Category Archives: Canada

Navalny's widow to meet with Trudeau, Joly in Ottawa on Tuesday
OTTAWA - The widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is expected to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly on Tuesday in Ottawa. Yulia Navaln...
Jun 17, 2024

Alberta to ban cellphones in K-12 classrooms starting in fall
CALGARY - Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the province is moving to ban cellphones in kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms starting in the fall. Nicolaides says cellphones help wit...
Jun 17, 2024

Sask Party MLAs deflect committee attempt to call witnesses into gun in Legislature
REGINA - Members of the governing Saskatchewan Party are rebuffing an Opposition attempt to call witnesses to answer questions on weapons allegations against a cabinet minister. In a meeting of the Ho...
Jun 17, 2024

'Revolutionary youth summer program' gets underway at McGill pro-Palestine encampment
MONTREAL - A so-called "revolutionary" summer school is starting this afternoon at a pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University's downtown Montreal campus. The program includes lectures on Palest...
Jun 17, 2024

'Stupid' or 'unethical': Green leader suggests MPs should have asked more questions
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says MPs identified in a secret parliamentary report on foreign interference should have asked more questions when offered help in their nomination races from...
Jun 17, 2024

Work begins to fix problem spots on Calgary water main; restrictions to last weeks
CALGARY - Calgary's mayor says work begins today to fix more problem spots on a major water main. Jyoti Gondek says engineers and hydrologists used a robot last week to complete an inspection of the p...
Jun 17, 2024

Blair defends navy's Cuba visit, says critics may be 'confused' about its purpose
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says he was acting on advice from the military when he approved a plan to send a Canadian ship to Cuba, but he won't say what advice he got. The trip is getting at...
Jun 17, 2024

Canadian safety board says unregistered submersibles still diving after Titan deaths
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Since the doomed Titan made its descent to view the Titanic wreck one year ago, other unregistered submersibles have been operating within Canadian waters, says the Transportation S...
Jun 17, 2024

AI chatbots use Canadian news, but Ottawa won't say if they should be paying for it
OTTAWA - The federal government is dodging questions about whether AI companies should be paying Canadian news publishers for content their chatbots are openly using. Last year the Liberal government ...
Jun 17, 2024

Trial resumes for two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at Coutts blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The trial of two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the 2022 blockade at Coutts, Alta., resumes today. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert are on trial in Court of King...
Jun 17, 2024