Category Archives: Canada
NDP confirms five contestants for leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh
OTTAWA - Five candidates have met the final requirements in the NDP's leadership election and will have their names on the ballot when party members choose a new leader for the beleaguered party. Rob ...
Jan 29, 2026
10 'taken' from B.C. firm's Mexican mine site, but Global Affairs says no Canadians
VANCOUVER - Global Affairs Canada says it is monitoring a security incident at a Vancouver-based mining firm's project in Concordia, Mexico, where 10 people have been abducted, but it's not aware of a...
Jan 29, 2026
Eby says extortion wave is 'terror attack in slow motion'
OTTAWA - B.C. Premier David Eby said a wave of extortion crime in the province is a "terror attack in slow motion." Eby, who was speaking in Ottawa after a premiers meeting with Prime Minister Mark Ca...
Jan 29, 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford trades barbs with Parti Québécois leader over sovereignty
SAINT-GEORGES - The leader of the Parti Qubcois and Ontario Premier Doug Ford traded barbs Thursday after the latter dipped his toe in Quebec politics for a second straight day repeating that it would...
Jan 29, 2026
Missing baby believed dead after mother's remains found in Alberta apartment: RCMP
ST. ALBERT - A man has been charged with murder after the remains of his common-law partner were found in an Edmonton-area apartment, and RCMP say their baby is also believed to be dead. Mounties say ...
Jan 29, 2026
Stepfather of missing Nova Scotia children charged with sexually assaulting an adult
HALIFAX - The stepfather of two Nova Scotia children reported missing more than eight months ago has been charged with sexual assault, assault and forcible confinement involving an adult victim, RCMP ...
Jan 29, 2026
Canada Post, union finalize outstanding contractual language in tentative deals
OTTAWA - Canada Post and the union representing thousands of its mail carriers say they have finalized outstanding contractual language in the tentative agreements reached last month that would end mo...
Jan 29, 2026
Quebec private doctors challenge law forcing five years of public system work
MONTREAL - Quebec's private doctors federation is mounting a legal challenge against a law that requires all new doctors to practice in the province's public system for five years. The Fdration des md...
Jan 29, 2026
Ottawa, South Korea pledge to bring auto manufacturing to Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed an agreement with South Korea with the goal of bringing Korean auto manufacturing to Canada. Industry Minister Mlanie Joly and her counterpart, Jung-Kwan Kim...
Jan 29, 2026
Anandasangaree says lack of help from some provinces, police won't thwart gun buyback
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said he doesn't foresee logistical challenges in gathering up banned firearms through a federal buyback program, despite the refusal of several prov...
Jan 29, 2026
