Category Archives: Canada
With elections near, Quebec premier-designate under tight deadline to revive CAQ
MONTREAL - Christine Frchette, newly elected Coalition Avenir Qubec leader and premier-designate, has a bit more than five months to revive her party before the provincial elections, and to define her...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. challenge to Catholic hospital's 'traumatic' denial of MAID enters closing phase
VANCOUVER - Allowing publicly funded faith-based health-care providers to impose religious beliefs on patients, including those seeking medical assistance in dying, is a breach of the British Columbia...
Apr 13, 2026
Coercive control law will help survivors, but comes with risk of backlash, MPs told
OTTAWA - Groups representing women's shelters are praising the government's move to criminalize coercive control, but some women's organizations are also warning there is a risk of backlash. Bill C-16...
Apr 13, 2026
Tears and pride as Lapu Lapu survivors gather at community dinner before anniversary
VANCOUVER - After Lapu Lapu attack survivor AJ Sico sang the national anthem from his wheelchair in a Vancouver banquet hall, he was met with a standing ovation - a fitting tribute, his family says, t...
Apr 13, 2026
Clean energy groups call for East-West grid connections, investments in renewables
OTTAWA - A coalition of clean energy groups is calling on Ottawa to connect the country through a grid powered by renewable energy. The David Suzuki Foundation says Canada is facing an energy affordab...
Apr 13, 2026
Ontario man convicted in immigration investigation into Banff-area hotels
CALGARY - A man from Ontario has pleaded guilty in Alberta to two counts of unauthorized employment of foreign nationals and fined $70,000 in case involving the hospitality industry in Banff National ...
Apr 13, 2026
Brent Cotter, ethics expert and former senator, named interim head of RCMP watchdog
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named well-known legal ethicist and former senator Brent Cotter to be the interim head of the RCMP watchdog. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Cotter ...
Apr 13, 2026
Jobs minister urges youth to pursue skilled trades despite generational stigma
OTTAWA - Canada must break the stigma around careers in the skilled trades if the Liberals want to achieve their infrastructure and homebuilding agenda, federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said on Monda...
Apr 13, 2026
Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes is back as interim CEO, replacing Irina Novoselsky
The CEO of Hootsuite has stepped down after spending the last several months defending a contract between the company and a controversial U.S. government department, making way for the firm's founder ...
Apr 13, 2026
NDP pushing for ban on AI surveillance pricing as Lewis makes Parliament Hill debut
OTTAWA - The NDP is expected to introduce a motion on Wednesday calling on the government to ban a practice known as surveillance pricing that New Democrats say is unfair to consumers. The text of the...
Apr 13, 2026