. The death sentence ordered for British Columbia native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg in 2019...
Feb 06, 2026
Candidate says he plans to run for Conservatives in Poilievre's former riding
OTTAWA - Blair Turner, a police officer from the Ottawa area, says he plans to run for the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton. Turner ran for the Tories in Ottawa ...
Feb 06, 2026
Pipeline protest created safety risks, but journalists were let in, says RCMP officer
VANCOUVER - The senior RCMP officer co-ordinating enforcement at a British Columbia pipeline protest in 2021 says journalists were permitted to go through an "access control point" set up by police, a...
Feb 06, 2026
