Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Bank of Canada mulled later timing for October rate cut, deliberations show
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's governing council was on the same page about the need to lower its benchmark interest rate last month - but the exact timing of the cut was up for debate. The central ban...
Nov 12, 2025
Heavy rain, coastal flooding for parts of B.C.'s south coast: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER - Pouring rain is on the way again for parts of British Columbia's southern coast. Environment Canada issued rainfall warnings for Howe Sound and Metro Vancouver's North Shore and northeast,...
Nov 12, 2025
Premiers lay out priorities for meeting with Carney next week
OTTAWA - Infrastructure investments and the state of U.S.-Canada trade negotiations are high on the agenda Canada's premiers have for an upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The premiers ...
Nov 12, 2025
Montreal transit maintenance union suspends strike as new labour bill tabled
MONTREAL - The head of a union representing transit maintenance workers said members aren't giving up on their fight for better wages and conditions, despite new legislation that will give the Quebec ...
Nov 12, 2025
Ottawa is seeking a permanent parliamentary budget officer with 'tact and discretion'
OTTAWA - Ottawa says it's looking to hire a permanent parliamentary budget officer - someone with "tact and discretion" - just a few months after appointing a very critical fiscal watchdog on an inter...
Nov 12, 2025
What Americans think about Trump's management of the government, according to a new AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising dis...
Nov 12, 2025
Indian government calls deadly car blast a terror attack by 'anti-national forces'
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - India's Cabinet on Wednesday called this week's deadly car explosion in the capital a terror attack carried out by "anti-national forces," though it did not release any new evid...
Nov 12, 2025
Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump 'knew about the girls' and spent time with a victim
WASHINGTON (AP) - Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had "spent hours" at Epstein's house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years...
Nov 12, 2025
UN watchdog hasn't been able to verify Iran's stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium in months
VIENNA (AP) - The International Atomic Energy Agency has not been able to verify the status of Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel and the United States struck the country's nucle...
Nov 12, 2025
6 people die in a stampede during military recruitment in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Six people died in a stampede during a military recruitment event in Accra, the capital of Ghana, on Wednesday, according to the country's military. The military said the stampede ...
Nov 12, 2025
