Category Archives: Canada
Child poverty rose for third consecutive year: Campaign 2000 report
TORONTO - An organization that campaigns to end child poverty says the number of children living in households that struggle to pay bills and buy food has continued to grow. The 2025 report card from ...
Feb 25, 2026
Sikh Canadians say state violence a continued threat as PM prepares to visit India
OTTAWA - Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel there this week on a mission to expand Canada's non-U.S. tra...
Feb 25, 2026
Canada signs a defence agreement with South Korea as it seeks to diversify trade
OTTAWA - Canada and South Korea have signed a new defence agreement, roughly a month after Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle powers to band together in the face of "great power" economic coercio...
Feb 25, 2026
Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at World Cup is ruled out of order
VANCOUVER - A motion before a Vancouver city council committee to oppose deployment of American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city for the World Cup did not go to a vote after it w...
Feb 25, 2026
B.C. judge dismisses convicted killer's bid to have case thrown out over delay
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by a man convicted of first-degree murder to have the case thrown out over his claim that trial delays violated hi...
Feb 25, 2026
Métis leaders unveil 1920s model dog sled repatriated from Vatican
OTTAWA - Mtis leaders on Wednesday unveiled a model dog sled repatriated to their communities after more than a century in the Vatican collection. The sled, made in the 1920s of leather, wood and glas...
Feb 25, 2026
Ministers raise prospect of new AI safety regulations as shooting questions mount
OTTAWA - Two federal ministers signalled Wednesday that Ottawa could act to improve online safety related to artificial intelligence as questions mount concerning OpenAI's decision not to warn police ...
Feb 25, 2026
Fact File: Fake and misleading images shared online amid Mexican cartel violence
Mexican special forces killed a notorious cartel leader on Sunday, sparking a wave of retaliatory violence that saw cars set ablaze by cartel members and roads blocked in 20 Mexican states. As smoke f...
Feb 25, 2026
Quebec Liberals gain ground in new poll taken days after Milliard named new leader
QUBEC - A new poll indicates that the Quebec Liberals are experiencing a bump in support days after naming Charles Milliard as leader, as debate heats up about a possible independence referendum ahead...
Feb 25, 2026
Canada pledges $8 million in food aid for Cuba as U.S. fuel blockade continues
OTTAWA - Canada is sending $8 million in food aid to Cuba, where a U.S. oil blockade has triggered a humanitarian crisis. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and MP Randeep Sarai, secretary of state ...
Feb 25, 2026
