Category Archives: Canada
What Canadian aid workers face in the Ebola outbreak ravaging the Congo
TORONTO - People just keep coming. They know they have Ebola. Some have converged at the gate of the Doctors Without Borders office in Bunia, the capital city of Ituri province in the Democratic Repub...
May 21, 2026
Gilbert Rozon, Just for Laughs founder, agrees to pay $930K to nine accusers: lawyers
MONTREAL - The lawyers for nine women who sued Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon for sexual assault say the media mogul has agreed to pay the complainants $930,000. The settlement comes after Queb...
May 20, 2026
Alberta legislature committee eyes separation vote as meeting hits bizarre roadblock
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's journey toward holding a fall referendum on separation took a bizarre turn Wednesday - straight into another roadblock. It occurred when the governing United Cons...
May 20, 2026
Opposition, unions fear federal cuts could undermine food security
OTTAWA - New Democrats and several unions are warning that federal job cuts and research facility closures will put food safety and security at risk. The federal government's website says it's plannin...
May 20, 2026
Canadian steel companies pay millions after U.S says they didn't pay proper tariffs
WASHINGTON - Two Canadian steel companies have agreed to pay $19 million to resolve allegations they knowingly failed to pay proper duties on flat-rolled steel manufactured in Europe and Asia, the U.S...
May 20, 2026
Anand says joining SAFE defence borrowing pact will help Canadian firms compete
OTTAWA - The European Parliament formally welcomed Canada into the defence borrowing and procurement agreement known as SAFE on Wednesday - making it the only non-European country to join. The Europea...
May 20, 2026
Carney lays out pipeline conditions before talks with Eby on B.C.'s priorities
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney...
May 20, 2026
Conservative MP Michael Chong meets with Taiwan president as China dials up pressure
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong said his meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday was meant to assert Canadian sovereignty in the face of Beijing's warnings to Canadian lawmake...
May 20, 2026
Progress, but work left to do in reform to Quebec youth protection system: minister
MONTRAL - Fewer than half of the recommendations from a landmark public inquiry into Quebec's youth protection services have been fully or largely implemented, says a five-year progress report release...
May 20, 2026
Quebec jail guards protest expired contract, growing use of drones to move contraband
MONTREAL - Quebec's corrections officers protested across the province today to bring attention to their expired collective agreement. Union members affiliated with the CSN federation gathered outside...
May 20, 2026