Category Archives: Canada

I'm the one laughing now, victim tells B.C. sex trafficker at sentencing hearing
NEW WESTMINSTER - A victim of a British Columbia sex trafficker says she will "never forgive" the woman who manipulated, sexually exploited and assaulted her over the course of a year. "The physical i...
Jun 09, 2026

Carney, MPs raise Pride Flag on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - The rights of LGBTQ+ people around the world are backsliding and the community is underrepresented in Canada's democracy, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday at a ceremony to raise the Pr...
Jun 09, 2026

Minister now open to trimming metadata retention period in 'lawful access' bill
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he is now open to shortening the time electronic service providers would be required to retain digital metadata under a proposed bill intended ...
Jun 09, 2026

Health experts tell Quebec politicians there are no benefits from energy drinks
Health experts told Quebec's legislature that there are no health benefits to consuming energy drinks as Health Minister Sonia Blanger hopes to pass a bill banning the sale of the beverages to those u...
Jun 09, 2026

Rabies vaccination program for skunks, raccoons in effort to stop spread to Montreal
MONTREAL - The raccoons that roam Montreal's alleys, parks and backyards are a familiar part of city life. But as raccoon rabies cases mount south and east of Quebec, wildlife officials are making eff...
Jun 09, 2026

Air Canada flight attendant shares Mohawk culture with pop star Rihanna
MONTREAL - An Air Canada flight attendant got a thrill last week when she gifted pop superstar Rihanna a beaded lanyard from her Mohawk community south of Montreal. Lily Kahnerahtiio Dailleboust says ...
Jun 09, 2026

PQ threatens to withdraw Quebec from high-speed rail project if it forms government
QUBEC - The Parti Qubcois threatened on Tuesday to withdraw Quebec from the federal government's proposed high-speed rail network if the party wins the October provincial election, drawing widespread ...
Jun 09, 2026

Artificial intelligence 'promising and problematic' for courts, chief justice says
OTTAWA - Artificial intelligence is proving to be both promising and problematic for Canadian courtrooms, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Tuesday. Distinguishing fact from fiction has become more di...
Jun 09, 2026

Ancient squirrel feces a 'time capsule,' smelling as fresh as 700,000 years ago
The scent of ancient squirrel feces filled the laboratory where researcher Tyler Murchie was working to extract the genetic material it contained, revealing the scat can still smell just as fresh toda...
Jun 09, 2026

Ottawa's new Digital Safety Act expected to include under-16 social media ban
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to bar kids under the age of 16 from social media in new legislation set to be introduced Wednesday. The government gave notice Tuesday that it will introdu...
Jun 09, 2026