VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's encouraging Prime Minister Mark Carney to look at non-tariff measures in response to the latest escalation in the trade war with the United States. Eby applauded Carney's steps to stand up to U.S...

QUÉBEC - While the impacts of immigration reforms have been a hot political issue in Quebec in recent years, voters are still waiting for the political parties to unveil how they plan to address the issue in their election campaign platforms. Quebec Pr...

As the Canadian government hits back at the United States over new tariffs imposed last week, the countries' economic relationship is in the spotlight. U.S. President Donald Trump started his week with a series of Truth Social posts taking aim at Canad...

CALGARY - Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney is questioning why the province is taking oil and gas off the table in the high-stakes tariff war with the United States. Kenney, in an interview Tuesday, said Canada has the power to really put the squeeze...

OTTAWA - The federal government has announced a new package of relief for businesses and workers affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs, which are targeted at a wide variety of sectors ranging from honey and wine production t...

One of the Great Lakes has become the latest target in U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada, highlighting his penchant for renaming bodies of water and landmarks. The United States is "giving serious consideration" to changing the name o...

MONTREAL - A fourth Montreal police officer was suspended earlier this month as part of an investigation into allegations of racism and misconduct involving a now-disbanded patrol unit in a multicultural Montreal neighbourhood, the force announced Tues...

Authorities in Canada and the United States say a dual citizen who sails around the world has been arrested in British Columbia following his indictment in Hawaii for the alleged sexual exploitation of a child. A statement from the U.S. Department of J...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to get back to the negotiating table with the United States before its counter-tariffs take effect in two weeks. Smith, in a statement posted online Tuesday, said tariffs and counter-tariff...

TORONTO - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says hospitalizations for both children and adults riding e-scooters rose by almost 40 per cent in the past year. Data released Tuesday showed there were 837 hospitalizations last year between Ap...

Despite Ottawa unveiling an aid package for Canadian businesses affected by the trade war with the United States, industry leaders say the measures do not go far enough to help them stay afloat, especially in the wake of Canada's new counter-tariffs. T...

PRINCE GEORGE - The federal government has announced more than $50 million in contracts for the construction of three separate hatcheries in British Columbia aimed at salmon conservation. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the projects will be on traditi...

OTTAWA - The trade war between Canada and the United States entered a new chapter on Tuesday, with the Canadian government's announcement of retaliatory tariff measures. Canada is striking back with tariffs that the federal government says are targeted...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney stressed the importance of a "united Team Canada approach" in phone calls with other party leaders on Tuesday about the state of trade talks with the United States. The Prime Minister's Office published a readout of ...

OTTAWA - Canada is hiking tariffs to 50 per cent on some American products after the U.S. did the same on billions of dollars worth of Canadian exports on Saturday. The latest trade escalation comes after the two countries failed to reach a new deal b...

After trade talks between Canada and the United States broke down Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Americans had made unfair, last-minute changes to the proposed terms. On the weekend, a list began circulating online that claimed to summariz...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford has toned down his rhetoric in the war of words with U.S. President Donald Trump. Ford is making the rounds on U.S. media after he and Trump traded insults on Monday amid escalating trade tensions. Ford told CNN's W...

A story published by The Canadian Press on Aug. 24, 2026 incorrectly identified a worker who was struck by a plane in a collision at Montreal Trudeau International Airport as an air traffic controller. In fact, the employee injured in the collision was...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump continued his war of words on Canada Tuesday, first insisting the United States is "giving serious consideration" to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America and then accusing Prime Minister Mark Carney...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Ottawa to announce retaliatory tariffs today The federal government is set to unveil details of Canada's retaliatory tariffs against the United States today. Fina...

OTTAWA - The federal government hit back at the latest escalation in the trade war with the United States on Tuesday, announcing plans to hike American steel and aluminum tariffs from 25 to 50 per cent. The move, which will come into force on Sept. 8, ...

Two former political foes in Alberta are joining hands to try to keep the province from separating. And one of them says when it comes to Canada, it's a no-brainer. "I'm always happy to put patriotism ahead of partisanship," former premier Jason Kenney...

