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Carney to return to Washington to meet Trump on trade talks
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday as trade negotiations continue. It will be Carney’s second visit to the White House since he became prime minister. The Prime Minister’s Office says Carney’s visit will focus on shared priorities in a new economic and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP News Alert: Carney to return to Washington to meet Trump on trade talks
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday as trade negotiations continue. It will be Carney’s second visit to the White House since he became prime minister. More coming. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Alberta schools ready to close as teachers strike looms
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Schools set to close as Alberta provides online curriculum ahead of teachers strike Schools across Alberta are preparing to close their doors while the province readies a home curriculum for students ahead of Monday’s provincewide teachers strike. Education ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yukon election campaign to kick off with new ridings, vote on electoral reform
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
WHITEHORSE — Yukon’s territorial election is expected to be called today with Premier Mike Pemberton waiting until the last opportunity under the law. Pemberton told supporters on Thursday that he would be meeting with Commissioner Adeline Webber to formally bring the 35th Yukon legislative assembly to an end and trigger the next election. It will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Election in 2026 impossible if Gaza war persists: Palestinian Authority
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Palestinian Authority says its commitment to hold elections in 2026 — which Ottawa has set as a condition for recognizing Palestinian statehood — won’t be fulfilled if the war in Gaza continues into next year. Omar Awadallah, the Palestinian deputy minister of foreign affairs, also told The Canadian Press an election will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.L. has the country’s highest per-capita debt. It’s all but hidden in the election.
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — Business and taxpayer organizations are calling on party leaders in Newfoundland and Labrador to stop making costly election promises, as the province carries the country’s highest per-capita provincial debt. Whoever forms government after the Oct. 14 election will inherit a net debt approaching $20 billion in a province about 545,000 people. That ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Terrebonne one-vote win: postal code error on envelope unreported for three weeks
By Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2025
MONTREAL — An election employee noted a discrepancy in the postal codes of special ballot return envelopes in Terrebonne nearly three weeks before the election, but the error wasn’t reported to superiors. The mistake is outlined in legal documents filed as part of a court action brought by a former Bloc Québécois member who lost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LeBlanc: No timeline for reaching tariff deals, but talks not at a ‘dead end’
By Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — It’s futile to predict how long trade talks with President Donald Trump’s White House might last, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc told the House of Commons trade committee Thursday afternoon. It was the second committee appearance LeBlanc made that day. He told a Senate foreign affairs committee earlier in the day that Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget watchdog says home affordability is getting better — but not everywhere
By Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada’s housing affordability gap — but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques put out an updated housing report Thursday. The report gauges affordability based on the gap between average home prices and what the typical household ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal MP says it’s time to stop the clock on daylight time
By Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal member of Parliament Marie-France Lalonde wants to call a halt to the annual ritual of springing forward and falling back. The Ottawa-area MP plans to table a private member’s bill next week to end what she calls the “outdated practice” of daylight time. “It is time to change the time change,” Lalonde ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta after pregnant mother contracts disease
By Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2025
EDMONTON — A newborn in Alberta has died of measles marking the province’s first death from the disease this year, the government said Thursday. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said the child was born prematurely and died shortly after being born. The mother had contracted measles during pregnancy. “This is a heartbreaking loss, and no ... Read More »
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