Category Archives: Canada
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
Carney defends Canada's Afghanistan record but does not ask Trump for apology
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday defended the Canadian military's contributions to the war in Afghanistan - but stopped short of asking U.S. President Donald Trump to apologize for belitt...
Jan 26, 2026
Ottawa gives conditional approval for Marineland to export remaining belugas to U.S.
Marineland's belugas have received a reprieve from death row after the federal government conditionally approved a plan to export the last remaining captive whales in Canada to the United States. Fish...
Jan 26, 2026
Woman found dead in Montreal-area home without power during extreme cold
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a woman whose body was found Sunday evening inside a Montreal-area home that had been without power for more than a day. It was fire departm...
Jan 26, 2026
Snowstorm wreaks havoc on air travel plans, as recovery begins
MONTREAL - Canadian airlines continued to cancel flights by the hundreds following a record-breaking snowstorm that walloped southern Ontario and Quebec on Sunday before whirling farther east, though ...
Jan 26, 2026
Most NDP MPs unable to get to Ottawa for return of Parliament due to weather delays
OTTAWA - Most NDP MPs were unable to get to Ottawa today for the return of Parliament after weather-related travel issues stranded several of them in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. A party spokesperson says f...
Jan 26, 2026
Provincial police investigate after man, woman found dead in Manawan, Que.
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are investigating an apparent case of domestic violence after discovering two bodies in an apartment in Manawan, a First Nations community northeast of Montreal. Po...
Jan 26, 2026
François Legault shuffles cabinet as two ministers announce run for CAQ leadership
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault has shuffled his cabinet after two ministers stepped aside to run in the Coalition Avenir Qubec leadership race. Labour Minister Jean Boulet was given the additi...
Jan 26, 2026
Carney links Trump's latest tariff threat to negotiations on CUSMA trade pact
OTTAWA - It is not a coincidence that U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat against Canada came just ahead of negotiations on renewing North America's main free-trade pact, Prime Minister...
Jan 26, 2026
Carney announces GST rebate boost to counter high cost of groceries
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit to help lower-income consumers deal with the high cost of groceries across the country. Branded as the "Canada Gr...
Jan 26, 2026