Category Archives: Canada

Transportation Safety Board issues preliminary report on Pearson airport plane crash
TORONTO - A preliminary report into a plane crash at Toronto's Pearson airport last month says the aircraft's alert system indicated a high rate of descent less than three seconds before touchdown. Th...
Mar 20, 2025

PM Mark Carney expected to call federal election on Sunday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a federal election on Sunday for a vote as early as April 28. Sources would not confirm the specific date of the vote, but federal campaigns mus...
Mar 20, 2025

Poilievre wants 'shovel ready zones' with pre-approved construction permits
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants to create what he calls "shovel ready zones" that would have pre-approved permits for major projects resources or energy projects. In a media statem...
Mar 20, 2025

In the news today: Local news continues shrinking, P.M.'s blind trust explained
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Local news coverage in steep decline: report The number of local news outlets has been in significant decline ...
Mar 20, 2025

Quebec to table new bill to strengthen secularism in schools
MONTREAL - The Quebec government will table new legislation today to strengthen secularism in the province's schools. Education Minister Bernard Drainville says that religious accommodations have no p...
Mar 20, 2025

B.C. Greens want answers about New Democrats' emergency powers legislation
British Columbia's Green Party says the NDP government needs to "explain why" its proposal for broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers is needed before its two members support the legislation. Interim...
Mar 20, 2025

Confused about Mark Carney's blind trust? Here's how they work
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's critics have been asking pointed questions lately about the assets in the former central banker's blind trust - a tool meant to allow politicians to avoid conflic...
Mar 19, 2025

Trump annexation talk prompted defence talks with Europe, Joly says
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is in the "advanced" stages of negotiations with Europe on joining its new defence partnership - prompted in large part by growing concern abo...
Mar 19, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members o...
Mar 19, 2025

UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privacy and security ...
Mar 19, 2025