Category Archives: Canada
Preclearance operations in Canada are a 'critical component' of border strategy: U.S.
OTTAWA - Canada and the United States say two preclearance projects that would allow more travellers to be screened well in advance of crossing the border are set to proceed this year after many month...
Jan 11, 2026
B.C. court to hear Charter challenge over religious exemptions to assisted dying law
OTTAWA - A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia's Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance...
Jan 11, 2026
'You cannot break us': Protesters rally in Minneapolis after ICE fatal shooting
MINNEAPOLIS - Thousands gathered in Minneapolis on Saturday to push back on the Trump administration's deployment of federal forces after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed...
Jan 10, 2026
Canadians join global protests in solidarity with Iranian uprising
MONTREAL - Demonstrations were held in several Canadian cities on Saturday to voice support for the Iranian people as a popular uprising sweeping across Iran marked the end of its second week. Protest...
Jan 10, 2026
N.S. lobster exports outside China are picking up as tariffs soften demand
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's lobster sector is feeling the pinch from Chinese tariffs this year, but officials say exporters are starting to crack other international markets. Geoff Irvine, executive direc...
Jan 10, 2026
RCAF wants more than 1,200 security personnel to protect F-35s, other planes
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security personnel over the next five years at bases across the country - just as it brings its new F-35 stealth fighter je...
Jan 10, 2026
Fifty years after the Games, Quebecers still spending on Montreal's Olympic Stadium
MONTREAL - Montreal's Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof. In 2024, Quebec's tourism minister announced the province would spend $8...
Jan 10, 2026
What is 'food noise' and why are we hearing about it amid the rise of GLP-1 meds?
TORONTO - Before Brenda Rogers started taking Ozempic in the spring of 2023, she didn't realize how much "food noise" was sapping her mental energy. "You're just constantly thinking about food and not...
Jan 10, 2026
Judge reserves ruling on whether to throw out B.C. murder conviction over delays
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on whether to throw out the case against a man convicted of first-degree murder in a killing police have linked to organize...
Jan 09, 2026
'Old gal has had rough night': Main break floods iconic Yukon bar amid -40 C weather
A major water main break in Dawson City, Yukon, flooded streets and a historic bar as temperatures plunged to -40 C amid a recent cold snap. Dawson's public works department said some residents and bu...
Jan 09, 2026