Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Federal government reports deficit of $31.2B for its April-to-January period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $31.21 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the ...
Mar 27, 2026

House ethics panel finds Florida congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick committed 25 violations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards, the House Ethics Committee found Friday in a ruling that coul...
Mar 27, 2026

Carney's budget bill becomes law after passing final Senate hurdle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget bill is now law, marking a milestone for the minority Liberal government. The budget implementation act, Bill C-15, received royal assent Thursday ev...
Mar 27, 2026

Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves hospital and heads home to serve his 27-year sentence
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a hospital in the capital on Friday to continue serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at his residence in an upsca...
Mar 27, 2026

Ottawa announces $28.9M for carbon capture and other clean tech projects
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is doling out $28.9 million in funding for a series of carbon capture and renewable energy projects across Canada today. The money is coming from Canada...
Mar 27, 2026

Majority in the House of Commons: is the real magic number actually 173 seats?
OTTAWA - The results in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne in the April 13 byelection will have major implications on moving bills forward in the House of Commons. The vote is one of three byelect...
Mar 27, 2026

In the news: NATO spending target hit, MP criticized over misheard comments on China
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canada met two per cent spending pledge: NATO For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Canada is spe...
Mar 27, 2026

Family of China murder victim loses B.C. lawsuit against family of executed killer
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a man murdered in a "contract killing" in 2017 in China, against the family of the killer who they say used the victim...
Mar 27, 2026

New Democrats gather in Winnipeg to pick new leader, plot path out of political exile
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on NDP delegates Friday to focus on issues like affordability and health care and put off tackling bigger policy ideas until they form a government. Kinew ...
Mar 27, 2026

Nepal’s youngest prime minister takes the oath of office
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's youngest prime minister took the oath of office Friday after his party won a landslide victory in elections earlier this month, and following a youth-led uprising that ...
Mar 27, 2026