Category Archives: Canada
How a theatre is opening its doors for audiences with visual and hearing impairments
MONTREAL - For decades, Dominique Boucher stayed away from the theatre. Boucher avoided being in the audience for shows because he has lived with a visual impairment for the past 40 years. But as more...
May 30, 2026
Ottawa under increasing pressure to show how policy changes are affecting emissions
OTTAWA - The federal government is facing increased pressure to state whether it knows how some of its recent policy changes will affect Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Minister Julie D...
May 30, 2026
Immigration lawyers say automation is partly driving a massive Federal Court backlog
OTTAWA - The number of immigration cases being brought to Federal Court has more than quadrupled since 2020 - and some immigration lawyers are linking the surge in part to the federal government's use...
May 30, 2026
Canada Post workers set to wrap up voting on new tentative deal
HALIFAX - Canada Post workers were set to wrap up voting on new tentative agreements Saturday after more than two years of labour strife. Some 55,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers members began vot...
May 30, 2026
Canada's lengthy Stanley Cup drought continues as Habs fall to Hurricanes
RALEIGH - Hockey might be considered Canada's game, but its most iconic trophy has extended its decades-long residency in the United States for at least another year. Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven and ...
May 29, 2026
Human rights panel accuses Canada of genocide against Indigenous population
MONTREAL - An international panel of human rights experts has accused Canada of committing genocide against its Indigenous population after a week of hearings in Montreal. The Permanent Peoples' Tribu...
May 29, 2026
Man with al-Qaida ties who threatened to bomb subway pleads guilty in Montreal
MONTREAL - The lawyer for a homeless man who once attended al-Qaida training camps says his client has pleaded guilty in Montreal to threatening to bomb public transit. Leonard Waxman says Mohamed Abd...
May 29, 2026
Carney discussed artificial intelligence with Pope Leo
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney told Pope Leo XIV on Friday that Canada wants to take a leadership role in the responsible development of artificial intelligence. The conversation happened days af...
May 29, 2026
Quebec municipalities group calls government to address public transit underfunding
MONTRAL - A group representing Quebec municipalities is calling on the next provincial government to boost funding for public transit agencies, which say they will need $20 billion by 2035 just to mai...
May 29, 2026
How World Cup cost estimates in B.C. have soared over the years
VANCOUVER - The estimated cost of hosting World Cup matches in Vancouver has repeatedly increased and is now almost triple an initial estimate by the B.C. government. Here's how the increases have unf...
May 29, 2026
