Category Archives: Canada

Rainbows to deck Toronto streets for Pride parade amid fears for 2026 cash crunch
TORONTO - The streets of Toronto will be filled with rainbows this afternoon when the annual Pride parade takes place, but there's a cloud hanging over future festivities. Today's event will see more ...
Jun 29, 2025

Interest in 'elbows up' merchandise waning ahead of Canada Day, businesses say
When Rachael Coe decided to launch an "elbows up" merchandise line at her store in Yarmouth, N.S., in March, she said it was an immediate bestseller. Within a week, Coe said her Timeless Memories shop...
Jun 29, 2025

Liberals taking 'fresh' look at online harms bill, justice minister says
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government plans to take a "fresh" look at its online harms legislation over the summer but it's not clear yet exactly what the bill will look li...
Jun 29, 2025

Captain Kirk would be 'appalled' at state of Earth's decline, William Shatner says
Captain James T. Kirk would be appalled at the rapid acceleration of climate change on Earth, says William Shatner, the Montreal-born actor who played the head of the USS Enterprise in the "Star Trek"...
Jun 29, 2025

'A no-brainer': Some bosses happily giving staff Monday off along with Canada Day
TORONTO - Anyone who works Monday to Friday and is keen for a long weekend this Canada Day has likely had to do a bit of calendar juggling to cope with the ill-timed holiday. The stat day falls on a T...
Jun 28, 2025

New laws against blocking access to places of worship, schools coming, Fraser says
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the Liberal government will press ahead with plans for new criminal provisions against blocking access to places or worship, schools and community centres. T...
Jun 28, 2025

'So terrifying': Iranian student on fleeing back to safety in Canada amid conflict
Arash Ghaderi can't forget the moment his wife tearfully woke him up to tell him a war had just started. Ghaderi, a 35-year-old PhD student at the University of Alberta, and his wife travelled last mo...
Jun 28, 2025

New Yukon Premier Mike Pemberton sworn in, says there's work to do before election
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's 11th premier has been sworn in on the promise to get important work done before the next election that must be called within months. Mike Pemberton told a crowd after the ceremony...
Jun 27, 2025

B.C., Vancouver, First Nations sign deal to partner in planning, hosting World Cup
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government, the City of Vancouver and three First Nations have signed an agreement to co-operate on hosting the seven World Cup games being played in the city next year....
Jun 27, 2025

Man charged with vandalism of National Holocaust Monument
OTTAWA - A 46-year-old man has been charged after Canada's National Holocaust Monument was vandalized earlier this month. The Ottawa Police Service said in a news release Friday that the man was charg...
Jun 27, 2025