Category Archives: Canada
Crown says accused in Quebec daycare deaths not criminally responsible
LAVAL, Que. - The man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when the transit bus he was driving crashed into a Montreal-area daycare two years ago should be found not criminally resp...
Feb 26, 2025
Canada, Germany working on diversifying trade in face of U.S. threats
OTTAWA - Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs. Germany's Ambassador to Canada Tjorv...
Feb 26, 2025
Justice minister orders new trial for Alberta man convicted of murder in 1991
OTTAWA - The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder in Alberta more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment ...
Feb 26, 2025
Polls suggest a close race as federal election approaches
OTTAWA - Multiple polls now suggest the next federal election - which could begin in a matter of weeks - will be a tight race. At least one major pollster has the Liberals in the lead and ahead of the...
Feb 26, 2025
Alberta man spearheads parliamentary petition to keep Trump out of Canada
OTTAWA - More than 28,000 people have signed a parliamentary petition urging Ottawa to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from Canada for persistently threatening the country's sovereignty. Alberta resid...
Feb 26, 2025
Chiefs in Ontario to vote on federal child welfare reform deal
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs in Ontario are voting today on whether to accept a child welfare reform deal with the federal government as an election approaches. A national $47.8 billion deal proposed...
Feb 26, 2025
Assembly of First Nations vote Francis Verreault-Paul as Quebec-Labrador grand chief
MONTREAL - Francis Verreault-Paul has been elected the new regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations for Quebec and Labrador. Verreault-Paul takes over from Ghislain Picard, who decided not to r...
Feb 26, 2025
More LGBTQ+ Americans are looking to come to Canada since Trump was elected
OTTAWA - A LGBTQ+ aid organization says there was a massive spike in the number of Americans looking to leave the country immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump was re-elected. Rainbow Railroad...
Feb 26, 2025
White House says tariffs moving forward but there's still room for negotiation
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to hit Canada and Mexico with devastating duties is set to take effect next week - but a White House official confirmed on background that the tariff pl...
Feb 26, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada moving away from social media platform X
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it's moving away from the social media platform X. In an apparent farewell post to its more than 45,000 subscribers, the top court says it will focus its comm...
Feb 26, 2025