MONTREAL - A ground worker who was struck by an Airbus 350 at Montreal Trudeau International Airport on Monday evening has died. The employee was struck around 7:30 p.m. as a French bee flight bound for Paris was preparing for departure. According to ...

EDMONTON - Alberta has its first commissioner of music. The province says Jennifer Venance will fill the role. Venance has worked in the government developing the school curriculum and has more than two decades' experience as a musician and a music edu...

MONTREAL - LaSalle College has obtained creditor protection after the Quebec government fined the institution $30 million for having too many students in its English-language programs. The Quebec Superior Court granted the Montreal institution a ten-da...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm...

OTTAWA - The United States introduced new 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars in Canadian exports on Saturday after trade talks failed to reach a deal. Those came after more than a year of various tariff moves from U.S. President Donald Trump. H...

President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Canada on Monday, posting a threat on social media to hike tariffs on all vehicles, auto parts and steel from Canada to 50 per cent on Jan. 1.

A white hot trade war between Canada and the U.S. has renewed a push on the Prairies to put American booze down and elbows up. In Saskatchewan, the Opposition NDP urged Premier Scott Moe to stop "pandering" to U.S. President Donald Trump and remove U.S...

Carney said among the reasons for the suspension of trade negotiations were demands from the U.S. that would have affected Canada's ability to protect its culture, including the French language.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed a dollar-for-dollar response to the 50 per cent U.S. tariffs President Donald Trump imposed on roughly $28 billion in Canadian goods following failed talks.

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour is set to be in Gander, N.L., on Sept. 11 to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Rideau Hall says the Governor General will also meet with a variety of provincial officials and Indigenous leaders during a fi...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's premier says she's ready to work with the prime minister to hit the U.S. where it hurts. Susan Holt told reporters Monday that her government is working with Ottawa on retaliatory tariffs after Canada-U.S. trade talks brok...

There are plans for a new party in the British Columbia legislature as politicians return this fall, with two MLAs who recently defected from the provincial Conservatives saying they want to provide an option for frustrated voters. Ian Paton, who has s...

Doug Ford said Trump "declared war, economic war against his closest friend and ally" before invoking Reagan, who Ford previously featured in a television advertising campaign aimed at Americans.

The new icebreakers will replace the Coast Guard's aging heavy and medium icebreakers. Mark Carney says the first steel for the ships will be cut next fall and the first ship delivered in five years.

LÉVIS - The federal government will pour $11.3 billion into Quebec's shipbuilding industry to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday. Carney called it the "largest" shipbuilding contract in the...

WASHINGTON - Members of the Trump administration on Monday fanned across cable news stations and in front of crowds of loyal supporters to make the case for Donald Trump's latest tariffs on Canada as the president himself moved to escalate the trade wa...

Communities on either side of the Canada-U.S. border braced for further economic fallout on Monday after trade talks collapsed and both countries moved deeper into a tariff fight. Mayor Mike Bradley of Sarnia, a major Ontario border city and petrochemi...

MONTRÉAL - A new Léger poll has found that three-quarters of Quebecers support recognizing a so-called right to coolness that would guarantee safe places during heat waves. Overall, 74 per cent of survey respondents said they support the Quebec governm...

OTTAWA - The French language and Quebec and Canadian culture might be trade irritants for the Americans but in Canada they are fundamental rights, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. Trade talks with the United States broke down Friday, which meant...

MONTRÉAL - The Conservative Party of Quebec is promising to balance the province's budget within four years if it is elected to form government in October. Leader Éric Duhaime says that he'd balance the budget by controlling spending growth, reviewing ...

HALIFAX - Advocates against gender-based violence in Nova Scotia are calling on the Progressive Conservative government to reconsider Marco MacLeod's role as energy minister due to misogynistic rap lyrics he wrote. MacLeod apologized Thursday for the r...

The number of wildfires in British Columbia surged past 180 over the weekend, up from about 125 on Friday, as the province recorded 11,000 lightning strikes. An update from the BC Wildfire Service said a subtropical weather system brought hot temperatu...

Bradley Saunders, North American economist at Capital Economics, says in a note to clients that the new tariffs push Canada closer to a recession, particularly if the United States ramps up attacks.