Category Archives: Canada
Artemis II crew and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen ready for historic moon mission
LONGUEUIL - The crew of the Artemis II mission, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are heading around the moon in 2026, but the team said Wednesday they are most concerned about laying the gr...
Sep 24, 2025
Population growth in Q2 fell to slowest pace on record for quarter excluding pandemic
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's population grew at its slowest pace for a second quarter since comparable record keeping began in 1946, excluding 2020 when the pandemic hit. The agency s...
Sep 24, 2025
Offer for Alberta teachers includes same pay with COVID shots, voting starts Saturday
EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Wednesday it had struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide, though the proposal is largely the same as the province's...
Sep 24, 2025
Quebec government bans gender-neutral pronouns in official state documents
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is banning the use of recently invented gender-neutral words in all official communications, in what it says is an attempt to protect the integrity of the French langu...
Sep 24, 2025
Ottawa planning 'refreshed' AI strategy, data protection bill
MONTREAL - The federal government is putting together a task force to guide its next steps on artificial intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon is promising an update to the g...
Sep 24, 2025
In the news today: P.M. wraps up U.N. visit, Ontario office return upsets sales plans
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney wraps up trip to UN General Assembly Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are many possibilities for C...
Sep 24, 2025
Interim stay of cull order turns despair to joy on B.C. ostrich farm
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside ...
Sep 24, 2025
Carney sees possibilities for Canada as he wraps up trip to UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada can find opportunities in crisis after attending this week's United Nations General Assembly in New York - where U.S. President Donald Trump use...
Sep 24, 2025
In-office rules for public servants thwarting plan to sell off space, government says
OTTAWA - Public Services and Procurement Canada says its plan to sell off or lease surplus office space has been derailed in part by the government's push to increase the number of days public servant...
Sep 24, 2025
Canada pledges $60M for Haiti, with most cash contingent on UN approval of U.S. plan
OTTAWA - Canada has pledged $60 million to help Haiti fight back brazen criminal gangs, with most of the funding contingent on the United Nations supporting an American plan to expand a police mission...
Sep 23, 2025