Category Archives: Canada
One year of salmonella pistachio outbreak as cases reach 189
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says its investigation into a salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios is still active one year since recording the first infection. An update Monday by th...
Apr 13, 2026
Canadian banks, regulators discussed Mythos AI, minister to meet with Anthropic
OTTAWA - Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said he will meet with senior leadership from Anthropic this week in response to global concerns about the company's new AI model. Solomon told r...
Apr 13, 2026
Pause of Indigenous rights act won't be confidence vote, B.C. election prospect fades
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he may extend the current legislative session to find support among individual First Nations over his plans to suspend parts of the Declaration on th...
Apr 13, 2026
Ontario family says Canadian man killed in Israeli attack in Lebanon
A Canadian man who lived in Windsor, Ont., was killed last week by Israeli forces outside the family's home in southern Lebanon, his family says. Mohamad Hussain Haidar says his 38-year-old brother Ha...
Apr 13, 2026
TKMS latest to team up with Quebec steel firm in sub competition
OTTAWA - German submarine maker TKMS is teaming up with a domestic steel-forging company as it vies for a lucrative contract to supply the Canadian navy with new submarines. TKMS says it inked a partn...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. health officer Bonnie Henry is disappointed by reversal of decriminalization
VICTORIA - Politicians and health experts are looking back at the successes and mistakes made during in the decade of a public health emergency into the toxic drug crisis in British Columbia. Provinci...
Apr 13, 2026
With elections near, Quebec premier-designate under tight deadline to revive CAQ
MONTREAL - Christine Frchette, newly elected Coalition Avenir Qubec leader and premier-designate, has a bit more than five months to revive her party before the provincial elections, and to define her...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. challenge to Catholic hospital's 'traumatic' denial of MAID enters closing phase
VANCOUVER - Allowing publicly funded faith-based health-care providers to impose religious beliefs on patients, including those seeking medical assistance in dying, is a breach of the British Columbia...
Apr 13, 2026
Coercive control law will help survivors, but comes with risk of backlash, MPs told
OTTAWA - Groups representing women's shelters are praising the government's move to criminalize coercive control, but some women's organizations are also warning there is a risk of backlash. Bill C-16...
Apr 13, 2026
Tears and pride as Lapu Lapu survivors gather at community dinner before anniversary
VANCOUVER - After Lapu Lapu attack survivor AJ Sico sang the national anthem from his wheelchair in a Vancouver banquet hall, he was met with a standing ovation - a fitting tribute, his family says, t...
Apr 13, 2026