Category Archives: Canada

Terrebonne byelection to use adapted ballot due to high number of candidates
OTTAWA - Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target. Elections Canada's advisory committee...
Mar 24, 2026

Timeline: Safety board releases final minutes of Air Canada collision at LaGuardia
NEW YORK - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released flight data and radio transmissions of the final three minutes of the fatal Air Canada flight at New York's LaGuardia Airport Sund...
Mar 24, 2026

Quebec tables bill on involuntary hospitalization
QUBEC - Quebec's minister of health and social services has tabled a bill to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill aims to ov...
Mar 24, 2026

Union president asks Canada Post workers to reject tentative agreement
OTTAWA - The head of the union representing 55,000 Canada Post workers is calling for the employees to reject a tentative contract agreement in a vote this spring, even though a majority of the nation...
Mar 24, 2026

Ottawa floats new rule to keep vessels one kilometre from southern resident orcas
VICTORIA - Vessels will have to steer one kilometre clear of endangered southern resident orcas under newly proposed federal regulations that are being applauded by commercial whale watchers. Erin Gle...
Mar 24, 2026

Tax help and affordability: Highlights from the Manitoba budget
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala tabled on Tuesday the provincial budget for 2026-27. Here are some highlights: - The provincial sales tax is to be removed, as of July, on all food at ...
Mar 24, 2026

Yukon non-profit sues feds after defunding of meal program for First Nations kids
A Yukon non-profit says the federal government is wrongfully dragging its feet on reconsidering a decision to cut funding for a program that delivered nutritious meals to hundreds of First Nations chi...
Mar 24, 2026

Unclear when Ottawa will complete fighter jet review: Saab CEO
OTTAWA - More than a year after the Liberal government launched a review of plans to buy a fleet of F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, even the competition doesn't know when exactly Ottawa will r...
Mar 24, 2026

Federal union denounces CRA decision to end tax drop boxes, calls for reversal
OTTAWA - A federal union is warning the Canada Revenue Agency's decision to get rid of drop boxes as a method to file taxes will reduce access to services for hundreds of thousands of Canadians. The a...
Mar 24, 2026

Lawyers for Quebec government tell Supreme Court that Bill 21 is legitimate
OTTAWA - The Quebec government is urging the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold a controversial secularism law, arguing that the Constitution allows the province to override the Canadian Charter of Rig...
Mar 24, 2026