Category Archives: Canada
Quebec Premier François Legault defends decision to subsidize NHL pre-season games
RIVIERE-AU-RENARD, Que. - Quebec's premier is defending his government's decision to spend up to $7 million to bring the Los Angeles Kings to Quebec City for two NHL pre-season games next year. Franoi...
Nov 18, 2023
'Forge a new relationship': Indigenous leaders hopeful of new provincial government
WINNIPEG - When Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew took the unconventional move of appointing himself the minister responsible for Indigenous reconciliation, he did so with the intent of strengthening the rel...
Nov 18, 2023
Scientific report urges debate on genetic modification to control insect pests
Scientists are learning to turn the genetics of insect pests against themselves, altering the genome of familiar foes in ways that give farmers and doctors new ways to fight them. The burgeoning field...
Nov 18, 2023
Day 2 of Halifax International Security Forum to discuss Gaza war, tension with China
HALIFAX - The conflict in the Middle East and tensions between western nations and China are on the agenda today at the Halifax International Security Forum. The former prime minister of Israel, Ehud ...
Nov 18, 2023
Ukrainians fleeing war say there are barriers to starting new life in Canada
OTTAWA - The lunchtime chatter among a small group of employees in the crowded breakroom of a large corporate office in Markham, Ont., is increasingly edged with anxiety. After fleeing the war in Ukra...
Nov 18, 2023
B.C. New Democrats gather in Victoria for convention ahead of next year's election
VICTORIA - British Columbia New Democrats gather in Victoria this weekend to debate policy and strategy at the party's convention ahead of next year's provincial election. Premier David Eby will addre...
Nov 18, 2023
Unclear when Canadians still in Gaza Strip can cross into Egypt
Canadians still stuck in the war-torn Gaza Strip continue to wait their chance to cross into Egypt. Saturday's list from the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza contained no Canadians,...
Nov 17, 2023
Saskatchewan Party member charged with procuring sex, kicked out of caucus: premier
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe says a Saskatchewan Party legislature member has been kicked out of caucus and stripped of his appointments after being charged with obtaining sexual services. Moe says he l...
Nov 17, 2023
Organized crime figure Gregory Woolley killed in daytime shooting near Montreal
MONTREAL - An influential organized crime leader has been killed in a daytime shooting in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, southeast of Montreal. Police did not immediately identify the victim but The Canadian ...
Nov 17, 2023
B.C. plane wreck 'verified' by RCMP is revealed to be fake crash site for training
KAMLOOPS - Plane wreckage that made headlines this week when officials announced a hunter had stumbled on what police thought was a decades-old crash site in the B.C. Interior was actually placed ther...
Nov 17, 2023
