HALIFAX - An eastern Canadian logistics, trucking and courier company with a fleet of more than 200 vehicles says Monday's federal tax break on fuel should provide relief to hard-hit customers. Karanjeet Singh, owner of Dartmouth, N.S.-based NovaExpre...

VICTORIA - Two First Nations leadership sources say British Columbia Premier David Eby is backing down again on the suspension of key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, scrapping plans to table legislation on Monday. One ...

Ontario is reversing course and will sell the $29-million private jet it bought for Premier Doug Ford. The move comes just days after the purchase of the 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 jet was revealed on Friday, sparking a wave of backlash from critic...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to regularly update Canadians with a frank assessment of efforts to diversify away from the U.S. "I promise you, I will never sugar-coat our challenges," Carney said in a 10-minute video posted Sunday m...

HALIFAX - Police in Nova Scotia have charged two people with human trafficking and financial crimes in an investigation they say is connected to New Brunswick and Ontario. Police say the investigation began in 2023 with multiple human trafficking vict...

MONTRÉAL - Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says the leaders of Canada's oil industry are figures close to American President Donald Trump who are "taking us for fools" and putting both the economy and environment at risk. Canada's offici...

OTTAWA - Seventy-nine-year-old Janet Wees says she writes 400 letters a year and usually gets mail delivered at least two or three times a week. For Wees, Canada Post's plan to end door-to-door mail delivery, in favour of community mailboxes, is life-c...

VANCOUVER - It was to be a day of reflection and remembrance a year after the Lapu Lapu tragedy where 11 people were killed and dozens more were hurt in a vehicle ramming in Vancouver, instead it revealed the divisions within the community. Protesters ...

Perhaps it was the widely cited speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, or maybe a so-called George Clooney-like swagger. Whatever it is, Prime Minister Mark Carney is finding himself in the international spotlight again, this time in the pages o...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge says the provincial government made an unreasonable decision last year when it banned most people from entering the woods to prevent wildfires during an extreme drought. In a decision released Friday, Justice...

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal overturned a guilty verdict against a renowned skating coach accused of sexual assault and gross indecency, saying the burden of proof was not met. Richard Gauthier was found guilty of having assaulted a teenage mal...

The lawyer for Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used it to take their own lives, says murder charges will be withdrawn against his client and he will in turn plead guilty to aiding suicide. La...

OTTAWA - Canadian agriculture groups are applauding a Conservative private member's bill that would allow Canada to rely on scientific reviews of new products conducted in "trusted" countries to speed up approvals of the products here. Conservative MP ...

OTTAWA - For Whit Fraser, it all started with a leap of faith - taking a job in Canada's Far North. The former journalist and husband of Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was hired by the CBC to work in Iqaluit - then called Frobisher Bay - in April 1967, with no e...

OTTAWA - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attacked Canada's trade strategy on Friday, adding, "They suck." Lutnick was responding to a report in the Financial Post quoting Canada's former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul saying time is on Can...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champagne is brushing off Conservative calls for an investigation into his personal relationship with an Alto executive and the proposed high-speed rail project as "just politics." Michael Barrett, the Conser...

OTTAWA - A recent internal audit that outlined major problems in military procurement led to some of the changes to the system introduced under Prime Minister Mark Carney, the federal government said on Friday. A spokesperson for Stephen Fuhr, secretar...

Global financial systems need to "come to grips" with the risks posed by rapid advances in artificial intelligence models like Anthropic's Mythos, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Friday. Developer Anthropic claims the upcoming Mythos model...

Climate change is breaking down typical nighttime lulls in wildfire activity, a new study by researchers in Canada suggests, eroding opportunities for crews to contain the intensifying blazes. The study co-authored by researchers in British Columbia a...

OTTAWA - In less than three months, the federal government's order requiring most public servants to attend the office four days a week - up from the current benchmark of three days - takes effect. There's just one hitch. It doesn't have room for all o...

MONTREAL - Communities in three provinces were bringing in pumps and laying sandbags on Friday, as river levels continued to rise and forecasts called for more rain in some already waterlogged areas. In Montreal, officials said that water levels on the...

VANCOUVER - Tucked in the basement of the chemistry building at the University of British Columbia, an arm-sized robot carries out the repetitive task of collecting and weighing colourful vials as machinery whirrs in the background. It's part of a uni...

HOUSTON - When Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen first floated to the window after the Orion capsule's bone-rattling launch into space early this month, what he saw and felt left him grasping for words. He saw the sweep of the ocean first, and then, dri...

OTTAWA - The latest annual account of greenhouse gas emissions shows Canada's emissions reductions slowed in 2024 to almost nothing. Environment and Climate Change Canada quietly published its national inventory report on Wednesday, something it's requ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is launching consultations on ways to improve labour relations to support Canada's economy and communities. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is looking for feedback from employers, unions and employee groups on collective barga...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the Crown can seek the forfeiture of assets seized in a drug probe even though the criminal cases against most of the accused were set aside. The matter began when several people were charged with offences rela...

OTTAWA - Canada welcomes efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and stands with Persian Gulf states hit by strikes during the Iran war, Prime Minister Mark Carney told world leaders on Friday. The Prime Minister's Office said Carney took part virtually...

TORONTO - Documents detailing an inspection of a beverage production facility that regulators say was the source of a deadly listeria outbreak reveal it was cited for several infractions that have not been shared previously, including some that exper...