Category Archives: Canada
Watchdog says funding needed to avoid the 'collapse' of whistle-blowing
OTTAWA - Canada's integrity watchdog has issued an urgent funding request to the federal government warning the "whistle-blowing regime" is at risk. Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada Harr...
Jan 21, 2026
Lawyers for man accused in Ryan Wedding case argue he's not a flight risk
TORONTO - An Ontario man accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for an international drug smuggling ring wouldn't pose a flight risk if released on bail, his lawyers argued Wednesday, s...
Jan 21, 2026
Carney back home after trips to Davos, China, Qatar, focused on non-U.S. trade
DAVOS - Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived back in Ottawa after a nine-day trip around the world - a tour aimed at drumming up investment abroad that has attracted some cross-partisan criticism. C...
Jan 21, 2026
Quebec byelection will be held in Chicoutimi riding on Feb. 23
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault has called a byelection for the riding of Chicoutimi on Feb. 23. The riding in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region has been vacant since September, when former cabin...
Jan 20, 2026
First citizen recall petition against Alberta legislature member fails
EDMONTON - The first of more than two dozen recall petitions launched against members of Alberta's legislature has come up short. Jenny Yeremiy submitted to Elections Alberta Tuesday her petition agai...
Jan 20, 2026
Nunavut politicians raise Greenland flag as Trump escalates annexation threat
IQALUIT - Members of Nunavut's legislative assembly raised Greenland's flag Tuesday to show in solidarity with the Inuit-majority island pushing back against annexation threats from U.S. President Don...
Jan 20, 2026
B.C. energy minister Dix says North Coast Transmission Line will boost LNG project
British Columbia's Energy Minister Adrian Dix says an agreement between BC Hydro and the Nisga'a First Nation will help power a planned floating LNG terminal in northwestern B.C. across the finish lin...
Jan 20, 2026
Witness says Myles Gray 'in distress' before fatal 2015 fight with VPD officers
VANCOUVER - A man who called 911 about Myles Gray before his fatal confrontation with a group of Vancouver police officers in 2015 says he was scared and followed Gray from a distance, watching him ne...
Jan 20, 2026
A look at some potential candidates for the Coalition Avenir Québec leadership
MONTREAL - After more than seven years in power, Quebec Premier Franois Legault announced on Jan. 15 that he would step down after the Coalition Avenir Qubec chooses his replacement. The upcoming lead...
Jan 20, 2026
Agriculture minister says first exports of canola seed and beef soon going to China
China is moving quickly to import Canadian canola and beef after Ottawa struck a deal with Beijing to reduce tariffs, Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said Tuesday. MacDonald told reporter...
Jan 20, 2026