Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Canada’s provincial and territorial health ministers are meeting with their federal counterpart in Halifax this week, and the New Democrats are urging them to ink pharmacare deals. The national pharmacare law calls for the federal government to sign deals with provinces and territories to start funding coverage of birth control and diabetes medications. […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved higher in late-morning trading as the Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate, while U.S. stock markets were mixed ahead of a rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 76.13 points at 25,495.58. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada delivered another interest rate cut on Wednesday, reducing its policy rate by a quarter-percentage point to three per cent. But looming U.S. tariffs are weighing on the central bank’s economic outlook. The cut, the central bank’s sixth consecutive one since June, comes as the bank said inflation is sitting […]

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is starting the provincial election campaign by focusing on international tariffs, pitching himself as the best steward of Ontario’s economy. He says he needs the strongest majority in Ontario history in order to effectively deal with the threatened 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. NDP Leader […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, bringing it to three per cent. The central bank also released its latest economic forecast, which it cautioned is more uncertain than usual due to the threat of a trade war. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — BMO, Porter Airlines and Mastercard are launching a new credit card option for travellers looking to earn points for the airline’s reward program VIPorter. They say the new BMO VIPorter Mastercard credit card suite will help travellers earn VIPorter points through everyday purchases. The new card is expected to be available this spring. […]

TORONTO — The hits keep coming for teenage striker Kaylee Hunter. Last year the Calgary native — then 16 — was the youngest player invited to a Canadian under-20 camp in Germany. At club level, she was honoured as the Most Promising Female Player as part of the Vancouver Whitecaps annual player awards. Playing for […]

TORONTO — The 2026 World Cup will have just one official training facility in Toronto, consisting of a new pitch and field house at Centennial Park in Etobicoke. Work has already started on the slimmed-down project, in conjunction with a separate 10-year plan to revamp the park, which opened in 1967 to celebrate Canada’s 100th […]

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Joly to meet with U.S. counterpart Rubio Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is back in Washington, D.C., today to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Canada faces the threat of devastating tariffs landing as early […]

TORONTO — Winding up a rock band is never easy, but for members of Sum 41, the experience has been an odd mixture of confusion, camaraderie and ultimately acceptance. It started two years ago with a surprise email from the band’s leader Deryck Whibley, who’s also their main songwriter. He told them, that after many […]