Category Archives: Canada

Photo Gallery: Lachine Canal marks its 200th anniversary
Over two centuries, the Lachine Canal has been transformed from an industrial thoroughfare to a neglected backwater to a prime example of urban gentrification. The 14-kilometre Lachine Canal opened in...
Jul 21, 2025

Advocates work to put health care on the radar as premiers meet in Ontario
OTTAWA - Health-care advocacy groups and associations representing doctors and nurses are in Ontario's cottage country this week, trying to ensure health care remains a top priority for premiers. The ...
Jul 21, 2025

Canada joins 24 nations calling on Israel to end war in Gaza, aid restrictions
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and 24 of her counterparts abroad have signed a joint statement saying "the war in Gaza must end now." The signatories - who include the foreign ministers...
Jul 21, 2025

PM to meet with U.S. senators in Ottawa to talk trade
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with a delegation of U.S. senators this morning who are in Ottawa to discuss the ongoing trade conflict between Canada and the U.S. A media advisory ...
Jul 21, 2025

In the news today: Premiers to hear from Indigenous groups at meeting
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Premiers to hear from Indigenous groups at meeting A three-day meeting of the country's premiers gets underway...
Jul 21, 2025

Premiers to meet with Indigenous groups on first day of three-day Ontario gathering
HUNTSVILLE, ONT. - A three-day meeting of the country's premiers gets underway today, and the first item on the agenda is discussions with Indigenous groups. The premiers are gathering at Deerhurst Re...
Jul 21, 2025

Unionized workers at Canada Post to start voting on contract offer
OTTAWA - Unionized workers at Canada Post begin voting on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer today. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging they reject the proposal. Canada Post is a...
Jul 21, 2025

Expert group says the next six months are 'crucial' for major projects bill success
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government should prioritize Indigenous engagement and declare "low-risk, high-impact" projects as being in the national interest within the next six months to va...
Jul 21, 2025

Wildfire, tornado researchers look for answers in Jasper's charred forest
Lori Daniels and a team of researchers plan to let a hand-held GPS guide them in a few weeks to more than 100 spots in the charred forest around Jasper, Alta. At each location, they'll plunge a stake ...
Jul 21, 2025

Jasper, Parks Canada officials giving tours, remarks ahead of wildfire anniversary
JASPER, ALTA. - Officials with Parks Canada and the town of Jasper, Alta., are to provide remarks and tours of the community today as they get set to mark the one-year anniversary of a devastating wil...
Jul 21, 2025