Category Archives: Canada
Oilers defend Formenton signing as superfan 'Mama Stanley' withdraws support
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers' decision to sign a former Team Canada junior player acquitted of sexual assault last year has come as a massive body check to one longtime superfan. Mary Loewen - affec...
Sep 9, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Calgary ahead of Carney meeting
CALGARY - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy landed in Calgary on Wednesday night ahead of a scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. They are set to meet in the city Thursday morning, ...
Sep 9, 2026
B.C. court certifies wheelchair users' class-action lawsuit against Air Canada
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit filed against Air Canada by passengers who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids. Lead plaintiff Rodney Hodgins, who has spast...
Sep 9, 2026
Trade tensions with Canada not top of mind for Republicans at convention
DALLAS - U.S. President Donald Trump told his most ardent followers Wednesday that Canada "very much wants to make a deal" while headlining a highly unusual Republican convention a day after escalatin...
Sep 9, 2026
Feds drop plans to skirt Species At Risk Act for major projects
OTTAWA - The federal government is abandoning plans to exempt certain projects from laws designed to protect species at risk after an overwhelmingly negative response to the proposal during a summer o...
Sep 9, 2026
As the trade war dominates Canadian politics, Conservatives fight among themselves
OTTAWA - The Conservative party's big tent has been filled with infighting these past few months. It may not be obvious to anyone who spent the summer in an actual tent, rather than on social media, b...
Sep 9, 2026
Sons 'shattered' by stray-bullet death of Chang Yong Cho in his Burnaby, B.C., home
The two sons of Chang Yong Cho, who was killed in his Burnaby, B.C., home by a stray bullet, say they are "shattered" by the death of the 85-year-old. Justin and David Cho said in a statement on Wedne...
Sep 9, 2026
New U.S. tariffs, import bans unlikely to dent Canadian near-term growth: economists
OTTAWA - New U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions on Canadian goods are unlikely to significantly affect Canadian economic growth in the near term, economists said Wednesday. Yet the latest escalation ...
Sep 9, 2026
AI minister says solutions exist after Anthropic researcher quits over safety fears
OTTAWA - The federal artificial intelligence minister said the government is closely following the situation at Anthropic after a researcher who resigned from the company Tuesday said people in the in...
Sep 9, 2026
Unions, employers split on government intervention in labour disputes
OTTAWA - The federal government says employers and unions are divided over how much power Ottawa should have to intervene in labour disputes. Employment and Social Development Canada released a report...
Sep 9, 2026