Category Archives: Canada
New Nunavut premier takes office as federal government pushes infrastructure drive
OTTAWA - As John Main settled in for one of his first interviews since being chosen as Nunavut's new premier, his phone rang while he was in the middle of a sentence. "Hi Doug," he said, taking a cong...
Nov 23, 2025
Montreal's Wing Noodles closing after nearly 80 years, sparking concern in Chinatown
MONTREAL - Garnet Lee started working at Wing Noodles when he was eight years old, packaging wonton covers and occasionally taking breaks to play hide-and-seek among the noodle machines. Nearly 60 yea...
Nov 23, 2025
Carney evokes Mandela, looks to trade pacts to help navigate 'this moment of rupture'
JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney evoked the legacy of Nelson Mandela in praising efforts by fellow leaders to collaborate amid global volatility, as Canada sought more trade partners and prom...
Nov 23, 2025
'Cultural break.' U.S. senators say relations with Canadian neighbours are suffering
HALIFAX - The tariffs imposed on Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump have clearly caused economic pain for Canada, but a U.S. senator from Maine says he's more worried about how Canadians are reacti...
Nov 22, 2025
Another Canadian arrested linked to Ryan Wedding case
The FBI say a Vancouver man is the latest to be arrested in connection to his alleged role in Canadian Olympic snowboarder-turned-fugitive Ryan Wedding's intercontinental drug smuggling ring. An updat...
Nov 22, 2025
Quebec's federation of family doctors launches legal challenge against pay reform law
The federation representing family doctors in Quebec has launched a legal challenge against a new law that sets physician pay according to performance metrics. The federation filed its appeal for judi...
Nov 22, 2025
Solutions are slow to come for water crisis plaguing Quebec's Nunavik region
PUVIRNITUQ - Most Quebecers have only to twist a tap to get a seemingly endless source of clean water. The reality is completely different in the northern region of Nunavik, where the water supply sys...
Nov 22, 2025
G7 security ministers in Ottawa to talk organized crime, migrant smuggling, drugs
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree plans to meet his Group of Seven counterparts and others in Ottawa today to discuss problems including transnational organized crime. The two-day G7...
Nov 22, 2025
Ottawa is 'rebooting' its relationship with the tech industry, advocates say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business crowd in Montreal recently that the federal government got a bit of outside help on a major piece of innovation policy in the recently passed federa...
Nov 22, 2025
New legislation could expand First Nations status - here's what you need to know
OTTAWA - Senators have passed sweeping amendments to a bill that would simplify the transfer of First Nations status between generations, but it's not clear yet if those changes will pass the House of...
Nov 22, 2025