Category Archives: Canada
Canadian diplomat expelled from China in retaliation for similar move by Ottawa
China has declared a Canadian diplomat as "persona non grata" in retaliation for Ottawa's expulsion of a Chinese consular official, who Canada's spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate...
May 9, 2023
A year later, Ukrainian hopes to stay in rural Newfoundland but work is hard to find
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Stanislav Vasylchuk is more than 6,000 kilometres from home, and he's the only Ukrainian in the remote Newfoundland mining town of Baie Verte, a community of about 1,300 people surr...
May 9, 2023
High temperatures in B.C. pose 'threat of new wildfires,' wildfire service warns
Rain and cooler temperatures in northeastern British Columbia will help suppression efforts for two out-of-control wildfires, but high temperatures forecast for later this week may pose a new threat, ...
May 8, 2023
Canada's long history of expelling diplomats
OTTAWA - Canada's expulsion of a Chinese diplomat following allegations of a threat campaign against a Conservative MP marks the first time in five years a foreign representative is told to pack up an...
May 8, 2023
Alberta premier apologizes for comments linking COVID vaccinated to Nazi followers
EDMONTON - United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith apologized Monday after a 2021 video surfaced of her saying she wouldn't wear a Remembrance Day poppy while comparing those who got the COVID-19 va...
May 8, 2023
Eby says he met CSIS regional boss over foreign election meddling in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he had a meeting with the regional director of Canada's spy agency over allegations of foreign interference in the province's elections. He says he w...
May 8, 2023
'Persona non grata:' Canada expelling Chinese diplomat after threats to Tory MP
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is expelling Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei, whom Canada's spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Ko...
May 8, 2023
TB screening planned for Nunavut hamlet battling outbreak since 2021
PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut - The Nunavut government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, a group representing Inuit in the territory, are holding a community-wide screening clinic for tuberculosis in Pangnir...
May 8, 2023
Defence minister says Canada wants to share advanced military technology with allies
OTTAWA - The defence minister says Canada is interested in sharing more advanced defence technology with its allies as the focus of a trilateral military deal between Australia, the United Kingdom and...
May 8, 2023
Family, friends gather at private funeral for Gordon Lightfoot in his hometown
ORILLIA, Ont. - Close friends and family of Gordon Lightfoot came together for a small, private funeral on Monday held at the Orillia, Ont. church where he was once a choir boy. A group of roughly 50 ...
May 8, 2023