As the election heads into the home stretch leading up to the April 28 vote, party leaders are looking ahead to televised debates next week in Montreal on Wednesday and Thursday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Trump administration late Friday said they would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren't usually made...

SHAWINIGAN - Quebec provincial police say a 15-year-old girl has died after a fall at the site of a shuttered factory in Shawinigan, northeast of Montreal. One of the girl's relatives alerted emergency services around 8:30 p.m. on Friday after the vict...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump had an annual physical Friday and concluded, "I did well," praising his own heart, soul and cognitive ability while noting medical reports from White House doctors may not be ready until the weeke...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government and its auditor general are at odds over the province's decision to bring lawyers directly into the investigation surrounding multimillion-dollar health contracts. The issue arose after the Opposition NDP revealed a le...

TORONTO - The head of BMO defended the bank's climate efforts as it faced shareholder resolutions at its annual general meeting that called for more clarity on its plans. Investors and activists pushed the bank to disclose how it approaches climate lob...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch claimed on a...

EDMONTON - Two of the Alberta Law Foundation's three provincially appointed board members have resigned in protest over proposed legislation that they say amounts to political interference in how vulnerable people access the justice system. The bill wo...

VICTORIA - Members of the Kitselas First Nation in British Columbia's Skeena Valley region have voted to become self-governing. The nation says in a news release that more than 96 per cent of its enrolled voters took part in the ratification on Thursda...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island has introduced legislation aimed at reducing barriers to interprovincial trade and labour mobility. The bill is similar to legislation passed by Nova Scotia last month, and it will allow the Island to accept standar...

MONTREAL - The civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon on allegations of sexual assault will resume next week after the women suing him waived their rights to circumscribe the questions the defence can ask them. Taking note of the nine pla...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are signs the global and Canadian economies are slowing as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war escalated again Friday, with China announcing it will push up retaliatory tariffs to 125 per cent. "In the...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government says it plans to sell the 11 Teslas it owns, in response to United States tariffs and the prominent role that the carmaker's CEO plays in the Donald Trump administration. Premier Susan Holt told reporters last...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office in 2026. Reynolds, a Republican, has held the position since 2017, when former Gov. Terry Brans...

TORONTO - D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai says he's drawn to stories that challenge what people think they know. In the new A24 drama "Warfare," that meant showing the harsh reality of who actually fights wars. "Growing up, I watched a lot of war films. And not t...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The University of Prince Edward Island has apologized to a former artist in residence who quit after administrators ordered him to remove a painting that offended some American faculty members. Christopher Griffin's painting, "The Cross...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to hold a press conference in St. Catharines, Ont., in the morning and a rally in Windsor, Ont., in the evening.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney meeting with cabinet committee in Ottawa Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended his election campaign yet again to deal with the fallout of U.S. tariffs....

OTTAWA - A newly released memo shows federal officials recommended almost a year ago that leaders of major opposition parties receive regular classified briefings - not only on foreign interference but also violent extremism and overseas conflicts. The...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests 60 per cent of Canadians say they will personally feel the effects of U.S. tariffs - and most believe Canada should fight back. The poll, which was conducted by Leger for the Association of Canadian Studies, also says that ...

Mark McKinney's impression of Canada's new prime minister may be buttoned-up and intense, but he said the process of portraying Mark Carney on "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" is loose and playful. McKinney joined as a guest to take on Carney in this week's...

A national legal group has cancelled a dinner after it disinvited a Syrian refugee who became a celebrated Nova Scotia entrepreneur. The Advocates' Society said Thursday evening it will not go ahead with an end-of-term dinner on June 5, after it faced ...

VICTORIA - A former member of the British Columbia legislature has launched a new political party called CentreBC, aiming to push back against what she describes as polarization in provincial politics. Karin Kirkpatrick, who represented West Vancouver-...

WINNIPEG - The large Canadian flag that was recently draped on the front of the Manitoba legislature is being repaired for a second time and is being adopted by the Manitoba government. The nine-by-18-metre flag was property of the Winnipeg Blue Bomber...

SURREY - Federal police in British Columbia dismantled three drug labs last month in the Lower Mainland cities of Pitt Meadows, Mission and Langley, and one of two suspects arrested has an advanced degree in organic chemistry, the RCMP says. Police di...