Category Archives: Canada
Another Conservative MP crosses the floor to join Liberal caucus
OTTAWA - Toronto-area MP Michael Ma left the Conservatives to join the Liberal caucus on Thursday, leaving Prime Minister Mark Carney just one seat shy of a coveted majority government. Ma, who repres...
Dec 11, 2025
Longueuil mayor seeks probe into police actions after shooting of Nooran Rezayi
MONTREAL - The mayor of Longueuil, Que., is asking the Quebec government to investigate police actions in the aftermath of a fatal police shooting involving a 15-year-old boy. Mayor Catherine Fournier...
Dec 11, 2025
How does climate change affect the likelihood of extreme rain? Federal department aims to publish rapid results
Federal scientists will start to publish rapid results looking at how much more likely major rainstorms have become due to climate change. Environment and Climate Change Canada says it's expanding its...
Dec 11, 2025
Ottawa using AI to review public comments on its national AI strategy
OTTAWA - The federal government is using artificial intelligence to sort through public input on AI policy, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Thursday. Solomon said an internally deve...
Dec 11, 2025
Pressure mounts on Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez to resign amid crisis
QUBEC - Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez is facing increasing pressure from prominent Liberals to step down amid an ongoing crisis within the party. But the former federal cabinet minister insist...
Dec 11, 2025
Vast majority of victims don't report intimate partner violence to police, study says
MONTREAL - A new analysis by Quebec's statistics institute has concluded that the vast majority of victims don't report intimate partner violence to the police. That includes 74 per cent of women and ...
Dec 11, 2025
Trans Mountain pipeline pays $196K penalty for environmental lapses after 2024 storm
Trans Mountain has paid a regulatory fine for environmental lapses along its British Columbia pipeline route in the aftermath of a January 2024 storm. The $196,000 fine is the largest cumulative penal...
Dec 11, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Moe shuffles cabinet, brings in new faces, drops three ministers
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe shook up his cabinet Thursday, introducing new faces, dropping veterans and mixing and matching job titles. "The decisions today are about building capacity acr...
Dec 11, 2025
Accused of bullying staff, CEO of Canadian Museum of Immigration steps down
HALIFAX - The CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax has stepped down after a federal investigation led to allegations Marie Chapman had bullied staff and created an environment of fear ...
Dec 11, 2025
Ottawa's Indigenous advisers weren't told of pipeline deal with Alberta: chief
OTTAWA - A member of the Indigenous advisory council of the major projects office said he and his colleagues were not told in advance of the agreement the federal government signed with Alberta openin...
Dec 11, 2025
