Category Archives: Canada
California Democrat calls for Canada to end U.S. alcohol restrictions
WASHINGTON - A Democrat Senator from California wrote a letter to Premier Christine Frchette asking Quebec to lift restrictions on the importation and sale of U.S. wine as the American bipartisan push...
Jul 10, 2026
Applications for federal public service jobs drop by almost 30 per cent
OTTAWA - The number of people applying for a job in the federal government plummeted last year as Ottawa works to slash the size of the public service. Two years ago, there were more than a million ap...
Jul 10, 2026
What's happening to deer at Marineland? Questions swirl as CFIA probes animal removal
NIAGARA FALLS - More than 300 deer at Marineland have been the focus of a months-long investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency amid allegations that an animal broker has been improperly re...
Jul 10, 2026
Uyghur group asks Canada to go beyond 'vague' response to China ethnic-unity law
OTTAWA - Ottawa's reaction to a new Chinese law on ethnic unity is tepid and does not live up to Canada's promise to stop foreign governments from threatening diaspora abroad, a Uyghur rights activist...
Jul 10, 2026
Supreme Court restores minimum sentence for obtaining sexual services from a minor
The Supreme Court of Canada has reinstated the mandatory minimum sentence for offenders who obtain or solicit sexual services from a minor in exchange for money. In doing so, the country's highest cou...
Jul 10, 2026
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howe...
Jul 10, 2026
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 8.2 ...
Jul 10, 2026
National employment numbers for June from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's June employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.7) Participation rate:...
Jul 10, 2026
In the news today: U.S.-Iran tensions, B.C. wildfires, positivity in Ontario town
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... US and Iran exchange intensifying fire across Mideast, threatening ceasefire deal The United States has launc...
Jul 10, 2026
'It's infectious': Optimism a priority for Ontario town's chief positivity officer
NEWMARKET - When Newmarket Mayor John Taylor appointed a few dozen people to serve as positivity ambassadors in the southern Ontario town during the COVID-19 pandemic, he wanted someone at the centre ...
Jul 10, 2026