The Quebec government wants to enshrine into law that hockey is the province's "national" sport. Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe's bill, tabled today, also names the first Saturday in February as national ice hockey day. The bill recognizes that the 150-year-old sport has a special place in Quebec culture the first official hockey game was played in Montreal on March 3, 1875. Lacombe, meanwhile, defended his choice to table a bill on hockey while the country faces the threat of crippling economic tariffs of 25 per cent by United States President Donald Trump. He says Quebecers can't stop cele

Metro Vancouver’s population has reached over three million, according to Statistics Canada estimates. Surrey recorded the largest year-over-year growth, contributing significantly to the region’s milestone. Over the past decade, Surrey’s population has increased by approximately 33%, while Langley has experienced a 40% growth, said Andy Yan, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University. Projections based on growth rates for 2021 and 2024 suggest Surrey could surpass Vancouver’s population by 2027. Statistics Canada attributes Canada’s rapid population growth in recent ye

Canada Post is laying off approximately 50 managers as part of its efforts to recover from years of significant financial losses. The layoffs include two senior-level positions, reducing senior management staff by 20%. Spokesman John Hamilton confirmed that layoff notices are being sent this week, with about half of the affected positions located in Ottawa, and others in Toronto, Montreal, and additional regions. The layoffs primarily involve internal management staff not directly involved in daily operations. While Hamilton did not disclose the anticipated cost savings or specify the elimina

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is unlikely to recall Parliament despite demands from opposition leaders. Experts note that Trudeau possesses the legal authority to address President Donald Trump’s tariff threats without requiring new legislation from Parliament. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have called for an immediate parliamentary session to approve a relief package for border security and workers. However, Trudeau has not responded directly to their demands, focusing instead on meetings with premiers and his cabinet to address the potential tariffs. Pa

Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez-Ferrada says she will not seek re-election and instead is looking to become mayor of Montreal. Martinez-Ferrada posted a video on social media Thursday announcing her candidacy to lead the municipal party Ensemble Montreal. Ensemble Montreal members will select their new leader on April 6, who will represent the party as its mayoral candidate in the city's November election. Mayor Valérie Plante is not seeking re-election. Martinez-Ferrada is also one of the Liberal's national campaign co-chairs, alongside Prairies Economic Development Minister Terry Duguid. T

Demolition has begun on a downtown Calgary shopping centre that was to be the site of a future light rail transit station. An earlier version of the multibillion-dollar Green Line project was to tunnel under downtown to a station where Eau Claire Market had been. But the Alberta government said it would pull its funding under that configuration, and pushed for an elevated track through downtown that connects to the existing rail network. The market, built in 1993 beside the Bow River, never quite lived up to its promise of becoming like Vancouver's Granville Island, and is to be removed despi

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada for a month. The Prime Minister's Office says the event will assemble Canadian trade and business leaders, along with organized labour, to discuss strategies to grow the economy, break down internal trade barriers and diversify exports. It will also feature members of the Council on Canada-U.S. Relations, which is advising Trudeau on bilateral relations and Trump's tariff threat. Trump signed an executive

A Quebec furniture manufacturer says the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods has forced it to lay off 115 people in the province. South Shore Furniture says it's laying off 97 people at its headquarters and factory in Ste-Croix, Que., southwest of Quebec City, and another 18 people at its operations in the Eastern Townships. Earlier this week U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada for at least a month. But in a news release today, South Shore Furniture says the uncertainty around Trump's motives has significantly affected sales, adding

Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney made the commitment this morning at a campaign event in Windsor, Ont., where he promised a tax cut for the middle class. Carney says he would reach Canada's NATO defence spending target by the end of the decade — two years ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's schedule. Ottawa formally committed in 2023 to spending the equivalent of two per cent of its GDP on national defence but has failed to come close to that target and doesn't plan to meet it until 2032. Most NATO allies have met the spending target already and U.S. lawmakers are pressing Otta