Category Archives: Canada

Quebec bar suspends building owner facing charges in fatal 2023 Old Montreal fire
MONTREAL - Quebec's bar association has suspended the law licence of the owner of an Old Montreal building who is facing manslaughter charges in the deaths of seven people who died there in a 2023 fir...
Apr 25, 2026

Experts report a surge in interest among American academics looking to move to Canada
OTTAWA - Jason Stanley moved from the United States to Canada last September, leaving behind a high-profile position at Yale to take a job at the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto. The fascism ...
Apr 25, 2026

100-year-old walking 5k during Ottawa Race Weekend to raise funds for seniors
OTTAWA - One-hundred-year-old Roy Allen is set to make history next month by becoming the first centenarian to walk 5K for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Allen is walking to raise funds for several...
Apr 25, 2026

Federal court judge grants last-minute delay for driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash
CALGARY - A federal judge has granted a last-minute reprieve for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, temporarily preventing his imminent deportation to India. "They've w...
Apr 25, 2026

Globe and Mail, Canadian Press win big at National Newspaper Awards
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the 2025 National Newspaper Awards on Friday, while The Canadian Press won several awards including project of the year. The awards were handed out a...
Apr 24, 2026

Alexandre Boulerice, the lone Quebec NDP MP, set to give up seat to run provincially
OTTAWA - The only NDP MP from Quebec will be announcing his plan to leave Parliament and run provincially for the Qubec solidaire as early as Sunday. Alexandre Boulerice's planned move was confirmed t...
Apr 24, 2026

Bring military, spy agencies under federal whistleblower law, review report urges
OTTAWA - A federal review report says members of the military and key spy agencies should be able to expose wrongdoing and file complaints through the government's whistleblowing regime. The recommend...
Apr 24, 2026

Federal government delays plan to shut down Quebec food allergy lab: union
OTTAWA - A union representing Canadian Food Inspection Agency employees says the federal government is delaying a plan to shutter a food allergy testing lab in Quebec by two years. The Agriculture Uni...
Apr 24, 2026

Lawyers urge federal ban on U.S. forced labour imports, cars built by prisoners
OTTAWA - Human rights lawyers are calling on Ottawa to ban American imports that stem from forced labour linked to automotive firms using prisoner work in Alabama, under the same law meant to block pr...
Apr 24, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 'deeply sorry' over Tumbler Ridge shooting where 8 were killed
The head of an artificial intelligence company that admitted it knew of the troubling behaviour of a woman before she killed eight and wounded dozens more in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has apologized for no...
Apr 24, 2026