Category Archives: Canada
New secularism law is looming over Way of the Cross marches on Good Friday in Quebec
MONTREAL - Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape on Good Friday, only a day after the provincial legislature adopted a law that could crack down on their annual Way of the C...
Apr 03, 2026
'Absolute betrayal': First Nations blast Eby in leaked transcript of DRIPA meeting
A leaked transcript of a meeting between Indigenous leaders and British Columbia Premier David Eby, about his plan to suspend the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRI...
Apr 03, 2026
Does your single friend excel? Try a PowerPoint dating pitch
VANCOUVER - Harjot Rai had three minutes to make his PowerPoint pitch. The subject? His cringing friend, Matt White. And the audience was a far cry from executives in a corporate boardroom. Instead, i...
Apr 03, 2026
Vancouver police used Pokémon card sting. It was super effective!
VANCOUVER - Up until someone started using bear spray on unsuspecting victims trying to sell their Pokmon trading cards online, Vancouver police say they weren't aware of the resurgent collectible tre...
Apr 02, 2026
B.C. Appeals Court sides with First Nation over Aboriginal title on Nootka Island
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a lower-court ruling after finding the judge used an "arbitrary boundary" to determine a First Nation's Aboriginal title over a swath of Nootka Isla...
Apr 02, 2026
Tory MP echoes calls for Carney to apologize to Grassy Narrows over protest remarks
OTTAWA - The Conservative critic for Indigenous Services is adding his voice to calls for Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize to Grassy Narrows First Nation after he said he could "outlast" a prot...
Apr 02, 2026
B.C. Premier David Eby temporarily replaces spokesperson with identical twin
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby hasn't had to familiarize himself with a new face in his office after deputy director of communications James Smith left for another job - he simply tappe...
Apr 02, 2026
Candidate ends his bid for Conservative nomination in Poilievre's former riding
OTTAWA - The man who announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton in February now says he's dropping out of the race. Blair Turner, a police off...
Apr 02, 2026
Legault attends his last sitting at legislature as Quebec premier
Franois Legault attended what was likely his last sitting at the Quebec legislation as his party's leader. Following a weeklong break from the national assembly, the Coalition Avenir Qubec is schedule...
Apr 02, 2026
Federal privacy law changes would expand sharing of personal data across government
OTTAWA - The Liberal government proposes making it easier for federal agencies to share and reuse the personal data of Canadians through a major overhaul of the Privacy Act. The act governs how federa...
Apr 02, 2026
