Category Archives: CP Canada

Overdose deaths drop by 21 per cent, but 1,826 deaths in 2025 still a 'profound loss'
VICTORIA - More than 1,800 people died in British Columbia last year from illicit drug overdoses, and while the coroner's service says it still represents a "profound loss of life," it's a 21 per cent...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

Clearview AI loses B.C. appeal of findings over facial recognition privacy breaches
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by U.S. facial recognition firm Clearview AI to overturn findings that the company is subject to Canadian privacy laws, despite no ...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

Federal lawyers seek to shield information in Nijjar murder case on security grounds
OTTAWA - The federal attorney general is looking to shield some information from disclosure on national security grounds in the trial of four men accused of killing Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Sing...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

Supreme Court to weigh appropriate legal path for reviewing complaint about railway
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will help decide the appropriate means of reviewing a company's complaint about the service provided by a railway. In November 2023, the Canadian Transportation Ag...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

Hydro-Québec proposes doubling electricity rates for energy-hungry data centres
MONTRAL - Quebec's hydro utility is seeking to significantly raise electricity prices for data centres and cryptocurrency operations. Hydro-Qubec has asked the province's energy board to hike rates fo...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

New study to help assess potential impact of expanding port on Hudson Bay
WINNIPEG - The federal government announced another step Thursday toward a potential energy and trade corridor through northern Manitoba and the Arctic. The government is launching a market-sounding s...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

NDP leadership candidates pitch their rebuilding plans to voters in final debate
OTTAWA - The NDP leadership candidates began the final official debate with a general acknowledgment they agree on policies, but have different visions for how to achieve their most existential goal -...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

Pressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights
QUBEC - Pressure is mounting on Quebec's justice minister to formally abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the government's proposed constitution, with critics saying the province risks openin...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

U.S. International Trade Commission launches CUSMA rules-of-origin auto investigation
WASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into rules-of-origin regulations for automobiles under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade. A news release on t...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

New defence purchasing agency will become more independent, MP says
OTTAWA - Ottawa is now well into its overhaul of defence procurement and will soon give the agency at the centre of its strategy more authority to ramp up the domestic defence sector and rearm the mil...
The Canadian Press Feb 19, 2026

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