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The Canadian Press has been Canada's trusted national news agency for more than 100 years, a news source and leader in providing real-time, bilingual multimedia stories across print, broadcast and digital platforms. Through words, photos, graphics, audio and video, more than 180 journalists cover news stories that impact Canadians with fairness, compassion, accuracy and taste. CP, a for-profit enterprise owned jointly by three of Canada's largest media companies, gives Canadians an authentic, unbiased source, driven by truth, accuracy and timeliness. More details about CP's news principles are available here. CP is a Trust Project News Partner.
Ottawa announces $1.75B to compensate dairy farmers for impact of trade deals
Canadian dairy farmers who lost domestic market share resulting from free trade agreements with Europe and countries on the Pacific Rim will share $1.75 billion in compensation over the next eight years, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced on Friday, August 16, 2019.
Manitoba Liberals promise $7M fund to help communities with soil contamination
Manitoba's Liberals are promising to create a $7-million annual fund to help communities with lead contamination in their soil if they are elected into government Sept. 10.
Police make arrest, Canadian 'shocked' after fiance's murder in New Zealand
New Zealand police have charged a man with murder after a tourist was killed in a seemingly random attack on a van that sparked a large manhunt after the victim's Canadian fiancee reported the shooting.
As Turks flee oppression, Ottawa urged to speak out on human rights issues
It's long past time for the federal government to publicly condemn human rights violations that have been going on in Turkey for years, an Ottawa-based human rights activist says.
Quebec introduces new safety measures at site of deadly highway crash
Quebec Transport Minister Francois Bonnardel has announced four measures to improve safety and traffic flow at the site of a deadly pileup that left four people dead this month north of Montreal.
Defence minister to announce military will be sending plane to Uganda
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is to announce today, August 15, 2019, that a Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane will be sent to Uganda to take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Prairie provinces have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps
Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.
Hunky Bill, B.C. perogy pioneer, restaurateur, PNE mainstay, dies at 88
Bill Konyk, a legendary Vancouver businessman who fought a human rights battle to maintain his nickname Hunky Bill, has died. He was 88.
Federal government apologizes for historic sled dog killings in the North
The Canadian government has apologized for the killings of thousands of sled dogs decades ago.
Scheer excoriates Trudeau, calls on RCMP to investigate SNC-Lavalin affair
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there's now more than enough evidence of misconduct by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the SNC-Lavalin affair to warrant an investigation by the RCMP.