Category Archives: CP Canada
Budget signals lower increases to health transfers, end of funding deals
OTTAWA - The federal budget signals there is no room for the premiers to negotiate for more health-care funding in the coming years, one economist says - and the Ontario government is calling for that...
Nov 11, 2025
Ontario, feds agree to 1-year child-care extension; average fee to stay $19/day
TORONTO - Ontario has secured a one-year extension with the federal government for the national $10-a-day child-care program, giving parents reassurance their fees won't rise for at least 12 more mont...
Nov 11, 2025
DFO investigating third whale death off B.C.'s coast within weeks
VICTORIA - An advocate for whales says many collisions between vessels and the animals are likely undetected or unreported as Fisheries Department investigates another death of a humpback whale off B....
Nov 10, 2025
Veterans Affairs minister 'respects' independence of court in poppy ban decision
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight says she respects the independence of Nova Scotia's judiciary in determining judges have the right to ban the poppy from their courtrooms. Earlier this...
Nov 10, 2025
New website raises awareness about available cancer clinical trials
Canadians now have access to a public listing of active cancer clinical trials across the country, a resource that's long existed in the United States and Europe. The Canadian Cancer Society announced...
Nov 10, 2025
Chief justice to stand in for Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Remembrance Day due to illness
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday, Rideau Hall said Monday...
Nov 10, 2025
'Why we do it': More than 100 volunteers lay flags at soldiers' graves in Kingston
KINGSTON - On a chilly November morning, more than 100 volunteers began arriving at a historic cemetery in Kingston, Ont., to help honour soldiers who are buried there. Some came with family members, ...
Nov 10, 2025
B.C. going door to door to hear residents' concerns in Cowichan title area
The office of British Columbia Premier David Eby has appointed a "community contact" whose job is to work with residents of Richmond, B.C., going door to door to talk to those potentially affected by ...
Nov 10, 2025
Prime minister, N.B. premier tease major project announcement in the province
FREDERICTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt teased federal support for a major project in the province set to be announced later this week. The pair met Monday mornin...
Nov 10, 2025
B.C. police investigate vandalism at CFIA office, drone footage over ostrich pen
SURREY - Mounties in British Columbia have set off separate investigations that may be connected to the cull of hundreds of ostriches last week. Police said Monday that they are looking into a report ...
Nov 10, 2025
