Category Archives: Canada

Stronger Canada will help 'make America great again,' Carney tells NY business crowd
NEW YORK - Canada's efforts to diversify trade ties and wean itself off the U.S. market will make it a better ally to the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney told an audience of business profess...
May 28, 2026

Quebec legislature members denounce Carney's comments on Clarity Act
QUBEC - Quebec legislature members are coming together to denounce the prime minister's comment suggesting that a simple majority isn't enough for a province to separate from Canada. Prime Minister Ma...
May 27, 2026

In the shadow of the BC Place, downtown Vancouver braces for World Cup
VANCOUVER - The 30 students attending the Columbia Academy private elementary school in Vancouver often spend their recess in the courtyard of BC Place Stadium, which essentially serves as the school'...
May 27, 2026

Ottawa to amend encryption, metadata elements of contentious lawful access bill
OTTAWA - The federal government will amend its controversial lawful access bill to address concerns about encryption and metadata, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Wednesday. "The encry...
May 27, 2026

'Going to be alone': Daughter tells of B.C. murder suspect's message as mom vanished
KAMLOOPS - The daughter of murder suspect Vitali Stefanski has testified that he left her a voice message in Russian saying her mother had "made life hell," the morning the woman went missing from her...
May 27, 2026

NDP leader sees 'hot summer' ahead if labour code update affects right to strike
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis is promising a "hot summer" of organized labour action if the right to strike is threatened by any revisions to the Canada Labour Code. While government consultations on ...
May 27, 2026

Transportation Safety Board report details lead-up to fatal B.C. helicopter accident
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board has found that a pilot missed important steps on a checklist during maintenance work before one worker was injured and another killed by the tail rotor of a...
May 27, 2026

Fact File: No evidence Vancouver busing out homeless ahead of World Cup
VANCOUVER - Rumours have spread on social media that homeless people from Vancouver were being bused out of town in an attempt to "clean up" ahead of the FIFA World Cup that begins next month. But Van...
May 27, 2026

Olympians, Paralympians honoured on Parliament Hill Wednesday
OTTAWA - Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes were honoured in Ottawa Wednesday. Dozens of athletes from the Milano Cortina Games in Italy spent the day touring the capital, first with Gov. Gen. M...
May 27, 2026

Canadian and Quebec politicians slam NHL for banning Montreal Canadiens watch party
Federal and Quebec politicians are criticizing the National Hockey League after Montreal Canadiens fans in the Gatineau region were banned from hosting a watch party at a local arena. Organizers of th...
May 27, 2026