Category Archives: CP Canada
Parliamentary committee on assisted dying has gone 'off the rails,' expert warns
OTTAWA - An expert in Canada's assisted dying laws is warning that the committee of MPs and senators tasked with studying whether the country is ready to allow people with mental illness to access MAI...
Apr 23, 2026
Former PM Trudeau says U.S. economic coercion risks pushing Canada closer to China
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Justin Trudeau is warning that American tariffs threaten to drive Canada closer to China in the auto sector. Speaking at a CNBC event in Singapore on Thursday, Trudeau s...
Apr 23, 2026
Housing minister says Liberal ridings aren't favoured for funding after Gladu comment
OTTAWA - Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says Ottawa is not prioritizing infrastructure funding in Liberal ridings after floor-crossing MP Marilyn Gladu implied earlier this month that she was getti...
Apr 23, 2026
In the news today: Extortion schemes, Alberta referendum, Lapu Lapu anniversary
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Criminal networks using young people from India for extortion schemes, Fintrac warns Canada's financial intel...
Apr 23, 2026
Four female premiers on whether Christine Fréchette can avoid the 'glass cliff'
MONTREAL - Kathleen Wynne, Ontario's first female premier, remembers meeting a businessman who shook hands with the male staffer standing next to her and addressed him as "premier." It's hard to shake...
Apr 23, 2026
A year after Lapu Lapu ramming attack, grief, anger and hope intertwine
VANCOUVER - At a South Vancouver long-term care home, Jhosie Sico has forgotten what proper sleep feels like, because she now gets up in the middle of the night to change her 30-year-old son's diaper ...
Apr 23, 2026
Remembering the 11 who lost their lives in Lapu Lapu attack, one year ago
VANCOUVER - Eleven people were killed in the April 26, 2025, attack on the Lapu Lapu Day festival in East Vancouver, with dozens more injured. Adam Kai-Ji Lo has been charged with 11 counts of second-...
Apr 23, 2026
Criminal networks using young people from India for extortion schemes, Fintrac warns
OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency says criminal organizations appear to be using young students from India to help extort people and businesses in South Asian communities across the coun...
Apr 23, 2026
B.C. premier asks for prayers for MLA Joan Phillip, saying she is 'very ill'
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says New Democrat member of the legislature Joan Phillip is "very ill" and her colleagues are "all praying for her." Eby told reporters at the legislature...
Apr 22, 2026
B.C. children's representative says drug crisis having staggering impact on kids
The toxic drug crisis that has killed thousands of people in British Columbia has had a "staggeringly high" impact on the youngest in the province, not only killing hundreds but leaving many more as o...
Apr 22, 2026
