Category Archives: Canada

A timeline of key events in the case of Kenneth Law, who admitted to aiding suicides
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide in the province. Police...
May 29, 2026

Economists pour cold water on recession talk after Canada's economy stalls in Q1
OTTAWA - Canada's economy is still struggling to grow but some economists weighing in on the latest real gross domestic product results Friday argued that weakness may not qualify as a recession. Stat...
May 29, 2026

Canada committed to deepening ties with China, Anand tells Chinese minister
OTTAWA - Just days after a Canadian warship passed through the Taiwan Strait - defying Beijing's warning that such transits undermine the bilateral relationship - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand ...
May 29, 2026

'Shattered': Daughters of murdered B.C. couple tell of anguish at sentencing hearing
ABBOTSFORD - Family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong filled a courtroom in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday for the reading of anguished victim impact statements, weeks after three men were convi...
May 28, 2026
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VICTORIA - The B-C Conservatives will announce their new leader on Saturday in Vancouver six months after John Rustad was chased out of office, and two analysts say the final outcome will have long-te...
May 28, 2026

Anandasangaree rejects shortening metadata retention period in lawful access bill
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has rejected a call to shorten the time electronic service providers would be required to keep digital metadata under a bill intended to help police...
May 28, 2026

Alberta Premier Smith's government formalizes Oct. 19 separation question
EDMONTON - Alberta's upcoming referendum question on separation was made official Thursday, and it mirrors what Premier Danielle Smith announced last week. Smith and her cabinet issued an order in cou...
May 28, 2026

Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay leaves caucus to run for Parti Québécois
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay is leaving his party's caucus to run for the Parti Qubcois in the fall provincial election. Savard-Tremblay officially left the Bloc on Wednesday ...
May 28, 2026

Liberals say they can’t overturn decision tripling streamers' Cancon contributions
OTTAWA - The Conservatives called on the Liberals Thursday to "reject" the CRTC's recent decision tripling streamers' financial contributions, but the government says it doesn't have that power. The b...
May 28, 2026

'Someone was seriously hurt': B.C. Mountie testifies finding blood-stained Audi
A Mountie has told a B.C. murder trial about approaching an abandoned vehicle owned by a suspect and being struck by the amount of dried blood inside. Const. Clay Fixsen told Vitali Stefanski's second...
May 28, 2026