Category Archives: Canada

Canada is not planning to reopen embassy in Syria
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has no plans to reopen its embassy in Syria. Gregory Galligan is Canada's ambassador to Lebanon and also covers Syria, and he tells the House foreign affairs co...
Mar 25, 2026

Ottawa says laws that override Charter rights aren't shielded from legal scrutiny
OTTAWA - Judges must have the legal right to issue non-binding judgments in cases where governments override sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a lawyer for the attorney general of Canada...
Mar 25, 2026

Second inmate within one month killed in maximum-security prison near Quebec City
MONTREAL - A second inmate has been killed in less than one month following an altercation inside a maximum-security prison near Quebec City. Quebec provincial police say they are investigating the de...
Mar 25, 2026

Air Canada crash probe being conducted in 'full co-operation' with U.S.: Carney
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working in "full co-operation" with U.S. officials to probe the crash of an Air Canada jet at New York's LaGuardia Airport that killed two pilots Sun...
Mar 25, 2026

Carney says Air Canada CEO's English-only condolences lacked compassion
OTTAWA - Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau was slammed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec's government on Wednesday for delivering an English-only message of condolence after Sunday's deadly plane...
Mar 25, 2026

In the news: Remembering Quebec pilot killed in N.Y. crash, air traffic hires dwindle
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Tributes for Quebec pilot killed in N.Y. crash The death of Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest, who perishe...
Mar 25, 2026

Hometown mourns Quebec pilot Antoine Forest, who died in LaGuardia crash
COTEAU-DU-LAC - The death of Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest, who perished when his plane collided with an emergency vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, has sparked an outpouring o...
Mar 25, 2026

Canada is short 200 air traffic controllers, Nav Canada says
OTTAWA - Nav Canada said Wednesday that the country is short an estimated 200 air traffic controllers and is working on building its capacity. The privately run, non-profit corporation is responsible ...
Mar 25, 2026

Global Affairs laying off its most skilled diplomats, union says
OTTAWA - The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its most skilled diplomats, while asking other envoys moving across continents to wait m...
Mar 25, 2026

Family of Chinese hiker who died in B.C. mountain fall faces 'enormous' medical bills
VANCOUVER - An outdoor adventure group says a member who died after trying to rescue a companion on one of Metro Vancouver's tallest mountains was a visitor from China, whose family now faces "enormou...
Mar 24, 2026