Category Archives: Canada
Union, farm groups say cuts at federal agriculture centres will set sector back
The union representing workers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and some farming groups are firing back at Ottawa over abrupt job cuts and closures. The Agriculture Union said Monday the decision t...
Jan 26, 2026
South Korean sub maker Hanwha signs agreement with Algoma Steel
OTTAWA - South Korean submarine maker Hanwha announced Monday it had signed a flurry of partnership agreements with Canadian companies, including Sault Ste. Marie's tariff-battered Algoma Steel, as it...
Jan 26, 2026
Canada sending Coast Guard vessel to Greenland for opening of new consulate: Anand
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada's "principled pragmatism" in foreign policy will be on full display next week in Greenland when she opens Canada's new consulate in the Danish...
Jan 26, 2026
Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to court
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court Monday on charges he allegedly ran a billion-dollar multinational drug tra...
Jan 26, 2026
Carney stands by Plains of Abraham speech that rankled Quebec's political class
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday stood by his comments about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, remarks that had drawn a swift rebuke from Quebec's political class and demands for an ap...
Jan 26, 2026
ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for 'holding and processing'
VANCOUVER - The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Cu...
Jan 26, 2026
Carney defends Canada's Afghanistan record but does not ask Trump for apology
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday defended the Canadian military's contributions to the war in Afghanistan - but stopped short of asking U.S. President Donald Trump to apologize for belitt...
Jan 26, 2026
Ottawa gives conditional approval for Marineland to export remaining belugas to U.S.
Marineland's belugas have received a reprieve from death row after the federal government conditionally approved a plan to export the last remaining captive whales in Canada to the United States. Fish...
Jan 26, 2026
Woman found dead in Montreal-area home without power during extreme cold
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a woman whose body was found Sunday evening inside a Montreal-area home that had been without power for more than a day. It was fire departm...
Jan 26, 2026
Snowstorm wreaks havoc on air travel plans, as recovery begins
MONTREAL - Canadian airlines continued to cancel flights by the hundreds following a record-breaking snowstorm that walloped southern Ontario and Quebec on Sunday before whirling farther east, though ...
Jan 26, 2026