Category Archives: Canada

Pillar of Canadian broadcasting, Rose Kingdon of The Canadian Press, dead at 65
When Rose Kingdon started her broadcasting career more than 40 years ago, she recalled that it was "love at first on air light." And when she accepted a lifetime achievement award in 2023, she said sh...
Mar 28, 2026

China denies forced labour allegations amid fallout from Michael Ma's comments
China is again denying claims of forced labour in the country as calls grow for Prime Minister Mark Carney to clarify Canada's stance on the issue amid fallout from comments made by Liberal MP Michael...
Mar 28, 2026

Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her hom...
Mar 28, 2026

Drainville, Fréchette spar over language, immigration in heated CAQ leadership debate
LAVAL - The two candidates vying to replace Franois Legault as Coalition Avenir Qubec leader and Quebec premier faced off over language and immigration in a heated final debate north of Montreal on Sa...
Mar 28, 2026

Energy policy key as NDP leadership candidates make final pitch
WINNIPEG - The NDP leadership candidates made their last pitch to voters Saturday morning in a last-ditch effort to win support from the handful of members who have not voted yet. Many of the roughly ...
Mar 28, 2026

Quicksketch: Who's who in the NDP leadership race
WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months hav...
Mar 28, 2026

Feminists urge continuing fight of slain Iraqi-Canadian, Yanar Mohammed
OTTAWA - Gender-equality activists say a Toronto woman who was killed this month after decades pushing for women's rights in her native Iraq would not want Canadians to give up the fight for equality....
Mar 28, 2026

Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it's relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line proje...
Mar 27, 2026

Canada launches inquiry on frozen and canned vegetable imports
OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a trade inquiry on global imports of frozen and canned vegetables. A statement from the Department of Finance says the government sought the inquiry in res...
Mar 27, 2026

Political science lecturer says calls for resignation of MLA Chan hold water
VICTORIA - A University of British Columbia political analyst says calls for the resignation of Independent MLA Hon Chan are appropriate, after the legislator was charged this week in relation to an a...
Mar 27, 2026