Category Archives: Canada
Federal budget forecasts $78B deficit as Liberals shift spending to capital projects
OTTAWA - This year's federal budget contains a deficit nearly twice the size forecast by the Liberals a year ago, as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government prioritizes capital project spending over p...
Nov 04, 2025
What's missing from the Carney government's first federal budget
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first federal budget represents a shift in policy from Justin Trudeau as the Liberals bet that major investments in an economic transformation will pay off with m...
Nov 04, 2025
Yukon Party's premier-designate Currie Dixon says their election 'generational shift'
The Yukon's premier-designate says he's ready to start implementing key promises from his election campaign but stopped short of pledging electoral reform even after residents voted in favour of chang...
Nov 04, 2025
Travel agents hope for return of 'glory times' as China resumes group tours to Canada
VANCOUVER - Travel agents are celebrating Beijing's decision to resume group tourism to Canada after a five-year halt, hoping for the return of big-spending Chinese visitors who were a dominant presen...
Nov 04, 2025
Toxic 'forever chemicals' detected in dead sea otters collected off B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - A new study says sea otters in British Columbia have been found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals found in food packaging, non-stick cookware, cosmetics, electronics and ...
Nov 04, 2025
Tamara Lich appeals mischief conviction arising from role in 'Freedom Convoy'
OTTAWA - Tamara Lich is appealing a mischief conviction arising from her role as an organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" that paralyzed downtown Ottawa in early 2022. Lich and fellow organizer Chris Barb...
Nov 04, 2025
Quebec government wants to restart talks with doctors over payment reform
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is extending an olive branch to the province's doctors amid a fight over a new law that changes how physicians are paid. Legault said Tuesday he wants to restart...
Nov 04, 2025
Fraser dismisses using notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child pornography
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser has rejected calls to use the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said one-year mandatory minimum jail sentenc...
Nov 04, 2025
Police say nothing suspicious after man dies at B.C. ostrich farm protest camp
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP say a man has died at a British Columbia ostrich farm where protesters have been opposing a proposed cull for months, although there is nothing to suggest the...
Nov 04, 2025
Ex-Hydro-Québec researcher, accused of spying for China, defends reputation at trial
LONGUEUIL - Yuesheng Wang, a former researcher with Quebec's hydro utility on trial for allegedly spying on behalf of China, testified on Tuesday that his first paycheck came six weeks after he starte...
Nov 04, 2025