Canada

Global streamers fight CRTC’s rule requiring them to fund Canadian content

OTTAWA - Some of the world's biggest streaming companies will argue in court on Monday that they shouldn't have to make CRTC-ordered financial contributions to Canadian content and news. The companies...

Jun 08, 2025

Canada focusing on peace, energy security and new partnerships at G7 meeting: Carney

OTTAWA - Canada has unveiled its priorities for the G7 leaders' summit just one week before it gets underway in Alberta as the government defends its decision to invite India to the summit. Prime Mini...

Jun 07, 2025

Wildfires in the Prairies having air quality impact on several provinces

MONTREAL - Poor air quality fuelled by wildfires burning across the Prairies left a large swath of the country enveloped in a haze for another day. Parts of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Br...

Jun 07, 2025

Bank of Canada head Tiff Macklem says mandate should evolve in a 'shock-prone' world

OTTAWA - Tiff Macklem is wearing an Edmonton Oilers pin as he reflects on coming very close to beating big odds. It's a significant day for the governor of the Bank of Canada: he's just laid out his r...

Jun 07, 2025

As his trade war faces legal pushback, Trump has other tariff tools he could deploy

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are facing legal headwinds for the first time - but he has other tools he could deploy in his quest to realign global trade. A federal appeals court ...

Jun 07, 2025

'The road is long': Syrian refugee engineering a fresh start in Montreal

MONTREAL - When Jad Albasha arrived in Quebec in 2016 as a 21-year-old fleeing his war-torn home of Syria, he landed in a snow-covered world that spoke French, a language in which he did not understan...

Jun 07, 2025

Marc Garneau left lasting legacy on Earth and in space, former colleagues say

MONTREAL - Canadian scientists working on asteroid missions, exploring the universe through the James Webb Space Telescope or helping to put rovers on Mars say they can in some way thank Marc Garneau,...

Jun 07, 2025

U.S. ambassador says Canadians facing device searches, detainment 'not a pattern'

OTTAWA - The American ambassador to Canada is pushing back on Ottawa's travel advice, saying his country doesn't search phones at the border and arguing some Americans travelling here are having a tou...

Jun 07, 2025

Company that worked on ArriveCan app barred from government contracts for 7 years

OTTAWA - Ottawa says it has banned the largest contractor that worked on the ArriveCan app from entering into contracts or real property agreements with the government for seven years. Public Services...

Jun 06, 2025

Man who killed 4 members of Muslim family appealing convictions on 3 grounds: doc

A court document shows a man convicted of murdering four members of a Muslim family and seriously injuring another in what the judge deemed to be an act of terrorism is appealing his convictions on th...

Jun 06, 2025