Category Archives: Canada
Prince Harry jokes he was 'under duress' while wearing Dodgers cap at World Series
TORONTO - Prince Harry joked in Toronto that he was "under duress" when he wore a Los Angeles Dodgers hat during a World Series game against the Blue Jays last week. The Duke of Sussex was in the crow...
Nov 06, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to attend G7 foreign ministers meeting next week
OTTAWA - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to attend a meeting with other G7 foreign ministers in Ontario's Niagara Region next week. Global Affairs Canada says Foreign Affairs Minister Anita...
Nov 06, 2025
Parliamentary committee revises order to share federal grant applicant data
A parliamentary committee has amended a controversial order that seeks 25 years' worth of data on researchers who applied for health and science grants. The Standing Committee on Health and Research h...
Nov 06, 2025
Teachers challenge Alberta law using notwithstanding clause to end strike
EDMONTON - Alberta teachers say they're taking Premier Danielle Smith's government to court for overriding their Charter rights to end their strike, while some members of her caucus say public outrage...
Nov 06, 2025
Unions condemn federal government's plans to change collective bargaining rules
OTTAWA - Federal public service unions are condemning the government's proposed amendments to collective bargaining rules - though they admit they know little at this point about what those changes co...
Nov 06, 2025
Man accused of economic espionage tells court he was unhappy at Hydro-Québec
MONTREAL - A former researcher with Quebec's hydro utility who is facing economic espionage charges said Thursday he was applying for work at universities in China as a contingency plan because he was...
Nov 06, 2025
Liberals clear first confidence vote on federal budget
OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government has survived the first of three confidence tests on its federal budget. Members of Parliament have voted to defeat a Conservative sub-amendment in the House of...
Nov 06, 2025
Canadian travellers to feel effect of U.S. flight cuts caused by government shutdown
MONTREAL - Some Canadian travellers bound for America will see cancelled flights and delayed itineraries as the U.S. government shutdown puts pressure on the country's aviation network, prompting regu...
Nov 06, 2025
Pathways to humanitarian permanent residency tighten as Ottawa focuses on economy
OTTAWA - The federal government is cutting the number of spots available in its refugee humanitarian and permanent residency streams for next year. The updated immigration levels plan released this we...
Nov 06, 2025
Liberal MP Jaime Battiste fined $600 for breaching elections financing law
OTTAWA - An elections watchdog fined Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste and his financial agent $600 each for a series of elections law violations - including a donation of funds to Battiste's own ...
Nov 06, 2025
