Category Archives: Canada
'Call 1-800-Doug-Ford': Ontario, N.B. courting Quebec doctors unhappy with pay law
MONTREAL - Ontario and New Brunswick are openly courting Quebec doctors upset over a recent provincial law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians. While Premier Franois Legault critic...
Oct 29, 2025
Bank of Canada governor says AI could be both good and bad for Canada's economy
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says it doesn't know how new artificial intelligence products will affect the Canadian economy. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the technology has the potential f...
Oct 29, 2025
Federal officials are not sure when immigration levels plan is coming
OTTAWA - Immigration department officials do not know if Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise to include Canada's new immigration plan in the federal budget next week will be the full scope of the ann...
Oct 29, 2025
Judge says $510M in fees for lawyers in treaty case was unreasonable
OTTAWA - An Ontario court judge has ruled a $510-million legal fee for lawyers who worked on a First Nations treaty rights case was unreasonable - and has ordered the fee scaled back to $23 million. "...
Oct 29, 2025
Budget to include funding for women, LGBTQ initiatives: Champagne
OTTAWA - The federal government says the upcoming budget will include new money to support women's participation in leadership roles and to provide security for LGBTQ communities during Pride events. ...
Oct 29, 2025
U.S. ambassador should apologize to Ontario rep over reported tirade: Ford
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the U.S. ambassador to Canada to apologize to Ontario's representative in Washington after sources say the ambassador shouted profanely about the prov...
Oct 29, 2025
Former senator Don Meredith found not guilty of sexual assault, criminal harassment
OTTAWA - Former Conservative senator Don Meredith has been found not guilty of sexual assault and criminal harassment. Meredith expressed relief Wednesday following the Ontario Superior Court verdict ...
Oct 29, 2025
Saab considers Canada as site for Gripen jet assembly to meet demand from Ukraine
OTTAWA - The Swedish defence firm Saab is considering Canada as a place to assemble Gripen fighter jets as it moves to quickly ramp up production to meet demand from Ukraine. Saab's CEO Micael Johanss...
Oct 29, 2025
Canada Post cutting management jobs as part of restructuring
OTTAWA - Canada Post is laying off an unspecified number of managers as part of a corporate restructuring that began earlier this year. In a message to workers, Canada Post chief executive Doug Etting...
Oct 29, 2025
Carney, Trump attend dinner hosted by South Korean president
GYEONGJU - Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump pointed and smiled at one another as they sat down to dinner together in South Korea on Wednesday - their first in-person interact...
Oct 29, 2025