Category Archives: Canada
Independent report into Quebec Liberal vote-buying allegations due in January 2026
QUBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says a retired judge hired to investigate allegations of cash payments during the party's leadership race will have to submit a report by the end of January 2026. The ...
Nov 29, 2025
Study says Canada is too lax on civilian oversight of the military
OTTAWA - Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament's rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies. That c...
Nov 29, 2025
The NDP leadership candidates have some ambitious ideas — here are some of them
OTTAWA - The five NDP leadership candidates all agree on the need to revitalize the party's grassroots and build up riding associations as the party recovers from its near-wipeout in the April electio...
Nov 29, 2025
Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response
OTTAWA - Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expe...
Nov 28, 2025
Fact File: How Canadian accounts got swept up in X's location feature accuracy issues
Last week the X platform, formerly Twitter, began its rollout of a new location feature meant to disclose which country account holders post from. It aimed to increase transparency on the platform and...
Nov 28, 2025
'Prime conspirator' arrested for shootings at Kap's Café in B.C., Indian police say
SURREY - Police in Delhi say they've arrested the "prime conspirator" behind a series of extortion-linked shootings at a B.C. caf, who they say fled to India after being charged with multiple offences...
Nov 28, 2025
Most assisted deaths in Canada come after cancer diagnosis, annual report finds
OTTAWA - Most people who chose medical assistance in dying in 2024 had a cancer diagnosis and were over the age of 70, new data from Health Canada shows. The country's annual report on medical assista...
Nov 28, 2025
Environment Canada launches new alert system to protect people in extreme weather
The Canadian government is launching a new alert system to help protect Canadians in extreme weather events. Environment and Climate Change Canada will now be using a colour-coded system to make it ea...
Nov 28, 2025
Transit workers in Montreal announce overtime strike through holiday season
MONTREAL - Montreal transit workers are set to go on strike again next month amid a prolonged labour dispute. The transit agency's 2,400 maintenance workers say they will refuse overtime hours between...
Nov 28, 2025
Montreal borough mayor calls destruction of homeless encampment a misunderstanding
MONTREAL - The mayor of a Montreal borough says she has ordered an investigation after city workers destroyed a homeless encampment earlier this week. Christine Black says workers were sent to the sit...
Nov 28, 2025
