National News
Poll
Loading ...Sunny Escapes
Sponsored
Trump says Carney will ‘walk away very happy’ from White House meeting on trade
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday Canadians will “love” America again and Prime Minister Mark Carney would walk away “very happy” from their working meetings in the U.S. capital. In a rambling press conference with Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump mused about everything from his dislike of former U.S. President Joe ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abandoned baby: Montreal-area police release video of person with bundle in arms
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
MONTREAL — Police have released surveillance video in the hopes of tracking down the parents of a premature baby abandoned Sunday night outside a home on Montreal’s South Shore. The video shows a person walking down a dark sidewalk holding a cloth-wrapped bundle in their arms. Longueuil police say someone left the baby boy on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs launch probe of trucking sector after Bloc calls out labour standards
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee is set to launch a study of labour standards in the trucking sector today after the Bloc QuĂ©bĂ©cois called on the government to end what it calls exploitative practices. The transport committee is launching a study of an industry business model which sees transport companies classify drivers as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Convoy leaders Lich, Barber given conditional sentences in Ottawa courtroom
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
OTTAWA — “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were both given 18-month conditional sentences for their roles in the protest that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks. Lich and Barber were found guilty of mischief in April, while Barber was also found guilty of an additional offence of counselling others to disobey a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Striking B.C. public service workers expand pickets again to more liquor stores
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
BURNABY — More public service workers in British Columbia are off the job as the union increases pressure to get a new contract. The B.C. General Employees’ Union says it has added 48 work sites to the picket list, with another 2,600 workers taking part in strike action. The additional pickets are at 18 provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs question Longest Ballot Committee organizer during study of spring election
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
OTTAWA — The protest group that signed up hundreds of candidates in recent elections went before a House of Commons committee today, where MPs asked them whether they’re actually achieving their aims. Tomas Szuchewycz represented the Longest Ballot Committee at a meeting of the procedure and government affairs committee. He was listed as the official ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump says U.S. could renew CUSMA or make separate deal with Canada
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said today Canada and the U.S. could renew the trilateral North American free trade agreement — or just do separate deals instead. During a brief press conference before a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the White House, Trump said Carney would leave Washington “happy” but would not say ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa, Ontario urge each other to help Marineland’s belugas amid euthanasia threat
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
TORONTO — The federal and Ontario governments are urging each other to help 30 belugas at Marineland, which has threatened to euthanize the whales if the park does not receive emergency funds from Ottawa. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the federal government should reconsider its position after denying Marineland permits to move them to an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney government flags plan to retool much-maligned border security bill
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are signalling plans to revamp their border security bill in response to widespread concerns about its impacts on civil liberties and privacy. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has given notice to the House of Commons that he will introduce fresh legislation on borders and immigration as early as this week. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Convoy leaders Lich, Barber given conditional sentences
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
OTTAWA — “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber will receive conditional sentences after being convicted of mischief for their roles in the protest movement that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks. Justice Heather Perkins-McVey handed down the sentences in an Ottawa courtroom this afternoon. Lich and Barber were found guilty of mischief in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec couple fight to stay in home expropriated for Lac-MĂ©gantic, Que., rail bypass
By Canadian Press on October 7th, 2025
MONTREAL — A couple from Lac-MĂ©gantic, Que., have appeared in court in a bid to stay in their family home that was expropriated by the federal government for the construction of a rail bypass. Ottawa expropriated Raymond Savoie and Rita Boulanger’s home in 2023 to divert trains from the community’s downtown after an oil-laden train ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
