OTTAWA - Canadian and European Union leaders say their proposed alliance could deliver long-term benefits to both sides, along with some more immediate advantages. Here's a look at what non-EU countries have arranged with the bloc, and what Canada coul...

VICTORIA - British Columbia has adopted a new time-zone code to coincide with its decision to remain permanently with year-round daylight time. The Ministry of Citizens' Services says in a statement that the province has begun using Pacific time with t...

QUÉBEC - Coalition Avenir Québec leader Christine Fréchette is rejecting suggestions that an IT project in the health-care system will cost a billion dollars. Radio-Canada published a report earlier this week suggesting Fréchette's government had disre...

OTTAWA - The European Union is a complex assembly of countries that is taking on an increasingly important role for the world and for Canadian interests. Here's a look at what the EU is and how it works. Where did it come from? In the wake of two devas...

GATINEAU - The Royal Canadian Air Force welcomed on Thursday the first two of its new trainer aircraft, the CT-157 Siskin II - the same planes that will replace the old Tutor jets flown by the Snowbirds aerial demonstration team. The turboprop planes w...

British Columbia Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay said she was "not going anywhere" after a fractious emergency caucus meeting Wednesday during which two MLAs asked her to resign, while others complained about being targeted by a private investi...

REVELSTOKE - Search crews in the British Columbia Interior backcountry made an unusual rescue this week when they stretchered a Great Dane off a mountain trail. Revelstoke Search and Rescue says in a statement on social media that they were called Sund...

OTTAWA - An Ontario judge has denied a request from Tamara Lich, one of the key organizers of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" protest in Ottawa, to travel abroad as part of her work with Rebel News. Lich was found guilty of mischief last October for her role...

OTTAWA - In a historic address to the European Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he welcomes European Council President Ursula von der Leyen's ambition to see Canada become the first associate member of the EU. He said while the n...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog says a surge in inflation a few years back drove a substantial jump in the cost of delivering the Canada Child Benefit after the pandemic. The new report from parliamentary budget officer Annette Ryan also suggests mos...

OTTAWA - International Trade Maninder Sidhu is heading to India and the Philippines to advance negotiations on trade agreements. Sidhu says he will be leading trade talks in India this week in hopes of creating opportunities for Canadian workers and bu...

TORONTO - Emergency lines have been restored after an early morning outage interrupted 911 networks across several Canadian provinces, including Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. Bell said an issue with its digital 911 network was detected around 3:13 ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Carney to address European Parliament today after 'associate member' proposal Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament this morning as ...

MONTREAL - After getting some moderate attention and a few feisty exchanges during the first debate of the Quebec election campaign, the prospects of another referendum on sovereignty became a hot topic in round two, one night later. The two debates th...

STRASBOURG - An enhanced partnership with the European Union will be debated and voted on in Canada's Parliament, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday following his address to the EU in France. Carney's speech came one day after European Commission...

OTTAWA - Warnings about the risks AI poses to humans have triggered a heated global debate over the past week. The heads of some of the biggest AI companies in the world are calling for action - something U.S. President Donald Trump opposes vehemently....

TORONTO - An Ontario judge has ruled out a jail sentence for billionaire businessman Frank Stronach. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy says she has not yet decided what sentence she will hand down to Stronach on the historical charge of indece...

OTTAWA - As Canadian politicians were pitching their major projects plans to foreign investors at a first-of-its-kind summit in Toronto, First Nations youth in Ottawa were making their own pitch to Canadians to join the fight against them. Jeronimo Kat...

VANCOUVER - Online retailer Amazon says it is raising the average hourly base wage in Canada to $26.27, up by $1 from last year. A statement from the company on Wednesday says the bump represents a four per cent year-over-year increase and takes effect...

WASHINGTON - After further escalating his trade war Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said if Canada becomes the first associate member of the European Union it could be a "hostile act." Speaking to reporters in North Carolina, the president said ...

The White House jumped on a news report last week about tariffs prompting Sapporo Breweries to move production from Canada to the United States. The official White House X account posted a photo of Sapporo beer cans, reproducing the news headline and a...

MONTREAL - The Canadian Coast Guard says a diver was taken to hospital after being bitten by a shark off Percé, Que., on the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula. The Coast Guard says it was alerted to the incident at about 10:27 a.m. and paramedics met ...

VICTORIA - The caucus woes for B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay continue after a member called her out in a 1,000-word online essay, saying she wouldn't "tolerate" Findlay's leadership unless it changed. The lengthy critique from Claire Rat...

B.C. Premier David Eby says he's told his legislators that they need to be "election ready," amid disruption posed by the trade war with the United States. The premier said both Elections BC and the NDP caucus have been warned to be prepared for an ele...

LIVERPOOL - Prime Minister Mark Carney met for the first time face-to-face with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday, bonding over common values, a love of sports and a shared loss of their fathers to Alzheimer's disease. The two leaders wa...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre kicked off his address to his caucus Thursday with a promise that the Official Opposition will unite behind the national interest and urged his MPs to be a voice for Canadians in the House of Commons. "Our ...

TORONTO - A new study suggests diverting intoxicated people from emergency rooms to a safe recovery space can help free up valuable health care resources and offer more suitable care. The study, published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health this w...

OTTAWA - The Immigration Department refuses to say whether any applicants actually misused a refugee permanent resident sponsorship policy the government allowed to expire last week, citing "potential integrity concerns." The policy offered exemptions ...