Category Archives: Canada
Recall bids against Alberta premier, two caucus members fail to get enough signatures
EDMONTON - A petition looking to oust Alberta Premier Danielle Smith from her seat in the legislature has failed. Smith is the second premier in Alberta's history to face a recall petition, with the o...
Mar 10, 2026
Former CBC anchor says the broadcaster 'silenced and intimidated' him
OTTAWA - Former CBC television reporter and anchor Travis Dhanraj told a House of Commons committee Tuesday that the public broadcaster "silenced and intimidated" him. When Dhanraj, who hosted "Canada...
Mar 10, 2026
Ottawa spending $229M to help tariff-hit Ontario workers obtain new skills
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend $228.8 million over the next three years to help Ontario workers in industries hit hard by U.S. tariffs, acquire new skills and adapt to the trade war disrup...
Mar 10, 2026
Minister says more than 7,000 Canadians have fled Middle East
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says more than 7,000 Canadians have left the Middle East since the latest conflict began. Anand told reporters Tuesday that includes more than 4,300 Canad...
Mar 10, 2026
Conservatives seek to remove barriers to alcohol shipments across provincial borders
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are pushing to allow Canada Post to ship alcohol between provinces, saying the Liberals have failed to live up to their pledge to remove interprovincial trade barrie...
Mar 10, 2026
Man who shot at car didn't mean to kill Montreal teenager, his lawyer tells court
MONTREAL - The lawyer for one of the men charged in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Montreal told a jury on Tuesday his client should be found guilty of manslaughter, not murder. Marc L...
Mar 10, 2026
U.S. museum returns remains of 12 Canadian soldiers from the First World War
OTTAWA - After more than 100 years, an American medical museum has returned the partial human remains of 12 Canadian soldiers from the First World War. The Department of National Defence would not say...
Mar 10, 2026
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston apologizes and reverses some budget cuts amid outcry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says weeks of pointed feedback forced him to recognize his government made some mistakes when it announced $130 million in cuts in his government's last budge...
Mar 10, 2026
Serial killer Allan Legere, New Brunswick's 'Monster of the Miramichi,' dead at 78
HALIFAX - Allan Legere, the serial killer known as the "Monster of the Miramichi," has died in prison at the age of 78. Legere died in the maximum security Edmonton Institution, Correctional Service C...
Mar 10, 2026
Ottawa drops TikTok ban, will now let platform stay in Canada with conditions
OTTAWA - Ottawa says it will allow TikTok to continue operating in Canada now that it has more security guarantees from the social media company to protect Canadians' data. The federal government bann...
Mar 10, 2026
