Category Archives: Canada
Interest in Canadian flights out of Lebanon last year waned quickly, documents show
OTTAWA - Documents detailing Canada's effort to help citizens and permanent residents leave Lebanon last year on commercial flights and charters show there was huge interest in the first few days of t...
Oct 15, 2025
CSIS pledges 'robust' review of technologies in response to critical watchdog report
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's committed to "ongoing review and improvement" of its use of new technologies following a critical spy watchdog report. The National Securi...
Oct 15, 2025
Carney talked trade with Gulf countries at Egypt peace summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney used a hastily convened meeting with world leaders at U.S. President Donald Trump's peace summit in Egypt on Monday to push for deeper trade ties with several count...
Oct 15, 2025
Surging CO2 levels a sign Canada must resist climate backsliding: scientist
A leading Canadian climate scientist says a new report showing planet-warming carbon dioxide levels have soared to record amounts in 2024 is the latest sign Canada must resist pressure to backslide on...
Oct 15, 2025
Espionage trial: Hydro-Québec says it learned of unauthorized publications in 2022
MONTREAL - A former researcher at Quebec's electric utility charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China set off an internal probe after the publication of an academic paper in March 2022 ...
Oct 15, 2025
CBC reaching out to rural, Western Canadians as part of plan to build audience
OTTAWA - The head of CBC/Radio-Canada says the public broadcaster's plan to reach out to "dissatisfied" audiences means a new focus on rural areas and Western Canada. In a five-year plan released Tues...
Oct 15, 2025
Airports in Victoria and Kelowna, B.C., hacked with pro-Hamas messages
KELOWNA - Airports in Kelowna and Victoria have confirmed their public information systems were hacked on Tuesday, after social media posts depicted pro-Hamas messages on flight information screens an...
Oct 15, 2025
U.K. man charged in Quebec City over disappearance of 16-year-old girl
MONTREAL - A 42-year-old man has appeared in court in Quebec City in the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl from England. The accused from Birmingham, U.K., has been charged with sexual touching of a...
Oct 15, 2025
Champagne says world economy showing signs of resilience in face of U.S. trade war
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said a new International Monetary Fund report shows while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertain...
Oct 15, 2025
Talks stall between Alberta teachers, government in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says there's still a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend, while teachers ...
Oct 15, 2025
