Category Archives: CP Canada
Myles Gray death hearing delayed as lawyer for officer appointed provincial judge
VANCOUVER - A public hearing in Vancouver into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 has again been delayed after a lawyer representing one of the seven Vancouver officers under investigatio...
Apr 29, 2026
Higher, lower or hold? Bank of Canada says direction for key rate is up in the air
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady for a fourth consecutive time Wednesday, but officials warned uncertainty over the war in Iran and the future of U.S. tariffs could ...
Apr 29, 2026
Health Canada approves 1st generic version of Ozempic in the country
TORONTO - Health Canada has approved the first generic version of brand-name Ozempic. The department says Canada is the first G7 country to authorize generic semaglutide. The injectable medication is ...
Apr 28, 2026
Fact File: RFK Jr.'s comment on Canada's medical assistance in dying law misleading
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators last week that medical assistance in dying is the leading cause of death in Canada. Canada's national statistics agency does not record MAID a...
Apr 28, 2026
Federal government to inject $755 million into Canadian sport
OTTAWA - The federal government is adding $755 million in sport funding as part of its spring economic update. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the money's purpose is to expand access...
Apr 28, 2026
Ottawa outlines plans to tackle financial crime, ban crypto ATMs
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to ban cryptocurrency ATMs as part of a suite of measures in its spring economic statement targeting financial crimes. The government says scammers use the ATMs t...
Apr 28, 2026
Feds outline $4.3B for Indigenous education, health in spring economic update
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising $4.3 billion for First Nations education, Inuit food security and Indigenous child welfare in its spring economic update. Much of the funding cited in the ...
Apr 28, 2026
Liberals table first fiscal document in seven years that won't need opposition votes
OTTAWA - The Liberal government released a spring economic update Tuesday closely focused on boosting investment and job training. While the document contains measures that likely would face pushback ...
Apr 28, 2026
Feds formalize enhanced oil recovery tax credit flip-flop in spring economic update
OTTAWA - The spring economic update the federal government released Tuesday seeks to formalize a pivot in climate policy Ottawa committed to in last year's energy agreement with Alberta. In the 2025 b...
Apr 28, 2026
Big spending, smaller deficit: key numbers from the spring economic update
OTTAWA - Here's a brief look at some of the key numbers in the Liberal government's 2026 spring economic update: $66.9 billion: Projected deficit for 2025-26, $11.5 billion lower than the projection i...
Apr 28, 2026
