Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa will wait for OpenAI info on Tumbler Ridge before regulating: Solomon
OTTAWA - The federal government will weigh information provided by OpenAI on the Tumbler Ridge, B.C. shooting before taking action, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Thursday. Solomon...
Apr 30, 2026
Liberals shut down committee debate on $6.6-billion IT project
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs say the Liberals used their new power as a majority government Thursday to shelve debate on calls for the government to provide documents about a $6.6 billion IT project that h...
Apr 30, 2026
Archbishop of Toronto calls on Carney to stop extension of MAID for mental illness
OTTAWA - The Archbishop of Toronto is appealing to Prime Minister Mark Carney's Catholic faith and urging him to "choose life and not death" when it comes to the planned extension of assisted dying el...
Apr 30, 2026
New PBO says economic update lacks details on targets, results
OTTAWA - Canada's new parliamentary budget officer criticized the government's spring economic update on Thursday for lacking details on spending targets and results. Appearing before the House of Com...
Apr 30, 2026
Commission on Canada-U.S. relations launching this week
OTTAWA - A new binational commission is launching this week to explore the future of Canada-U.S. relations. A news release said the commission is being led by the Max Bell School of Public Policy at M...
Apr 30, 2026
Immigration minister says she's accountable after former IRGC official granted a visa
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she's accountable after a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official was granted a visa to visit Canada. But she says she didn't know about the deci...
Apr 30, 2026
'You people can change this,' priest tells Ottawa elite as she wins award for book on homelessness
Rev. Maggie Helwig went into Wednesday night with a plan. The priest at Toronto's St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church was attending the Politics and the Pen gala, an annual fundraiser attended b...
Apr 30, 2026
Quebec coroner says Brazilian woman died of hypothermia near Quebec border in 2024
MONTREAL - Canadian officials turned away a Brazilian woman at border crossings three times in the days before she got lost in the woods and died of hypothermia near the U.S. border in 2024. The 36-ye...
Apr 30, 2026
Trump's trade czar says U.S. looking to work with Canada on energy: sources
WASHINGTON - United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Canadians looking for insights into the future of bilateral trade this week that "America First" is policy, not a slogan, and they s...
Apr 30, 2026
Manitoba shuts down landfill search site, crews still looking for victim at another
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has officially decommissioned the search site at a Winnipeg-area landfill where the remains of two slain First Nations women were found last year. A portion of the P...
Apr 30, 2026