Category Archives: Canada

Shifting global picture disrupted Canada's national security strategy update: memo
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's efforts to revise Canada's national security strategy hit a snag when it became clear earlier this year that many of the assumptions underlying the work were "no long...
Oct 12, 2025

Senator says she was never told her 2005 surgery would leave her sterile
OTTAWA - A Quebec senator says she was never told by her doctor that a surgical procedure she went through in 2005 would render her unable to have children, and hopes her story can advance a broader r...
Oct 12, 2025

Carney condemns Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy during call with Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke Saturday about recent Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid. A readout about the call issued by the Prime Minister's Offic...
Oct 11, 2025

Activists from Gaza-bound flotilla expected to return to Canada this weekend
The first of six Canadian activists aboard a flotilla that was detained by Israeli forces while attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has returned home. Indigenous rights activist Msk...
Oct 11, 2025

'Shovel Superman’': Alberta man uses vacation to help clean up floods in Taiwan
HUALIEN CITY - While many people like to spend their vacations on the beach or at resorts, Jaron Rosso Wiigs of Edmonton used some of his days off to shovel mud after a typhoon in Taiwan. When he arri...
Oct 11, 2025

Canada's first non-beating heart transplant could lead to shorter wait lists: UHN
TORONTO - A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor. University Heal...
Oct 11, 2025

Mail, parcel delivery to resume as postal union begins rotating strikes
Kathryn Gallagher Morton is "absolutely thrilled" that Canada Post is at least moving. "It may be moving slowly now, but at least it's moving," said Morton, who is the owner of Maplelea, a small busin...
Oct 11, 2025

Former Liberal cabinet minister says young people are hesitant to enter politics
OTTAWA - Sergio Marchi says when he asks students in his university course on politics how many of them are interested in a career in public life, he's surprised if two or three of them raise a hand. ...
Oct 11, 2025

Alberta Premier Smith says Ottawa is dodging responsibility for pipeline decision
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province's planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast. In a statement Fri...
Oct 10, 2025

DNA advances lead to Quebec man admitting to murdering 10-year-old girl in 1994
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of a 10-year-old girl in a northern Montreal suburb more than 31 years ago, bringing closure to the young victim's ...
Oct 10, 2025