EDMONTON - An effort to stop Alberta from leaving Canada launched in Edmonton today. Thomas Lukaszuk, Alberta's former deputy premier, says the Forever Canadian campaign will see him and hundreds of volunteers in a "Unity Bus" travelling the province t...

VANCOUVER - China's foreign minister will visit Canada next week to meet with his Canadian counterpart, the first visit by a Chinese foreign minister in 10 years. The Ottawa visit will take place May 28-30. Wang Yi and Anita Anand will discuss the rec...

A new U.S. policy requiring most foreigners to apply for green cards from their home countries may cause long waits and complications for Canadians living in the U.S. seeking permanent residency, Canadian immigration lawyers say. U.S. Citizenship and I...

Some of the Canadians who were part of a flotilla attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza are set to return to Canada this weekend. The Canadians were detained by Israeli forces last week and reportedly abused in custody before being sent t...

LÉVIS - Premier Christine Fréchette defended her spending promises on Saturday, despite a warning from the province's finance minister that she may surpass the $250 million fund allocated to her. Radio-Canada has reported that Eric Girard wrote to Fréc...

MONTREAL - A group of sex workers and their supporters marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday to demand better working conditions, as hundreds of thousands of tourists converge on the city for Grand Prix weekend. Some 200 people joined the dem...

WASHINGTON - A high-ranking U.S. defence official says the Pentagon gave Ottawa a classified paper laying out priorities for a collective North American defence pact with Canada, but that Ottawa did not deliver a "credible" response. That lack of respo...

OTTAWA - A provision in the federal government's proposed hate crime bill to create a stand-alone hate crime offence will make it easier to investigate and prosecute those crimes, some experts say. "The entire system, the way it's running right now, ha...

Vancouver hosts the first of seven World Cup matches in the city on June 13. The association is blaming flawed "messaging" that has left tourists with the false impression no rooms are available.

MONTRÉAL - The singer who performed a bilingual version of "O Canada" in North Carolina ahead of the Hurricanes-Canadiens NHL playoff game on Thursday says he's surprised and honoured by the praise he's getting. Mason Greer chose to sing Canada's natio...

An enormous national marine conservation reserve is being established on British Columbia's central coast, spanning an area larger than Prince Edward Island. The protected area, named Mia-yaltwa Ha'lidzogm hoon, is the result of an agreement between s...

Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that Albertans will be going to the polls Oct. 19 to vote on whether there should be a future binding referendum on the province quitting Canada. Here's a timeline of pivotal moments in Alberta's separatism deb...

MONTREAL - A Quebec City-area man has been released under conditions after he was arrested this week on a terrorism peace bond. RCMP say they arrested Mohamed Ali Ben Chaoua in Lévis, Que., on Thursday because they had reasonable grounds to fear he mig...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump's second term. ...

An Ontario judge's recent decision barring the Region of Waterloo from removing people living in a homeless encampment is "cockamamie," Premier Doug Ford said on Friday. Justice Michael R. Gibson found in a decision released Thursday that a local bylaw...

Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette made the announcement as the Canadian Grand Prix weekend kicks off in the city, standing next to Villeneuve's family near the F1 track named after the former racer.

MONTREAL - The federal government has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a Canada Revenue Agency tax bill imposed on a Montreal suburb for funds the city recovered from a corrupt ex-mayor. A spokesperson for Finance Minister François-Philippe Champag...

OTTAWA - Former federal spending watchdog Kevin Page remains unconvinced by the prime minister's explanation of why Ottawa hasn't yet presented a fiscal road map to meet the new NATO spending commitments. Page, who was Canada's first parliamentary budg...

OTTAWA - The industry lobby group representing big American streaming services slammed new revenue rules on Friday forcing them to invest in Canadian content while some Canadian industry organizations said the rules are in line with what this country h...

OTTAWA - Chief Justice Richard Wagner paid tribute to a departing judge Friday and bid a temporary farewell to the Supreme Court's stately home. Wagner praised the contributions of retiring Justice Sheilah Martin before the top court considered a crimi...

CALGARY - Alberta's latest step toward a possible vote on splitting from Canada adds an unwelcome layer of unpredictability in an already shaky global economic landscape, business leaders said Friday. More ambiguity means investment dollars stay on th...

