Category Archives: Canada

Organization works to support Black politicians as they face barriers, discrimination
OTTAWA - A newly incorporated organization is working to support Black politicians across Canada as they continue to face challenges with representation and discrimination. The Canadian Congress of Bl...
Aug 12, 2026

Two fisheries officers injured when vessel collides with humpback whale in B.C.
CALVERT ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Two Fisheries Department officers have been injured when the boat they were in crashed into a humpback whale on British Columbia's central coast. A statement from th...
Aug 12, 2026

Insolvencies jumped 11.5% annually in June, Canada's bankruptcy monitor shows
OTTAWA - Insolvencies in Canada are floating around levels not seen since the global financial crisis more than 15 years ago, new data shows. The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcies released ...
Aug 12, 2026

Court of Appeal judge Geneviève Cotnam appointed Chief Justice of Quebec
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced the appointment of a new Chief Justice of Quebec. Genevive Cotnam will replace Manon Savard as the head of the province's Court of Appeal. Savard st...
Aug 12, 2026

Anti-immigration speaker banned from U.K. still planning to attend Ontario conference
OTTAWA - An Austrian man who has been permanently banned from the United Kingdom for promoting extremist narratives said this week he hopes Canada won't deny him entry ahead of a conference he's set t...
Aug 12, 2026

Global Affairs tight-lipped on fate of Canadian men being held in Iraq
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada is refusing to say whether Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand discussed the repatriation of Canadian men imprisoned in Iraq when she spoke recently with her Iraqi coun...
Aug 12, 2026

Montreal police chief says he has experienced racial profiling from both sides
MONTREAL - Long before he became Montreal's police chief, Fady Dagher says he learned a lesson about racial profiling. It was in the 1990s and he was serving on the Montreal police anti-gang squad. He...
Aug 12, 2026

Partial solar eclipse, meteor shower a feast for skygazers in Canada
TORONTO - A partial solar eclipse was visible across the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec and other parts of Canada on Wednesday as the annual Perseid meteor shower also reaches its peak this week. The Cana...
Aug 12, 2026

Federal government invests $24 million for cannabis and brain health research
TORONTO - Federal Minister of Health Marjorie Michel has announced $24 million to create the Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium. Funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, t...
Aug 12, 2026

Federal government announces $34M to help communities cope with climate change
OTTAWA - The federal government is spending $34 million on projects to make Canadian communities more resilient to the effects of climate change. The funds come as cities and towns across the country ...
Aug 12, 2026