Category Archives: Canada

International environmental watchdog wants probe into shipping pollution enforcement
Investigators with an international environmental watchdog have recommended a probe into whether Canada is violating its own laws by not stopping toxic wastewater from being dumped into the ocean alon...
Jul 5, 2024

Canada's global reputation suffering under Trudeau, Garneau asserts in autobiography
OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Marc Garneau says Canada has lost its standing in the world under the tenure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he criticizes as an ill-prepared leader who...
Jul 5, 2024

A new U.K. government renews hopes for a free-trade deal with Canada
OTTAWA - The major shift in the British political landscape after Thursday's election will likely have little impact on Canada's relationship with its ally across the pond, experts say, though it is r...
Jul 5, 2024

Orphan B.C. orca calf unseen since May 10 despite family sightings: researchers
VICTORIA - A whale research group that was involved in efforts to rescue an orphaned orca calf from a Vancouver Island lagoon says she has not been seen since May 10, despite multiple recent sightings...
Jul 4, 2024

CSIS director David Vigneault stepping down after seven years on the job
OTTAWA - David Vigneault says he is stepping down from his job at the head of Canada's spy agency. The director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who spent seven years at the helm, is lea...
Jul 4, 2024

Canadians in Grenada and Montreal rally to help after hurricane Beryl devastation
MONTREAL - Canadians Lynn Kaak and her husband have been doing what they can to provide relief to the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, after hurricane Beryl left part of the country "absolutely ham...
Jul 4, 2024

Environment Canada issues multiple warnings as B.C. braces for weekend heat
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a series of heat warnings for British Columbia stretching into next week, with parts of the province forecast to reach "very high temperatures" beginning Frid...
Jul 4, 2024

Border workers who nearly went on strike in June ratify new contract
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada's border workers says members have voted 91 per cent in favour of a new collective agreement. More than 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers were planning...
Jul 4, 2024

Saskatchewan files for injunction over Canada Revenue Agency collecting carbon money
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says it has filed for an injunction to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting carbon levy dollars the province owes. Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre didn't p...
Jul 4, 2024

Deputy prime minister says 'vast, vast majority' of Liberal caucus supports Trudeau
HAMILTON - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the "vast, vast majority" of Liberal MPs continue to support their leader. Her comments come as questions continue to swirl about Prime Minister...
Jul 4, 2024