Category Archives: National News

House of Commons set to rise for six-week holiday break
OTTAWA - The House of Commons could rise as early as Thursday for the winter break - without the Liberals passing their lengthy budget implementation bill. The House calendar officially has MPs in the...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Dec 11, 2025

Flooding severs B.C.'s Lower Mainland from Interior, as cross-border flows rival 2021
VANCOUVER - Flooding and rock slides have cut off British Columbia's Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province, with emergency officials say...
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press Dec 11, 2025

Bank of Canada leaves key interest rate unchanged at 2.25%
TORONTO - The Bank of Canada left its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday as the economy continues to show resilience in the face of tariff pressures. The policy rate remains at 2.25 per cent aft...
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press Dec 10, 2025

Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth time
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they hav...
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press Dec 10, 2025

Half of Canadians support a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.: poll
OTTAWA - Half of Canadians are in favour of building a new bitumen pipeline between Alberta and B.C., while fewer than one in five outright oppose it, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was co...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Dec 10, 2025

Bank of Canada set to announce last interest rate decision of 2025
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to announce today its last interest rate decision of the year. In its most recent decision in October, the central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quar...
Canadian Press Dec 10, 2025

Air Transat averts pilot strike with tentative deal
MONTREAL - Air Transat passengers breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday evening after the company reached a tentative deal with its pilot union, narrowly avoiding a strike on the cusp of the holiday trave...
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press Dec 09, 2025

Justice bill takes aim at femicide, coercive control, pornographic deepfakes
OTTAWA - Federal legislation introduced today would treat murders driven by control, hate, sexual violence or exploitation as first-degree. The proposed law, the Protecting Victims Act, would define t...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Dec 09, 2025

Transat starts to cancel flights as strike deadline looms
MONTREAL - Air Transat is beginning to cancel flights as the clock ticks down on a Wednesday morning strike deadline from pilots near the peak of the holiday travel period. Travel company Transat A.T....
Canadian Press Dec 09, 2025

FBI release new Ryan Wedding photo in hunt for Olympian turned alleged drug kingpin
A new photo of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding has been released by U.S. law enforcement as they chase down the alleged Olympian turned drug kingpin. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shared on socia...
Canadian Press Dec 09, 2025
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