Category Archives: Canada
New research affirms construction workers disproportionately affected by opioid deaths
TORONTO - Researchers hope a new report examining the occupations of people who have died of opioid overdoses in Ontario raises awareness about the breadth of the population affected by the drug epide...
Jul 22, 2026
'Vicious cycle': What you need to know about Trump's Great Depression-era tariff tool
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Canada by threatening to use an obscure Great Depression-era legal tool to impose new tariffs - and it's not clear whether there are any guardrails ...
Jul 22, 2026
Coalition calls on minister to withdraw criticism of museum's Palestinian exhibit
OTTAWA - A coalition of civil society groups is pushing back against criticism by a federal cabinet minister and Jewish organizations of a museum exhibit on Palestinian displacement. The Canadian Muse...
Jul 22, 2026
New graphic images are rolling out on cigarette packs in Canada. Could more be done?
TORONTO - A baby swarmed by smoke. A toilet of bloody urine. A cancerous colon. These are among the new series of 13 graphic images that are required to be printed on cigarette packages across Canada ...
Jul 22, 2026
With flames in backyard, Boston Bar resident tells of B.C. town surrounded by fire
Attila Banhegyi said a tree was burning in the backyard of his home in Boston Bar, B.C., a community now surrounded by fire. Banhegyi, who runs a campground and also has a mail-order cosmetics busines...
Jul 22, 2026
B.C. review board finds suspected police killer unfit for trial
A man accused of first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park has been found unfit for trial by the British Columbia Review Board and has been ordered h...
Jul 21, 2026
Cross-border bridge celebration 'inappropriate' after Trump's tariff threats: Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government said Tuesday that in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats, Canada will not be celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International bridge wi...
Jul 21, 2026
A timeline of Donald Trump's trade war with Canada
Donald Trump was elected to a second term in 2024 and it's been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of tar...
Jul 21, 2026
Nine premiers agree to direct-to-consumer alcohol sales from out-of-province
The premiers of nine provinces announced Tuesday that they're removing major barriers to interprovincial sales of alcohol. Provincial rules will be changed to allow brewers and distillers to sell alco...
Jul 21, 2026
Salmonella outbreak over but ban on pistachios from Iran still in effect: PHAC
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says a salmonella outbreak from contaminated pistachios is over but people should still avoid pistachio products coming from Iran. The outbreak began in Ma...
Jul 21, 2026