Category Archives: Canada

Carney says Canadian oil will be competitive after Maduro's ouster
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is working to expand access to oil markets in Asia now that Canada faces the prospect of Venezuelan oil displacing Canadian product in the Ameri...
Jan 06, 2026

Canada co-signs pact to help secure Ukraine after an eventual peace deal
PARIS - Canada and Ukraine's other allies in the "coalition of the willing" signed a statement Tuesday pledging to help secure Ukraine from further Russian invasions if there is a viable peace deal. P...
Jan 06, 2026

Man appears in court in connection with shootout involving police in Nunavik
MONTREAL - A 36-year-old northern Quebec man appeared in court on Tuesday in connection with a Dec. 20 exchange of gunfire with Nunavik Police Service officers that turned tragic. A person, who local ...
Jan 06, 2026

B.C. Conservative MP Scott Anderson says he rejected Liberal approach to cross floor
VERNON - A British Columbia member of Parliament says he's been approached to cross the floor to give Mark Carney's Liberal government a majority, but he's not interested in "betraying" his constituen...
Jan 05, 2026

Convicted murderer wants B.C. Supreme Court to throw out case over delays
VANCOUVER - A man convicted of first-degree murder in a killing police have said was linked to organized crime has asked British Columbia Supreme Court to throw out the case, arguing that delays in th...
Jan 05, 2026

Le Massif ski resort northeast of Quebec City to partially reopen during strike
A major ski resort northeast of Quebec City says it will partially reopen this week while its 300 unionized workers are on unlimited general strike. Le Massif de Charlevoix says its doors will open fr...
Jan 05, 2026

Maduro ouster shows Trump is bent on dominating Western Hemisphere, observers say
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's shocking capture of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro shows his administration is serious about dominating the Western Hemisphere, observers say. In its new...
Jan 05, 2026

'Frostbite capital': Efforts to reduce frostbite amputations underway in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Trevor Logan winces in pain as a nurse cleans the blistered middle finger on his right hand, swollen to twice its size due to frostbite. Inside a clinic of a downtown Edmonton homeless shel...
Jan 05, 2026

Experts say Canada should co-ordinate Western Hemisphere response to Maduro's ouster
OTTAWA - Foreign policy experts say Ottawa should reach out to nations threatened by the United States to co-ordinate a response to the Trump administration's ouster of Venezuela's autocratic ruler. "...
Jan 05, 2026

Quebec Liberals name ethics officer for leadership race after vote-buying allegations
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party has named an ethics officer to supervise the upcoming leadership race after allegations of wrongdoing sunk the previous leader. Among other responsibilities, the et...
Jan 05, 2026