Category Archives: Canada
Quebec Liberals name ethics officer for leadership race after vote-buying allegations
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party has named an ethics officer to supervise the upcoming leadership race after allegations of wrongdoing sunk the previous leader. Among other responsibilities, the et...
Jan 05, 2026
Quebec students must address teachers as 'Mr.' and 'Ms.' under new civility rules
MONTREAL - Quebec students returning to class after winter break will now have to use formal language to address their teachers under new rules designed to foster civility. The province announced last...
Jan 05, 2026
As Ontario civil servants return to office full time, union calls order 'ridiculous'
TORONTO - Ontario government employees are expected to return to the office five days per week starting Monday, despite objections from public sector unions. In August, Premier Doug Ford announced tho...
Jan 05, 2026
Freeland steps down as Canada's Ukraine envoy, will resign as MP soon
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland said Monday she is stepping down as the prime minister's special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine and will leave Parliament in the coming weeks - ...
Jan 05, 2026
Carney arrives in Paris for talks with Ukraine's allies about security guarantees
PARIS - Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Paris Monday ahead of a meeting with Ukraine's allies to pursue security agreements to prevent Russia from repeating its invasion if a ceasefire deal is r...
Jan 05, 2026
Protesters in Canada hold different opinions of Nicolás Maduro
OTTAWA - As a number of countries condemn the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro by the United States, protesters in front of the U.S. embassy in Ottawa on Sunday called for the federal gove...
Jan 04, 2026
N.S. couple donates 46 acres for an ‘intentional community’ with affordable housing
HALIFAX - When Amy Hendricks and Paul Davie moved to Antigonish, N.S., from Yellowknife, they had a bit of a struggle on their hands: finding the right plot of land. "We thought, how hard could it be?...
Jan 04, 2026
Canada's oil sector shouldn't panic, stay competitive after Maduro's seizure: experts
EDMONTON - Two political scientists say U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in transforming Venezuela's oil-rich sector hasn't created panic or shaken up Canada's oil industry. Heather Exner-Pirot,...
Jan 04, 2026
Ribbon Skirt Day leader reflects on changes since her cultural attire was shamed
In Isabella Kulak's home is a box of about a few hundred letters, notes and hand-drawn pictures of ribbon skirts sent to her from across Canada and beyond - fan mail from those who consider her story ...
Jan 04, 2026
Tangled cars and billowing smoke: Remembering Hinton rail disaster 40 years later
HINTON - Colin Hanington followed a plume of smoke to reach one of the deadliest railway crashes in Canadian history, and almost 40 years later remembers the silence when he got there. Hanington was a...
Jan 04, 2026
