Category Archives: Canada
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
Too much English on Quebec government websites, says French-language commissioner
MONTREAL - Many of Quebec's largest government agencies continue to operate bilingual websites despite stricter requirements under the province's language law, said the office of the French-language c...
May 28, 2026
New mother dies after arriving at Halifax hospital last week without newborn: police
HALIFAX - Halifax police have confirmed the death of a young mother whose newborn was found dead in a wooded area last week. The 23-year-old woman, who has not been identified, arrived last Friday nig...
May 28, 2026
Watchdog raps intelligence service over lack of reporting on possibly illegal acts
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service may have run afoul of the law when it didn't fully inform the public safety minister of potentially illegal conduct by CSIS employees, including pos...
May 28, 2026
Ruling against Aboriginal title on private land is allowed to stand by high court
A New Brunswick ruling that Aboriginal title cannot be declared over private land has been allowed to stand by the Supreme Court of Canada, giving British Columbia an avenue to win its appeal in the l...
May 28, 2026
Gripens bound for Ukraine could be built in Canada: Saab
OTTAWA - Swedish defence firm Saab says if Ottawa chooses to buy its Gripen E fighter jets, Canada could end up building some of the aircraft destined for Ukraine's air force. Saab says up to 20 of it...
May 28, 2026