Category Archives: Canada
Anand wants NATO's new Arctic Sentry initiative to become permanent
OTTAWA - NATO launched its promised new initiative in the Arctic on Wednesday, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada wants the operation made permanent. "We're seeing Operation Arctic S...
Feb 11, 2026
Police in tiny towns like Tumbler Ridge are more than law enforcers, says ex-officer
VICTORIA - In tiny towns like Tumbler Ridge, B.C., police are more than law enforcers, says former RCMP officer turned politician Elenore Sturko. Relationships between community members and RCMP membe...
Feb 11, 2026
College of Physicians welcomes powers granted to other professions under Bill 15
MONTREAL - Quebec's professional order of physicians is welcoming a provincial bill that would give more powers to professions like nurses and midwives, but says it wants to see more details in the le...
Feb 11, 2026
Carney cancels trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has cancelled his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Carney was to spend Wednesday afternoon in...
Feb 11, 2026
National Kindness Week takes on different meaning after Tumbler Ridge shooting
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians from all parties came together Wednesday to mark National Kindness Week - but the message is taking on a different meaning after the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Nati...
Feb 11, 2026
Quebec delays implementation of new French curriculum to September 2027
MONTRAL - The Quebec government is delaying the rollout of its new French curriculum in elementary and secondary schools by one year to September 2027, following criticism that the Education Departmen...
Feb 11, 2026
Double murder, suicide in western Quebec First Nation, provincial police say
MANIWAKI - A father fatally shot his two children before killing himself in the First Nation community of Kitigan Zibi, in Quebec's western region, provincial police said Wednesday. Provincial police ...
Feb 11, 2026
World leaders send condolences to Tumbler Ridge in wake of deadly school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he has heard from a number of world leaders offering condolences in the wake of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Police continue...
Feb 11, 2026
Mass shootings in Canada have prompted changes to firearm laws over the decades
OTTAWA - Mass shootings in Canada - including an April 2020 rampage in Nova Scotia - have helped to spur changes to gun laws in recent decades. Few details were available Wednesday on the type of fire...
Feb 11, 2026
House of Commons holds moment of silence for victims of B.C. shooting
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament held a moment of silence on Wednesday, and party leaders delivered statements in the House of Commons urging unity and kindness, in honour of the victims of the mass sho...
Feb 11, 2026
