Category Archives: Canada
Innu community in Quebec signs deal to take back control of child welfare services
An Innu community in the Cte-Nord region of Quebec has signed a deal with the federal and provincial governments to officially recognize its jurisdiction over child and family services. The agreement ...
Jul 10, 2026
Media consortium seeks Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting documents
VANCOUVER - A consortium of media outlets has gone to court in British Columbia to obtain information about guns used in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting and the firearms seized from the home of the at...
Jul 10, 2026
Gordie Howe International Bridge to open July 27 after delay
WASHINGTON - The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Ontario to Michigan will open July 27, the federal government has confirmed. A planned ribbon-cutting ceremony last month was delayed as th...
Jul 10, 2026
Veteran mediator Vince Ready to step in to try to end B.C. nurses' dispute
PRINCE GEORGE - Two mediators have been appointed to help settle the British Columbia nurses' dispute but that won't stop the nurses from escalating their job action. Adriane Gear, president of the BC...
Jul 10, 2026
Liberals set to hold nomination for upcoming Toronto byelection
OTTAWA - The Liberals are planning to choose a candidate July 18 for an upcoming byelection in a Toronto-area riding that's considered a safe bet for the governing party. Longtime MP Nate Erskine-Smit...
Jul 10, 2026
California Democrat calls for Canada to end U.S. alcohol restrictions
WASHINGTON - A Democrat Senator from California wrote a letter to Premier Christine Frchette asking Quebec to lift restrictions on the importation and sale of U.S. wine as the American bipartisan push...
Jul 10, 2026
Applications for federal public service jobs drop by almost 30 per cent
OTTAWA - The number of people applying for a job in the federal government plummeted last year as Ottawa works to slash the size of the public service. Two years ago, there were more than a million ap...
Jul 10, 2026
What's happening to deer at Marineland? Questions swirl as CFIA probes animal removal
NIAGARA FALLS - More than 300 deer at Marineland have been the focus of a months-long investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency amid allegations that an animal broker has been improperly re...
Jul 10, 2026
Uyghur group asks Canada to go beyond 'vague' response to China ethnic-unity law
OTTAWA - Ottawa's reaction to a new Chinese law on ethnic unity is tepid and does not live up to Canada's promise to stop foreign governments from threatening diaspora abroad, a Uyghur rights activist...
Jul 10, 2026
Supreme Court restores minimum sentence for obtaining sexual services from a minor
The Supreme Court of Canada has reinstated the mandatory minimum sentence for offenders who obtain or solicit sexual services from a minor in exchange for money. In doing so, the country's highest cou...
Jul 10, 2026