Category Archives: CP Canada
Provincial immigrant nominee programs get late year boost: Diab
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says some provincial immigrant nominee programs are getting a late-year increase to the number of slots they have. Diab says she relayed the news to her provinc...
Oct 16, 2025
Trans Mountain faces $292k environmental fines after 2024 B.C. rainstorm: regulator
Trans Mountain is facing $292,000 in regulatory fines for alleged environmental issues in January 2024 along a stretch of its British Columbia pipeline expansion route hit by a major rainstorm. The Ca...
Oct 16, 2025
Strike by B.C.'s professionals could delay national-interest mine project: union
VICTORIA - The union representing licensed professionals in British Columbia says its latest escalation of strike action could result in "costly delays" in projects such as the expansion of the high-p...
Oct 16, 2025
IMF chief, former PBO Kevin Page say Ottawa has leeway to run steeper deficits
OTTAWA - Canada's former parliamentary budget officer and the head of the International Monetary Fund are both arguing Ottawa has room to run steeper deficits in the upcoming federal budget, despite c...
Oct 16, 2025
Canadian passport now outpaces U.S. in ranking of visa-free access
OTTAWA - Canadian passport holders have overtaken Americans in terms of their visa-free access to the world. The Henley Passport Index ranks Canada in 9th place for how many countries Canadian citizen...
Oct 16, 2025
Canada Post promises to protect rural mail delivery in overhaul
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it will prioritize reliable and affordable mail delivery for all Canadians - including those in rural and remote communities - as part of sweeping changes kicked off last mon...
Oct 16, 2025
Two Quebec battery supply chain projects hit the brakes
MONTREAL - The electric-vehicle slowdown is being felt in Bcancour, the city at the heart of Quebec's dreams of becoming a hub in the North American battery supply chain. The planned expansion of a ba...
Oct 16, 2025
Carney says Stellantis offered reassurances on Brampton, Ont., plant
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney said the global head of Stellantis told him the automaker is looking at finding a new model to fill the idled Brampton, Ont., plant, but that a decision would requ...
Oct 16, 2025
Carney says now is not the time to hit back at U.S. over tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is rejecting calls for Ottawa to push back at the U.S. with new retaliatory trade measures as talks with Washington continue on sector-specific trade deals. "There'...
Oct 16, 2025
Police cite extortion in third shooting at Indian star Kapil Sharma's B.C. café
SURREY - Mike Grieve says he walks past Kap's Cafe in Surrey, B.C., every day and he's sad to see the restaurant owned by Indian entertainer Kapil Sharma has been shot up for the third time. Yellow po...
Oct 16, 2025