Author: The Canadian Press

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 […]

Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Wednesday, Jan. 29: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Windsor: After kicking off his campaign at 10 a.m., Ford is set to later hold a roundtable with Unifor Local 444 and visit workers at Harbour Technologies, a local manufacturer. — NDP Leader Marit Stiles Toronto: […]

OTTAWA — Bureaucrats working for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had diplomats push Denmark to speed up the appointment of former cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett as ambassador to that country — a change most embassy staff learned of through a media leak. The government has not offered a rationale for asking Denmark to expedite its approval […]

TORONTO — The vast majority of Canadian business leaders want a targeted, dollar-for-dollar retaliatory response if the United States delivers on its tariff threats this week, a new KPMG in Canada survey found. The survey, which polled 250 Canadian business leaders, found eight in 10 are bracing for a recession but are still prepared to […]

Ontario’s political party leaders are fanning out across the province today for their first official day on the snowy campaign trail. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford triggered the snap election more than a year before the next fixed date, plunging the province into a rare winter campaign that opposition parties say is unnecessary. Ford has […]

TORONTO — The family of a Toronto mother and son who died after getting food poisoning during their stay at a Dominican Republic resort are now suing a hotel and travel company, alleging they were negligent in their health and safety protocols and failed to provide timely medical help. April and Stephen Gougeon and their […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to make its first interest rate announcement of the year this morning. Forecasters are widely expecting a quarter-percentage-point cut. That would bring the Bank of Canada’s key rate down to three per cent and mark its sixth straight decrease. The latest employment figures in Statistics Canada’s December […]

OTTAWA — The union representing RCMP members is calling on Canada and the U.S. to make it easier to buy new technology, boost staffing and improve collaboration to deal with security challenges at the Canada-U.S. border. In a news release published Tuesday, the National Police Federation says it met with Canadian and U.S. police and […]

OTTAWA — The federal public inquiry into foreign interference is calling on the leaders of all political parties to get top-secret security clearances — a recommendation that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is not following. In her final report, commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue said party leaders should seek such clearance as soon as possible after they are […]