Category Archives: Canada
Oct. 7 anniversary marks three years of threats against Jewish Canadians
OTTAWA - Security guards searching bags before bar mitzvahs. Students who hide their Star of David necklaces for fear of being attacked. Synagogue services that start with staff pointing out where the...
Oct 7, 2026
Government to exclude people who suffer solely from mental illness from access to MAID
OTTAWA - The federal government will not allow people suffering solely from a mental illness to access medical assistance in dying, but it does plan to decriminalize advance requests for people who ar...
Oct 7, 2026
Canadian buoy drifts across Atlantic, washes up on shore of Irish island
Officials in northwestern Ireland say they're working to recover a large Canadian buoy that floated across the Atlantic Ocean and washed up on a coastal island. A news release from Mayo County Council...
Oct 7, 2026
New details in extensive FBI account of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting
SEATTLE - A complaint by the FBI against James Bryant in U.S. district court provides extensive new allegations about the mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where eight victims died on Feb. 10, 202...
Oct 6, 2026
Delta plane 'clipped' Air Canada aircraft at Los Angeles airport: aviation agency
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane "clipped" an Air Canada aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday. The aviation agency sa...
Oct 6, 2026
Author Steven Galloway testifies that split was 'amicable' with former student
VANCOUVER - Author and former UBC professor Steven Galloway says he was "shocked" to learn he was being accused of sexual assault, and believed he had split amicably after an affair with the former st...
Oct 6, 2026
Martel returns to Conservative caucus, joins the Tory Senate group
OTTAWA - Quebec Sen. Richard Martel is back in the opposition caucus after joining the Conservative Senate group today. Sen. Leo Housakos, the opposition leader in the Senate, says Martel is a "natura...
Oct 6, 2026
Alberta separatists see an ally in Quebec premier-designate St-Pierre Plamondon
EDMONTON - Leading figures in the push for Alberta separation are celebrating the election of Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. Jeff Rath said Tuesday that St-Pierre Plamondon's elect...
Oct 6, 2026
U.S. suspect conspired with Tumbler Ridge killer before and during attack: FBI
The FBI says that on Feb. 10, Jesse Van Rootselaar told online friend James Cody Bryant that she had dressed for the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that would claim the lives of eight victims t...
Oct 6, 2026
Carney to again visit Turkey later this month amid trade talks, LGBTQ+ crackdown
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is returning to Turkey later this month as he seeks to boost trade and defence ties with a country with rising importance. Carney was in Turkey for the NATO summit ...
Oct 6, 2026