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is emphasizing the importance of swimming lessons in a report into the drownings of a mother and her three-year-old son. The report says the 34-year-old woman was spending time near the pool at her Montreal home last June wh...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Friday she had received details from her officials in Turkey about "appalling abuse" suffered by Canadians who were on board a flotilla trying to reach Gaza. She said in a social media post the 12 Cana...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the order of a new trial for an Alberta man accused in a beating death. Joshua Dennehy's bludgeoned body was discovered late one night in July 2020 in central Alberta. Dylon Saddleback was arrested and ...

TORONTO - A person in Ontario tested negative for Ebola after returning from Ethiopia with symptoms consistent with a range of illnesses, Canada's top doctor said Friday, noting the risk of the virus affecting people in this country remains low. Dr. J...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced there will be a separation question on an Oct. 19 referendum. Albertans will be asked if the province should stay in Canada or if they want a future binding referendum on separation. Here are the latest deve...

Premier Danielle Smith, in an address Thursday, announced Albertans would vote in an Oct. 19 referendum on separation. However, they won't directly vote on whether Alberta should leave Canada.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Alberta's Smith to answer questions on referendum Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to hold a news conference today about her referendum question on separation...

MONTREAL - When Victor Bal walks across the stage to collect his mechanical engineering degree at Polytechnique Montréal, his service dog Kopeck will be by his side - just as she's been for every single class. When Bal was 12, he was one of the firs...

TORONTO - As a rare strain of Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, here's what Canadians need to know. ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EBOLA? Yes. There are a few strains of viruses that cause Ebola disease. Th...

NEW YORK (AP) - Stephen Colbert chatted with Paul McCartney and joined him on stage for a raucous performance of "Hello, Goodbye" on the final broadcast of CBS' "The Late Show" on Thursday night, a bittersweet farewell for a canceled show that still ha...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday that a referendum on Oct. 19 will include a question about whether Albertans want, at a future date, to hold a binding referendum on the province quitting Canada. "Kicking the can down the road only prolongs...

Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that Albertans will be going to the polls Oct. 19 to vote on whether there should be a future binding referendum on the province quitting Canada. Here's a timeline of pivotal moments in Alberta's separatism deb...

SAANICH - A man has pleaded guilty in a voyeurism investigation involving 652 women and girls, which police in Saanich, B.C., say is believed to be the most "prolific" case prosecuted in Canada. The department's special investigation unit started the ...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba legislature member faced criticism Thursday for saying the farmer who killed Colten Boushie in a high-profile case in Saskatchewan was a victim. Opposition Progressive Conservative member Josh Guenter made the comment while debati...

MONTREAL - The victorious Montreal Victoire lifted the Walter Cup on home soil Thursday morning after winning the trophy for the first time in the team's history. The Victoire defeated the Charge 4-0 in Ottawa on Wednesday night to take the best-of-f...

Ancient bedrock exposed by disappearing permafrost is releasing toxic metals into Canada's northern rivers, a new study says, with once-pristine subarctic streams now comparable in some cases to highly acidic, contaminated mining sites. The findings ...

OTTAWA - Large TV streaming services like Netflix must contribute 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content, the federal broadcast regulator said Thursday. That's three times the five-per-cent initial contribution requirement the CRTC ...

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier John Horgan didn't like the idea of the Site C dam when he was alive and wouldn't like being named after it in death, but Premier David Eby says the massive hydroelectric project was emblematic of Horgan's lea...

OTTAWA - The federal government and several provincial governments are turning to artificial intelligence to analyze laws and search for outdated regulations as they try to cut back on red tape. Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali and provincial and t...

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre is predicting a slightly below average hurricane season because of the anticipated arrival of a disruptive El Nino climate pattern, but a senior meteorologist says Canadians should not let their guard down. The A...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadians who were on board a flotilla heading to Gaza that was intercepted by Israel are now in Turkey, after being deported. Activists say 12 Canadians were among the Global Sumud Flotilla participan...

OTTAWA - The federal government is bringing back the Canada Strong Pass next month, which offers discounts on Via Rail travel and admission to museums and national parks. A news release from Canadian Heritage said the pass will be available from June 1...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the White House and at an impasse over whether to try to block a new $1.776...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he and all Conservative MPs will press for Alberta to remain part of Canada in any separation referendum campaign in the province. "I'm a strong Canadian federalist, a proud Albertan and a proud Canadi...