Category Archives: Canada

Sexual extortion of children for money is on the rise: financial intelligence agency
OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency is warning of an increase in cases of sexual extortion of children for profit - acts that often are linked to organized crime. This type of online black...
Nov 27, 2025

In the news today: Carney to unveil pipeline deal with Alberta
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney expected to unveil agreement with Alberta on new pipeline today Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected ...
Nov 27, 2025

Muslim students concerned as Quebec government tables sweeping new secularism rules
MONTREAL - As the Quebec government tables broad new restrictions on religious practices, Muslim students say they feel unfairly singled out by measures that would forbid them from praying anywhere on...
Nov 27, 2025

Pipeline agreement includes new target of 75 per cent cut in methane emissions
OTTAWA - An agreement between Ottawa and Alberta that could clear the path for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific will also require a 75 per cent cut in methane emissions over the next decade, a source...
Nov 27, 2025

Roommates 31 years apart in age free one another from hiding Parkinson's
Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common. Their late November birthdays fall one day away from one another, and celebrations are set for this weeke...
Nov 27, 2025

B.C. drug club co-founder surprised by lack of 'urgency' from Health Canada on crisis
VANCOUVER - A co-founder of Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front said he was surprised by Health Canada's lack of "urgency" about the deadly toxic drug crisis, and the absence of a pharmaceutical-gr...
Nov 26, 2025

Storm moving into northern Ontario, Quebec to bring strong winds, heavy snow
MONTREAL - A major storm that arrived in northern Ontario on Wednesday is forecast to bring significant snow to the province and to northern Quebec over the coming days - just in time for Environment ...
Nov 26, 2025

Carney says he expects to see Trump at World Cup event next week in Washington
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney expects to speak with the U.S. president at a World Cup event in Washington next week, but he's cautioning Canadians not to read too much into the conversations bet...
Nov 26, 2025

Committee MPs amend border bill to restrict health, other benefits to deportees
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons national security committee have amended the government's border security bill, C-12, to restrict the benefits people subject to removal orders can access. MPs deb...
Nov 26, 2025

Justice minister suggests new bill could address 'coercive control' in relationships
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the issue of coercive control in intimate relationships is "front of mind" as he prepares a new justice bill. MPs on the House of Commons status of women com...
Nov 26, 2025