Category Archives: Canada

In the news today: Stronach ruling expected, protein shortages, Palestinian exhibit
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Judge to deliver ruling today in Frank Stronach's sexual assault trial An Ontario judge is expected to delive...
Jun 19, 2026

Frank Stronach found guilty on two charges related to two women in sex assault trial
TORONTO - Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach was found guilty Friday of two charges out of a dozen in what an Ontario judge called a "long and emotionally charged" trial involving decades-old sexu...
Jun 19, 2026

B.C. approves block-caving for Red Chris Mine, site where three workers were trapped
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved an amended environment assessment certificate for block-caving at the Red Chris Mine, the same site where three workers were trapped last July. ...
Jun 18, 2026

The House of Commons is on its summer break — here's a list of the bills it passed
OTTAWA - As the House of Commons rose Thursday for its summer break, the federal government touted all the legislation it passed over the preceding months, while the opposition Conservatives maintaine...
Jun 18, 2026

Black Montreal police employees told management some are worried about going to work
MONTREAL - Black employees of the Montreal police force have sent a letter to management saying some have concerns about going to work after the dismantling of a patrol unit over serious allegations o...
Jun 18, 2026

Housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and school dropouts: think tank
MONTRAL - A Quebec think tank says the province's housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and negatively affects school dropout rates. On Thursday, the Observatoire qubcois des ingalits publis...
Jun 18, 2026

Carney says it's 'no secret' Trump doesn't like CUSMA trade pact
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney appears untroubled by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent claim that the United States would "do better without" the North American free trade pact. "It's no secre...
Jun 18, 2026

Confusion spreads as Ottawa defends orders to surrender citizenship certificates
OTTAWA - The immigration department says it's working "as quickly as possible" to resolve questions about citizenship by descent claims - even as some claimants say they did everything Ottawa asked th...
Jun 18, 2026

Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities
EDMONTON - The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith's office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in pover...
Jun 18, 2026

Secretary of state Sahota says 'foreign entity' hired people to shoot at synagogues
OTTAWA - Ruby Sahota, the secretary of state for combatting crime, told the House of Commons this week that people who fired shots recently at synagogues were hired and paid by a "foreign entity." She...
Jun 18, 2026