Category Archives: Canada

Former member of Parliament Kirsty Duncan dies at age 59
TORONTO - Former cabinet minister, scientist and champion for safe sport Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59. Duncan had made public her multiple operations, radiation and chemotherapy to treat he...
Jan 26, 2026

Hundreds line up in Calgary to sign petition to urge vote on Alberta quitting Canada
CALGARY - Hundreds of people lined up today at Calgary's Stampede grounds to sign their names to call for a vote on quitting Canada. The city is the most recent stop for a group called Stay Free Alber...
Jan 26, 2026
Carney skips question period on Parliament's first day back, meets with Premier Ford
OTTAWA - After a globe-hopping mission to secure new trade deals and foreign investment, Prime Minister Mark Carney was back in Ottawa Monday as Parliament resumed - but not for very long. Carney visi...
Jan 26, 2026

Creditors accept ex-Montreal mayor Denis Coderre's debt-repayment plan
MONTREAL - Creditors of former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre have unanimously accepted a proposal for him to pay back less than a quarter of his roughly $1.1-million debt. During a virtual meeting Mond...
Jan 26, 2026

Union, farm groups say cuts at federal agriculture centres will set sector back
The union representing workers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and some farming groups are firing back at Ottawa over abrupt job cuts and closures. The Agriculture Union said Monday the decision t...
Jan 26, 2026

South Korean sub maker Hanwha signs agreement with Algoma Steel
OTTAWA - South Korean submarine maker Hanwha announced Monday it had signed a flurry of partnership agreements with Canadian companies, including Sault Ste. Marie's tariff-battered Algoma Steel, as it...
Jan 26, 2026

Canada sending Coast Guard vessel to Greenland for opening of new consulate: Anand
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada's "principled pragmatism" in foreign policy will be on full display next week in Greenland when she opens Canada's new consulate in the Danish...
Jan 26, 2026

Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to court
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court Monday on charges he allegedly ran a billion-dollar multinational drug tra...
Jan 26, 2026

Carney stands by Plains of Abraham speech that rankled Quebec's political class
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday stood by his comments about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, remarks that had drawn a swift rebuke from Quebec's political class and demands for an ap...
Jan 26, 2026

ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for 'holding and processing'
VANCOUVER - The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Cu...
Jan 26, 2026