Category Archives: Canada
Liberal MP asks government to reconsider return-to-office policy for public servants
OTTAWA - The Liberal who unseated Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from his Ottawa-area riding in the last election is criticizing his government's new return-to-office policy for federal workers....
Feb 09, 2026
Canadian Schellenberg 'definitely' won't face death again at China retrial: lawyer
The head of the law firm representing Canadian Robert Schellenberg says their client "definitely" won't face the death penalty again after China's top court overturned the sentence and announced his r...
Feb 09, 2026
Prime Minister's Office should be covered by access law, info commissioner tells MPs
OTTAWA - Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says Canadians should be able to use the Access to Information Act to request documents from the offices of the prime minister and other cabinet memb...
Feb 09, 2026
Health advocates say Liberals need to take a stand on Alberta's health privatization
OTTAWA - A group of health care advocates is on Parliament Hill this week lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stand on Alberta's latest moves to expand private health ca...
Feb 09, 2026
Union warns of public safety risks as Transport Canada cuts jobs
OTTAWA - A federal union is warning of threats to public safety as employees at Transport Canada face job cuts. The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees said in a news release the cuts are being...
Feb 09, 2026
Inquiry report on scandal at Quebec auto insurance board to be released Feb. 16
QUBEC - The commissioner who oversaw the public inquiry into the $500-million cost-overrun scandal at Quebec's auto insurance board is scheduled to release his report publicly on Feb. 16. Judge Denis ...
Feb 09, 2026
Canada joins peers in condemning China's conviction of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and MPs from both sides of the aisle are calling on China to release Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday under a...
Feb 09, 2026
B.C. firm says some workers found dead after abduction from Mexico mine
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based firm that operates a mine site in Mexico where 10 workers were abducted last month has heard from "a number of families" that their relatives have been found dead, the co...
Feb 09, 2026
Ottawa commits $6M to fund cross-Canada research aimed at driving productivity
CALGARY - The federal government has announced a $6 million grant aimed at improving Canada's economic productivity through a cross-country research partnership. The funding from the Social Sciences a...
Feb 09, 2026
Ottawa investigating report Gaza cemetery where Canadians were buried was destroyed
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada said it is "deeply concerned" by reports the Gaza War Cemetery where nearly two dozen Canadians were buried has been severely damaged or destroyed. The department respon...
Feb 09, 2026
