Category Archives: Canada

Freeland steps down as Canada's Ukraine envoy, will resign as MP soon
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland said Monday she is stepping down as the prime minister's special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine and will leave Parliament in the coming weeks - ...
Jan 05, 2026

Carney arrives in Paris for talks with Ukraine's allies about security guarantees
PARIS - Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Paris Monday ahead of a meeting with Ukraine's allies to pursue security agreements to prevent Russia from repeating its invasion if a ceasefire deal is r...
Jan 05, 2026

Protesters in Canada hold different opinions of Nicolás Maduro
OTTAWA - As a number of countries condemn the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro by the United States, protesters in front of the U.S. embassy in Ottawa on Sunday called for the federal gove...
Jan 04, 2026

N.S. couple donates 46 acres for an ‘intentional community’ with affordable housing
HALIFAX - When Amy Hendricks and Paul Davie moved to Antigonish, N.S., from Yellowknife, they had a bit of a struggle on their hands: finding the right plot of land. "We thought, how hard could it be?...
Jan 04, 2026

Canada's oil sector shouldn't panic, stay competitive after Maduro's seizure: experts
EDMONTON - Two political scientists say U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in transforming Venezuela's oil-rich sector hasn't created panic or shaken up Canada's oil industry. Heather Exner-Pirot,...
Jan 04, 2026

Ribbon Skirt Day leader reflects on changes since her cultural attire was shamed
In Isabella Kulak's home is a box of about a few hundred letters, notes and hand-drawn pictures of ribbon skirts sent to her from across Canada and beyond - fan mail from those who consider her story ...
Jan 04, 2026

Tangled cars and billowing smoke: Remembering Hinton rail disaster 40 years later
HINTON - Colin Hanington followed a plume of smoke to reach one of the deadliest railway crashes in Canadian history, and almost 40 years later remembers the silence when he got there. Hanington was a...
Jan 04, 2026

RCMP investigate gunfire on First Nation in Saskatchewan after deadly shooting
Police in northern Saskatchewan are investigating a report of gunshots on a First Nation and whether they're tied to a deadly shooting there last week. Mounties say they were called late Friday to Big...
Jan 04, 2026

Carney says Canada 'welcomes the opportunity for freedom' after Maduro's capture
TORONTO - The daring ouster of the president of Venezuela by the U.S. military sent shockwaves through the Western Hemisphere as President Donald Trump heralded the operation in the oil-rich Latin Ame...
Jan 03, 2026

Ottawa propose fines of up to $1M for violating foreign influence registry rules
OTTAWA - The federal government proposes fining people and organizations up to $1 million for failing to comply with the requirements of its planned foreign influence transparency registry. Newly publ...
Jan 03, 2026