Category Archives: Canada
Harper calls for national unity, independence at portrait unveiling
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper's official portrait was unveiled in Ottawa Tuesday, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the election of his first Conservative government. Speaking to a crow...
Feb 03, 2026
Canadian who says he was tortured in Syria wants court to force Ottawa's hand
OTTAWA - A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to decide whether to help bring him home. The man, known publicly only as SS, is one of sever...
Feb 03, 2026
Billionaire Frank Stronach's sex assault trial delayed as defence deals with new info
Frank Stronach arrives at a Toronto Court on Tuesday February 3, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO - The Toronto sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach was delay...
Feb 03, 2026
A timeline of key events leading up to Frank Stronach's Toronto sexual assault trial
Canadian business tycoon Frank Stronach is set to face the first of two sexual assault trials on Tuesday. The founder of the auto parts giant Magna, now in his 90s, will stand trial in Toronto before ...
Feb 03, 2026
'Grieving together': 3 players on Alberta junior hockey team dead in vehicle crash
STAVELY - Three players on an Alberta junior hockey team killed in a crash while heading to practice are being remembered as exceptional young men who had a spark in their eyes for the sport. The Sout...
Feb 02, 2026
Global Affairs confirms a Canadian has died in Japan
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says the department is aware of the death of a Canadian citizen in Japan. Japanese media have identified the victim as 39-year-old Ashley Kay Bernice. Reports say she di...
Feb 02, 2026
Former minister Baird says he wasn't consulted about Epstein's invite to 2014 seminar
OTTAWA - The office of former foreign affairs minister John Baird said Monday neither he nor the Canadian government were consulted on a 2014 seminar invitation list that included convicted sex offend...
Feb 02, 2026
Rizqy says partisan use of legislature funds led to chief of staff firing
QUBEC - Marwah Rizqy is breaking her silence about what prompted her to fire her chief of staff, leading to her expulsion from the Quebec Liberal party caucus last year. In a statement of defence in a...
Feb 02, 2026
Former PM Harper says he did not sign Alberta separation petition
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper said he has not signed a petition seeking to force a referendum on Alberta leaving Canada. Harper made the comment while speaking alongside former prime m...
Feb 02, 2026
Three foreign nationals arrested by extortion patrol are charged in B.C. shooting
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say three men arrested on Sunday by officers on an anti-extortion patrol are all foreign nationals and have been charged after bullets were fired at a home. Harjot Sin...
Feb 02, 2026