The Canadian Press
About The Canadian Press
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.
Gas prices could shoot higher as OPEC Plus cuts production
Gasoline prices in Canada continue to creep higher ahead of the Thanksgiving long weekend.
Laws cause sex workers disproportionate harm, lawyers argue
Lawyers representing marginalized sex workers will argue existing prostitution laws violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms at the Ontario Superior Court today, October 4, 2022.
TC Energy to build solar power project in Alberta
TC Energy Corp. says it is spending $146 million to build its first Canadian solar power project.
Quebec provincial election is today
Quebecers are heading to the polls today, October 3, 2022, after a five-week provincial election campaign dominated by issues such as immigration, the environment and the rising cost of living.
Ontario sex workers challenge criminal laws in court, citing Charter violation
An alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court today, October 3, 2022, asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional.
Chief urges reflection – Canada's day of Truth and Reconciliation
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says today's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation is about the survivors of Canada's residential schools and the children who died in them and never made it home.
CRA extends tax deadlines in Atlantic Canada because of Fiona
The federal government is extending tax relief to people, businesses and charities affected by post-tropical storm Fiona in Atlantic Canada.
'Diagolon' leader Jeremy MacKenzie, arrested in Nova Scotia
Jeremy MacKenzie, the founder of the online group "Diagolon," was arrested in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, on charges related to an allegation of assault in Saskatchewan from last year.
Indigenous communities buy minority stake in seven Enbridge pipelines
The pipelines included in the agreement are the Athabasca, Wood Buffalo/Athabasca Twin and associated tanks, Norlite Diluent, Waupisoo, Wood Buffalo, Woodland and the Woodland extension.
New senate appointments include former top civil servant, medical association president
Ian Shugart, a longtime bureaucrat and the country's top civil servant during the first part of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been tapped for a seat in the Senate.