Category Archives: Canada
Despite Liberal pivot, Conservatives to keep pressing for tougher crime measures
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party has spent years accusing the Liberals of being too lenient on crime. Under Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal government's justice policy has taken a markedly toug...
Jan 18, 2026
Federal firearm buyback program to open Monday, with March 31 deadline to register
OTTAWA - Owners of banned firearms will have until the end of March to declare interest in a federal program offering compensation for turning in or permanently deactivating their guns. The federal go...
Jan 17, 2026 A restricted gun licence holder holds a AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C., on Friday, May 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Dozens rally in Iqaluit for Greenland as Trump renews threats to control island
IQALUIT - As thousands marched Saturday in Greenland to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed threats to take control of the island, about 825 kilometres away, dozens did the same in Nunavut's...
Jan 17, 2026
Ocean, safety at risk as wind tears apart rancid Newfoundland fish sauce plant: mayor
ST. JOHN'S - A foul-smelling abandoned fish-sauce factory in rural Newfoundland has become an environmental and safety hazard after high winds tore the front wall off the building on Friday night. Ste...
Jan 17, 2026
Jeremy Hansen 'pumped' about historic trip around the moon
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says getting humans to fly around the far side of the moon is good for humanity. Speaking to reporters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as NASA rolled the Artemi...
Jan 17, 2026
Who wants to buy a sub? Why South Korea's Hanwha is advertising around Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ottawa residents and out-of-town travellers may have puzzled recently over a wave of ads in the downtown from a company trying to sell them submarines. Not the six-inch sandwich kind, either,...
Jan 17, 2026
Carney visiting Qatar to drum up investment despite 'brutal' human rights record
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Qatar to drum up investment deals with a country known for both its brutal dictatorship and its growing diplomatic and economic influence. "Today, the epicent...
Jan 17, 2026
Five things about Canadian Jeremy Hansen's upcoming trip to the moon and back
LONGUEUIL - Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is set to make history as the first Canadian to fly around the moon. The Canadian Space Agency is hoping this "once-in-a-generation" event is one that will inspire ...
Jan 17, 2026
Canadian official says Carney will accept role on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'
BEIJING - A senior Canadian government official says Prime Minister Mark Carney has been asked by U.S. President Donald Trump to join the "Board of Peace" tasked with supporting the administration, re...
Jan 16, 2026
Insured flood costs estimated at $74M in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
Severe weather and flooding that lashed southern British Columbia and parts of Alberta last month caused close to $90 million in insured damage, with B.C.'s Fraser Valley suffering the heaviest losses...
Jan 16, 2026
