Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Half of Canadians support a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.: poll
OTTAWA - Half of Canadians are in favour of building a new bitumen pipeline between Alberta and B.C., while fewer than one in five outright oppose it, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was co...
Dec 10, 2025
Half of Canadians support a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.: poll
OTTAWA - Half of Canadians are in favour of building a new bitumen pipeline between Alberta and B.C., while fewer than one in five outright oppose it, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was co...
Dec 10, 2025
Bank of Canada leaves key interest rate unchanged as markets bet on extended pause
TORONTO - The Bank of Canada has halted its downward push on interest rates. The central bank held its key rate on Wednesday, with economists expecting it to remain unchanged for much of next year and...
Dec 10, 2025
After months in hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader Machado reappears as a Nobel laureate
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months Thursday after a daring escape from her homeland when she emerged from a hotel b...
Dec 09, 2025
Alberta begins final debate on bill to apply notwithstanding clause to 3 more laws
EDMONTON - The Alberta government moved to the final stage of debate early Wednesday on legislation that, if passed, would see the Charter's notwithstanding clause invoked four times in less than two ...
Dec 09, 2025
Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
MIAMI (AP) - Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Demo...
Dec 09, 2025
Air Transat averts pilot strike with tentative deal
MONTREAL - Air Transat passengers breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday evening after the company reached a tentative deal with its pilot union, narrowly avoiding a strike on the cusp of the holiday trave...
Dec 09, 2025
Florida executes a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1989 home invasion
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally stabbing and beating a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6...
Dec 09, 2025
Liberal MP Gould opts not to make bid for Ontario party leadership
OTTAWA - Ontario Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Karina Gould says she will not seek the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. Gould began exploring the possibility of a run after Bonnie Cro...
Dec 09, 2025
Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., resigning next year
OTTAWA - Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday she will end her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year. In a statement posted to social media, Hillman said it's the right...
Dec 09, 2025
