Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa is seeking a permanent parliamentary budget officer with 'tact and discretion'
OTTAWA - Ottawa says it's looking to hire a permanent parliamentary budget officer - someone with "tact and discretion" - just a few months after appointing a very critical fiscal watchdog on an inter...
Nov 12, 2025
In the news today: Federal budget falls flat: poll; G7 meeting in southern Ontario
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal budget falls flat on affordability: poll New polling suggests Canadians had a lukewarm response to the...
Nov 12, 2025
Affordability gap leaves Liberal budget with middling reviews: Leger poll
OTTAWA - New polling suggests Canadians had a lukewarm response to the federal budget released last week - leading one pollster to argue all parties should think twice before mounting an election camp...
Nov 12, 2025
Federal prison service 'ill-equipped' for long-term mental health care: watchdog
OTTAWA - Weak policies, insufficient training and a lack of specialized treatment are hindering the Correctional Service of Canada's efforts to deliver mental health care, the federal prison ombudsman...
Nov 12, 2025
Canada-U.S. trade negotiations not addressed in Anand's G7 meeting with Rubio
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE - Top diplomats from the Group of Seven nations gathered in the Niagara region this week to discuss global crises - but Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she did not broach...
Nov 12, 2025
Fondue and dead bread: Roughrider and Alouette superfans prep for Grey Cup Sunday
EDMONTON - Lance Hackewich loves his Saskatchewan Roughriders -- and he's got a 75-year-old desiccated, positively inedible piece of history to prove it. It's a loaf of bread from 1951. It sits among ...
Nov 12, 2025
'It's about all of us': Armed Forces, veterans gather for Remembrance Day in Montreal
MONTREAL - On Remembrance Day, Bruno Plourde said his thoughts were with a comrade he lost while the two were deployed in Afghanistan. "We have a special place in our heart for him today," he said Tue...
Nov 11, 2025
Quebec should strengthen climate targets despite rollback in the U.S., says committee
MONTREAL - An expert committee says Quebec needs to maintain its ambition to address climate change despite a U.S. government that disputes climate science. Quebec's advisory committee on climate chan...
Nov 11, 2025
Quebec labour minister wants power to intervene in Montreal transit strike
QUBEC - The Quebec government wants the power to intervene in labour disputes that have disrupted public transit in Montreal since the start of November, which it says are holding the city's residents...
Nov 11, 2025
Canada's veteran population is dwindling fast. Here are the numbers.
OTTAWA - Canada marked Remembrance Day on Tuesday - 80 years after the Second World War ended and 72 years since the end of the Korean War. Only a few thousand Canadian veterans of those conflicts are...
Nov 11, 2025
