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Advocates call for federal, provincial governments to strengthen child-care system
Child-care advocates called Friday on the federal and provincial governments to commit to strengthening the $10-a-day system, as the ministers responsible met in Ottawa. Most provinces and territories...
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Ottawa wins Federal Court appeal allowing single-use plastics ban to stand
OTTAWA - The federal government scored a win at the Federal Court of Appeal on Friday, which upheld Ottawa's 2021 decision to list "plastic manufactured items" as toxic, allowing it to continue with i...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Insurance policy doesn't entitle couple to additional rebuilding costs: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with an insurance company in a dispute over coverage for a family whose home on the Ottawa River was declared a total loss due to flooding. Trillium Mutu...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Federal deficit $26.4B for April-to-November period: fiscal monitor
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a deficit of $26.4 billion for the first eight months of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the result compared with a d...
Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Carney calls Trump's U.S. Fed chair pick, Warsh, a 'fantastic choice'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is offering his seal of approval on U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve. Trump said earlier Friday he would nominate former Federal ...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Federal Court of appeal to rule on Ottawa's single-use plastics ban today
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court decision, giving Ottawa the power to keep its ban on single-use plastics in place. The lower court's 2023 decision said Ottawa had ove...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Economy stalled in November and may have contracted in Q4: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy stalled in November and early estimates suggest a decline in real gross domestic product for the final quarter of 2025. Real GDP growth was flat in November...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

U.S. faceoff with Cuba could put Canada 'in a vise grip': former ambassador
OTTAWA - As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island's communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse tha...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

In the news today: Poilievre to speak in Calgary, Trump threatens tariffs, Oilers win
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Conservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre Conservative Leader Pier...
Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a seni...
Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026
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