COLWOOD, B.C. - Thousands are expected to gather at an arena today in Colwood, B.C., to celebrate the life of former British Columbia premier John Horgan. Horgan stepped down in November 2022 after five years as premier, left politics a few months later, then was quickly appointed the ambassador to Germany in November ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia business owner Joe Chaput will spend $5,500 a month on security guards during the holiday season and plans on upgrading his store's video camera system for around $5,000 more. He's not selling luxury brands or expensive jewels. Chaput sells cheese, and at Christmas, cheese is a hot commodit...

TORONTO - As the federal government looks to drastically reduce its immigration targets over the next few years, the mayors of northern Ontario's largest cities say they need more immigrants to sustain local economies and population. The mayors of Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and Sudbury are calling on Ottawa to deliv...

OTTAWA - Canada's Northern premiers are pitching the federal government to dip into its defence budget as a way to bolster Arctic infrastructure and help meet the NATO spending target in the process. The calls come after Canada released its new Arctic foreign policy earlier this month, which committed to promoting inve...

OTTAWA - The Liberals' fall economic statement Monday is expected to show a larger-than-promised deficit and offer details on how the government will tackle the threat of U.S. tariffs ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration in the new year. A senior government official said the fiscal update will include measures to incen...

MONTREAL - Officials in some Quebec municipalities ravaged by past flooding say they fear possible financial repercussions for residents as the province prepares to introduce new flood maps that would greatly expand areas deemed at risk. Five years ago, when a dike gave way in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Que., the rush of w...

VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it is making progress by restoring power for about 170,000 customers on the West Coast as high winds batter the province. Environment Canada warned Saturday morning that the Metro Vancouver area could be hit with 70-kilometre-per-hour winds and gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour as a low-p...

SQUAMISH, B.C. - The Sea to Sky Highway linking Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., has been closed in both directions after a mudslide near Lions Bay brought down trees and debris to block the road. The RCMP in Squamish, B.C., says the road is not expected to reopen until midnight and no detours are available. It says there...

As a two-month break from the federal GST took effect Saturday, shoppers and businesses expressed lukewarm support for the measure.In Montreal, Patrick Neault, general manager of Raffin Bookstore, said the chain had to shift some staff during the holiday season to make sure the store was compliant."We worked kind ...

MONTREAL - One of the world's smallest and most endangered turtle species was found on the shores Quebec's Magdalen Islands last week - a first in the province. Veterinarian Jean-Simon Richard says he was contacted last Saturday after someone found a beached Kemp's ridley sea turtle on the archipelago in the Gulf of St...

With Donald Trump as president, the U.S. has an open strategy of creating economic uncertainty in other countries to discourage investment "anywhere other than the United States," Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said."We have to be candid about the reality of the incoming U.S. administration," sh...

The RCMP's police dog training centre has been plagued by staffing shortages, low morale and rundown facilities that pose health risks to officers and canines, an internal review says. The evaluation of RCMP police dog services reveals numerous challenges for the program that supplies and trains four-legged helpers to ...

CFB SUFFIELD, ALBERTA - A sprawling military training base more than twice the size of New York City in southeastern Alberta appears to be a shadow of its former self while its future use remains up in the air. Canadian Forces Base Suffield, 260 kilometres east of Calgary, is the largest training area in Canada at near...

OTTAWA - The RCMP's police dog training centre has been plagued by staffing shortages, low morale and rundown facilities that pose health risks to officers and canines, an internal review says. The evaluation of RCMP police dog services reveals numerous challenges for the program that supplies and trains four-legged he...

Lawyers representing tens of thousands of Quebecers in two class-action lawsuits against three major tobacco manufacturers will seek to receive more than $900 million in fees for their work in the landmark case that has spanned decades. Spokespeople for counsel in one of the lawsuits say documents were filed in court F...

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A Canadian Navy vessel with the name HMCS Protecteur will again set sail, nearly a decade after the last supply ship with its respected legacy was taken out of service. The new joint support ship - the longest naval vessel ever to be built in Canada - was launched at a rainy ceremony at shipbuil...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says with Donald Trump as president, the United States has an open strategy of creating economic uncertainty in other countries to discourage investment outside U.S. borders. Freeland says the incoming Trump administration is proudly economic nationalist and Ottawa is realist...

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on all members of Parliament to send a First Nations water bill to the Senate before the holiday break. Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says the water and wastewater crisis in First Nations communities demands urgent action, and that legislation intended t...

The chairs of an annual science and technology conference say Nobel Prize recipient Geoffrey Hinton is donating some of his winnings to create a new award. They say of the Neural Information Processing Systems conference say the US$10,000 award will be handed out at the event each year. It will be given to teams of two...

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the upcoming fall economic statement on Monday will remove the cap that currently restricts Canadian pension funds from owning more than 30 per cent of the voting shares of a Canadian entity.Freeland says this will make it easier for Canadian pension funds, which have more than $...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's NDP government says it has reached an agreement with the provincial Green Party to work together on a set of shared priorities. A statement from Premier David Eby's office says the two parties are distinct, and they won't always agree, but they have "many shared values" and the d...

MONTREAL - Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have announced an agreement in principle that would overhaul the contentious Churchill Falls energy deal. Hydro-Québec President and CEO Michael Sabia calls it a balanced deal that benefits both provinces, securing low-cost energy for Quebec at a price that is more...

Raging Canadian wildfires that choked North America under clouds of smoke last year may have contributed to a spike in doctor visits for lung and heart problems thousands of kilometres away. U.S. researchers published peer-reviewed findings Friday that suggest doctor visits in the Baltimore area for heart and lung prob...

MONTREAL - The federal and provincial governments have announced a $100-million agreement to help fight homelessness in Quebec. The money will be used to pay for additional shelter spaces in Quebec communities, to build new warming centres and to support people at imminent risk of homelessness. Ottawa is providing $50 ...

OTTAWA - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon will hold a news conference this morning to provide an update on the strike at Canada Post. The minister is set to speak with journalists on Parliament Hill at 10 a.m. ET. It's Day 29 of the labour dispute, with Christmas fast approaching and still no apparent movement ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post strike hits Day 29, sides far apart It's Day 29 of the Canada Post strike, with Christmas fast approaching and still no apparent movement at the bargaining table. The two sides have been bandying criticisms back and fo...

TORONTO - Taylor Swift commands a legion of devotees, but among the thousands decked out in cowboy boots, friendship bracelets and glitter at her Canadian performances, one was not like the others. Millions of people attended the Eras Tour. Avery Parisien might be the only 15-year-old who got there by protesting a majo...

OTTAWA - As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on nuclear energy, supply chain security and carbon capture technologies - no matter who won the contest, newly released government memos show. Several months before American...