Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is investing $100,000 to lure scientists and researchers who want to leave the United States. In a news release, Mayor Valrie Plante says the "current situation" in the...

A Statistics Canada report says Canadians are spending less time with friends than ever, with the decline sharpest among the working-age demographic. The new data show that in 2022, only 19.3 per cent...

OTTAWA - Alberta Conservative Damien Kurek says he has officially resigned as an MP after promising earlier in the spring to vacate his seat in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding to allow Conservative L...

OTTAWA - The vice chief of the defence staff says the federal government does not intend to arm the Canadian Coast Guard. Lt-Gen. Stephen Kelsey says the Coast Guard will remain a separate entity as i...

OTTAWA - The Military Police Complaints Commission says resistance to civilian oversight in the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal's office "worsened" last year. The military police watchdog released a r...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is coming under fire for seeking to rush through a major piece of legislation that grants cabinet sweeping powers to quickly approve major projects. Go...

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is recommending improved domestic violence training for the province's police officers. Andr Cantin's recommendation follows his investigation into a man who killed his thr...

OTTAWA - As First Nations leaders prepare to rally on Parliament Hill against Ottawa's controversial 'major projects' legislation, the federal minister for Indigenous services says she's asked Prime M...

OTTAWA - Canada's privacy watchdog says inadequate security measures opened the door to a data breach discovered two years ago at genetic testing company 23andMe. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresn...

Global Affairs Canada says approximately 3,500 Canadians are in Iran and another 6,700 are in Israel amid an escalating conflict between the two countries. The department says that count is based on t...