Category Archives: Canada
Air Canada flight attendant shares Mohawk culture with pop star Rihanna
MONTREAL - An Air Canada flight attendant got a thrill last week when she gifted pop superstar Rihanna a beaded lanyard from her Mohawk community south of Montreal. Lily Kahnerahtiio Dailleboust says ...
Jun 09, 2026
PQ threatens to withdraw Quebec from high-speed rail project if it forms government
QUBEC - The Parti Qubcois threatened on Tuesday to withdraw Quebec from the federal government's proposed high-speed rail network if the party wins the October provincial election, drawing widespread ...
Jun 09, 2026
Artificial intelligence 'promising and problematic' for courts, chief justice says
OTTAWA - Artificial intelligence is proving to be both promising and problematic for Canadian courtrooms, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Tuesday. Distinguishing fact from fiction has become more di...
Jun 09, 2026
Ancient squirrel feces a 'time capsule,' smelling as fresh as 700,000 years ago
The scent of ancient squirrel feces filled the laboratory where researcher Tyler Murchie was working to extract the genetic material it contained, revealing the scat can still smell just as fresh toda...
Jun 09, 2026
Ottawa's new Digital Safety Act expected to include under-16 social media ban
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to bar kids under the age of 16 from social media in new legislation set to be introduced Wednesday. The government gave notice Tuesday that it will introdu...
Jun 09, 2026
Carney says opening of Gordie Howe Bridge an important symbol of Canada-U.S. ties
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says it's good news that the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit will get its official opening at the end of the week. Carney said T...
Jun 09, 2026
Canadaland host apologizes to Theresa Kielburger, mother of WE Charity co-founders
TORONTO - The host of the Canadaland podcast apologized to the mother of Marc and Craig Kielburger in court Tuesday as part of a settlement in a defamation lawsuit that centred on an episode from five...
Jun 09, 2026
Canada sanctions more 'extremist' West Bank settlers, prompting pushback from Israel
OTTAWA - Canada is imposing another round of sanctions on Israelis accused of "extremist settler violence" in the West Bank and urging more action by Israel - which in turn is accusing Ottawa of fuell...
Jun 09, 2026
Air Canada captain piloted more than 900 flights without proper licence: police
TORONTO - A former Air Canada pilot has been charged in a "complex" fraud and forgery investigation, police said Tuesday, accusing him of using a bogus licence to captain hundreds of flights during a ...
Jun 09, 2026
Inuit group calls for overhaul of Nutrition North, poverty reduction frameworks
OTTAWA - The organization representing Inuit in Canada says the federal government program meant to subsidize the high cost of food in the North isn't working and should be scrapped. The call to shut ...
Jun 09, 2026
