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OTTAWA - A federal union is warning of threats to public safety as employees at Transport Canada face job cuts. The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees said in a news release the cuts are being...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
QUBEC - The commissioner who oversaw the public inquiry into the $500-million cost-overrun scandal at Quebec's auto insurance board is scheduled to release his report publicly on Feb. 16. Judge Denis ...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and MPs from both sides of the aisle are calling on China to release Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday under a...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
CALGARY - The federal government has announced a $6 million grant aimed at improving Canada's economic productivity through a cross-country research partnership. The funding from the Social Sciences a...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based firm that operates a mine site in Mexico where 10 workers were abducted last month has heard from "a number of families" that their relatives have been found dead, the co...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada said it is "deeply concerned" by reports the Gaza War Cemetery where nearly two dozen Canadians were buried has been severely damaged or destroyed. The department respon...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her 5th Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that ...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to fight for his job as revelations about the relationship between the former U.K. ambassador to Washington and Jeffrey Epstein spiraled ...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - New video footage from the day of the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others was released Monday, with city officials saying they had redact...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Conservatives call for tax relief for GM worker severance packages The Opposition Conservatives are calling on...
The Canadian Press Feb 09, 2026