Category Archives: Canada
A timeline of key events leading up to the arrest of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding
U.S. authorities have announced the arrest of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who is accused of running an international drug ring and ordering the murders of several people. The Fed...
Jan 23, 2026
Government plans to bring forward online harms bill, AI minister says
OTTAWA - The federal government is working on online harms legislation, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Friday. Solomon told reporters Culture Minister Marc Miller will bring the bi...
Jan 23, 2026
Simon Jolin-Barrette bows out of CAQ leadership race; Christine Fréchette to run
The race to find a leader for the Coalition Avenir Qubec began to take shape Friday as one high profile candidate was set to jump into the fray while the person who was expected to be her main rival b...
Jan 23, 2026
5 things to know about Canada being disinvited from Trump's 'Board of Peace'
OTTAWA - Senior federal government officials told reporters travelling to China with Prime Minister Mark Carney last week that he was accepting an invitation to join U.S. President Donald Trump's "Boa...
Jan 23, 2026
Christine Fréchette, Bernard Drainville in race to become CAQ leader, Quebec premier
MONTREAL - It's shaping up to be a two-person race for the leadership of the Coalition Avenir Qubec as the party seeks to replace Premier Franois Legault. Christine Frchette, who held the economy port...
Jan 23, 2026
Conservatives prepare for national convention, anniversary of Harper's historic win
OTTAWA - On the morning of Jan. 24, 2006, newspapers across the Prairies spread the word with headlines like, "The West Is In!" and "Tories Turn The Tide!" Stephen Harper's Conservative Party had just...
Jan 23, 2026
American aquariums say they are working to provide future for Marineland's belugas
TORONTO - American aquariums say they visited Marineland last week with the goal of "providing hope and a future" for 30 beluga whales that face euthanasia should they not be moved. The Niagara Falls,...
Jan 23, 2026
Almost 10,000 federal workers were told this week they may be laid off: unions
QUBEC - Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them. The Public Service Alliance of Canada sa...
Jan 23, 2026
Quebec government is removing the British crown from province's coat of arms
MONTREAL - The Quebec government announced Friday that it's removing the British crown from the province's official coat of arms, in what it described as a reaffirmation of the province's autonomy. Ju...
Jan 23, 2026
Bessent weighs in on Alberta separatism, calls Alberta 'natural partner for the U.S.'
WASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent commented Thursday on the separatist movement in Alberta - making him the highest-ranking member of the Trump administration to weigh in on the provi...
Jan 23, 2026
