Category Archives: Canada
Liberals wrap two days of cabinet meetings focused on affordability, security
QUBEC - The Liberal cabinet has wrapped two days of meetings in Quebec City focused on affordability, economic growth and security, Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said Friday. Now the gov...
Jan 23, 2026
Trump withdraws Carney's invitation to 'Board of Peace'
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has rescinded an invitation to Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his new "Board of Peace" - marking the latest upheaval in the relationship between Canada and...
Jan 22, 2026
OneBC group 'facilitated' off UBC campus by RCMP amid safety fears
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia says RCMP officers "facilitated" a group of people from the OneBC party off its Vancouver campus after they failed to follow instructions to leave for th...
Jan 22, 2026
Hundreds line up near Edmonton to sign petition calling for vote on separation
STONY PLAIN - An hour after the doors opened Thursday at a community centre west of Edmonton, an employee poked her head in to make sure the crowd was still under its 650-person fire capacity. Inside ...
Jan 22, 2026
Quebec pushes back greenhouse gas reduction target by five years to 2035
QUBEC - The Quebec government announced Thursday that it's pushing back its greenhouse gas reduction target by five years to protect the economy and jobs, as environmental groups warned that the delay...
Jan 22, 2026
Myles Gray police-beating death hearing in B.C. adjourned due to hot-mic obscenity
VANCOUVER - A public hearing into the 2015 police beating death of Myles Gray that got underway in Vancouver this week has been adjourned because a lawyer used a strong obscenity to describe someone i...
Jan 22, 2026
Parents of Canadian held in Syria urge Ottawa to act as prisoners are sent to Iraq
OTTAWA - The mother of a Canadian man detained in Syria says he risks going from "one legal black hole into another" as prisoners in the strife-torn country are transferred to Iraq. Sally Lane has bee...
Jan 22, 2026
La Loche marks 10 years since mass shooting in northern Saskatchewan
LA LOCHE - A high school in northern Saskatchewan where a deadly shooting took place was open for the first time in a decade on the anniversary of the tragedy. Dene High School in La Loche, about 600 ...
Jan 22, 2026
New Coalition Avenir Québec leader and Quebec premier will be chosen April 12
QUBEC - The Coalition Avenir Qubec will choose Premier Franois Legault's successor on April 12. The party says the leadership race starts today and candidates have until Feb. 21 to submit their applic...
Jan 22, 2026
First Nations-owned Vancouver Island wood chip plant set to close in March
ALERT BAY - A wood chip plant on Vancouver Island that's majority-owned by a First Nation in British Columbia and was acquired with help from provincial funding, says it is closing, the latest setback...
Jan 22, 2026