Category Archives: Canada
Montreal museum spotlights sex workers history of activism and resistance
MONTREAL - When community group Mile End Chavurah held an event in 2023 to name Jewish Montreal's "new patron saint," Maimie Pinzer was the winning choice. As an activist, Pinzer established a communi...
Dec 01, 2025
New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not be 'gatekeeping' PrEP
A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing a new guideline for prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a strong focus on increasing the promotion and awareness of the expan...
Nov 30, 2025
Quebec coroner calls for better pedestrian safety after death of girl, 7, in 2022
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is recommending strengthened measures to protect pedestrian safety after the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee in 2022. Coroner ric Lpine said in a re...
Nov 30, 2025
UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
OTTAWA - The head of the United Nations' HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government's planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. "My message to Prime M...
Nov 30, 2025
Investigators deployed to scene following a train derailment near Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK - An investigation is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 16 kilometres east of Cranbrook, B.C. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says...
Nov 29, 2025
Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead...
Nov 29, 2025
Unions, community groups rally in Montreal against Quebec government policies
MONTREAL - Quebec's major labour unions marched in downtown Montreal Saturday, their members expressing anger over the Quebec government's legislative agenda which includes a number of measures aimed ...
Nov 29, 2025
Independent report into Quebec Liberal vote-buying allegations due in January 2026
QUBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says a retired judge hired to investigate allegations of cash payments during the party's leadership race will have to submit a report by the end of January 2026. The ...
Nov 29, 2025
Study says Canada is too lax on civilian oversight of the military
OTTAWA - Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament's rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies. That c...
Nov 29, 2025
The NDP leadership candidates have some ambitious ideas — here are some of them
OTTAWA - The five NDP leadership candidates all agree on the need to revitalize the party's grassroots and build up riding associations as the party recovers from its near-wipeout in the April electio...
Nov 29, 2025