Category Archives: Canada
Jeremy Hansen becomes first non-NASA astronaut to receive U.S. Space Medal of Honor
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen has become the first non-NASA astronaut to receive the American Congressional Space Medal of Honor in a ceremony alongside his crewmates on Friday. U.S. Pre...
Aug 28, 2026
Canada's economy was surging in Q2. Now, it braces for new tariff headwinds
OTTAWA - Fresh data from Statistics Canada on Friday suggests the economy was growing at a healthy clip in the second quarter and rumblings of a recession earlier in the year might have been overblown...
Aug 28, 2026
Banman is 6th B.C. Conservative to quit this month, calls leader Findlay unelectable
Bruce Banman, who gave the B.C. Conservatives official party status in the British Columbia legislature when he crossed the floor to join colleague John Rustad in 2023, has joined the rush out of the ...
Aug 27, 2026
B.C. ends fire state of emergency after 20 days, thousands of evacuations, one death
BOSTON BAR - British Columbia has ended a provincial state of emergency that was imposed on Aug. 8 in response to wildfires that sent thousands of people fleeing and resulted in one death. The state o...
Aug 27, 2026
Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S.
VANCOUVER - Canadian universities have recruited dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many of them poached from prestigious U.S. institutions, in the first intake of a program to attract worl...
Aug 27, 2026
Air Canada suspends two employees after RCMP drug trafficking investigation
MONTREAL - Air Canada says it has suspended the two employees arrested by the RCMP on Wednesday in connection with alleged cocaine and cannabis trafficking out of Montral-Trudeau Airport. The airline ...
Aug 27, 2026
Anti-immigrant speaker blocked from entering Canada in time for Hamilton event
OTTAWA - Austrian anti-immigrant speaker Martin Sellner says he was not granted an electronic travel authorization in time for a trip to Hamilton to speak at a nationalist conference. In a video poste...
Aug 27, 2026
Wasp attack warnings as swarms surge in B.C. amid warm weather and abundant food
VANCOUVER - When the wasp swarm attacked a climber on a trail north of Vancouver this week, her reaction was so severe she needed helicopter evacuation. But Maria Masiar, search manager with Lions Bay...
Aug 27, 2026
Flight controllers allegedly punched out early before Air Canada plane crash
MONTREAL - The union representing American air traffic controllers has acknowledged allegations that two members left work early shortly before an Air Canada regional jet crashed at LaGuardia Airport ...
Aug 27, 2026
From sunscreen to dairy, these are the U.S. goods hit by Canada's retaliatory tariffs
OTTAWA - The trade war between Canada and the United States enters a new chapter Tuesday as the Canadian government introduces retaliatory tariff measures. Canada is striking back at the U.S. trade wa...
Aug 27, 2026