Category Archives: Canada

Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - The Alberta government has invoked the Charter's notwithstanding clause to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth and adults. It's the seco...
Nov 18, 2025

Conservative MP Stubbs defends missing budget vote after surgery
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs missed Monday's critical budget vote because she is recovering from major surgery, a statement posted to social media said Tuesday. The budget motion passed by ...
Nov 18, 2025

CRTC updates definition of Canadian content, says AI doesn't count
OTTAWA - The federal broadcast regulator has released a new definition of Canadian content - and it says artificial intelligence can't qualify. The new definition maintains the same approach as the pr...
Nov 18, 2025

Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries
TORONTO - Ophthalmologists are urging provincial governments not to move ahead with plans that would allow optometrists to perform some surgeries and laser eye treatments, which are currently outside ...
Nov 18, 2025

Carney off to the United Arab Emirates tonight before heading to G20 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to the United Arab Emirates tonight before making his way to South Africa for the G20 Leaders' Summit later this week. A news release from the Prime M...
Nov 18, 2025

John Main selected as Nunavut's premier, marking territory's first non-Inuk leader
OTTAWA - John Main was selected as Nunavut's next premier on Tuesday, marking the first time Nunavut will have a non-Inuk leader. Main, a third-term MLA who speaks fluent Inuktitut and served as Nunav...
Nov 18, 2025

Canada, U.S., Finland take step forward on ICE Pact plan to build icebreakers
WASHINGTON - Canada, the United States and Finland have taken a step toward building new icebreakers together, despite the breakdown in trade talks between Ottawa and the Trump administration. Canada'...
Nov 18, 2025

Canada Post expects to lose 30K employees to retirement, voluntary departures by 2035
OTTAWA - With Canada Post facing deep losses, the Crown corporation's CEO said Tuesday the company expects to lose up to 30,000 employees to retirement or voluntary departure over the next decade as i...
Nov 18, 2025

Joly says Canada 'didn't get enough' benefits out of F-35 procurement deal
OTTAWA - The Liberal government believes Canada was short changed on industrial benefits out of its contract to purchase American-made F-35 stealth fighter jets, Industry Minister Mlanie Joly said Tue...
Nov 18, 2025

Report finds one in five immigrants leaves Canada within 25 years
OTTAWA - A new report says one in five newcomers to Canada leaves the country within 25 years of their arrival - and most of those who depart do so within the first five years of arriving. The Institu...
Nov 18, 2025