Category Archives: Canada
How a Vancouver ATM user with 66 cards set off years-long probe of online drug sales
VANCOUVER - It was more than three years ago when Vancouver police arrested a man after he was seen using multiple bank cards to make withdrawals at an ATM. A search revealed he was carrying 66 bank c...
Jul 26, 2026
'Bright' future: RCAF chief says spike in defence spending is boosting flight times
OTTAWA - One year into her new job as commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet said she could see an immediate effect of the federal government's defence spending boo...
Jul 26, 2026
Israel pitches Canada high-tech trade and safer AI as diplomatic tensions persist
OTTAWA - Israel is pitching itself to Canada as a technology partner that can offer tangible solutions and safer artificial intelligence, despite the heavy strains on the bilateral relationship over w...
Jul 26, 2026
Conservatives call for emergency meeting on Trump threats, demand Carney explain plan
OTTAWA - The Conservative shadow minister for Canada-U.S. relations is calling on Ottawa to provide its negotiation plan with U.S. President Donald Trump at an emergency meeting. Shuv Majumdar says in...
Jul 26, 2026
Advocates hail feds’ rejection of island airport plan, while trade groups pan it
The federal government's decision to halt Ontario's plan for a major expansion of Billy Bishop airport will guard Toronto's waterfront against serious setbacks to its revitalization, advocates say - w...
Jul 25, 2026
Alberta premier says she won't retaliate Trump's latest threats with alcohol ban
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she does not plan to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian goods with an alcohol ban. She told her p...
Jul 25, 2026
Canadian NATO intern arrested on suspicions of espionage in Belgium
MONS - A Canadian intern at NATO has been arrested on suspicions of espionage. Belgium's Federal Prosecutor's Office said it launched an espionage investigation after NATO's security services tipped o...
Jul 25, 2026
Embrace difference, says 4-foot-6 B.C. performer Devyn Dalton, Damon's Odyssey double
Vancouver stunt woman Devyn Dalton says she never expected her biceps to go viral. But then Matt Damon credited his four-foot-six-inch stunt double in "The Odyssey" for having "the greatest arms" he's...
Jul 25, 2026
Feds received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to major project reviews
OTTAWA - The federal government says it received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to how major projects are reviewed and will spend the coming weeks combing over those submissions. A window...
Jul 25, 2026
The government has two definitions of disability. Advocates say it leaves people out.
OTTAWA - Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don't understand why the federal government has two different definitions of disability in law - and uses the narrower version to deci...
Jul 25, 2026