LOCAL NEWS, DELIVERED DAILY. Subscribe to our daily news wrap and get the top stories sent straight to your inbox every evening.
MONTREAL - A legal challenge to Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, will be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada beginning Monday, and legal experts say whatever the eventual ruling, it will ha...
The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2026
OTTAWA - A federal public servant says she's "scared" to take up the government's early retirement offer after being told that she owes the government about $10,500 because of a mistake in her pay fil...
The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2026
Two Canadians on a humanitarian mission in Cuba say it's easier for locals to count the number of hours the lights are on than off. And when electricity is flowing, Leanne Isaak says Cubans can be see...
The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2026
HALIFAX - Detailed ledgers, business receipts and church records from Black Loyalists in the 1780s and onward are more than just rich historical texts to Andrea Davis. "This is a part of my history......
The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2026
OTTAWA - Canadians living abroad are calling for increased turnout among overseas voters and arguing that barriers to casting a ballot could be affecting election results. Timothy Veale, the director ...
The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2026
OTTAWA - Ottawa's nominee for federal fiscal watchdog will face questions from members of Parliament on Monday after a turbulent period for the budget office. Annette Ryan, a longtime public servant a...
The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2026
VANCOUVER - An affidavit filed by Rosita Fatemi said her meeting with Arezou Soltani and Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi took place in a parking lot in the Park Royal mall in West Vancouver, the heart of Brit...
The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2026
Canadians are planning to sail to Gaza again as part of a flotilla that aims to deliver aid and break a nearly 20-year naval blockade months after six Canadians were detained by Israel for attempting ...
The Canadian Press Mar 21, 2026
QUBEC - Tensions flared Saturday in Quebec City as Christine Frchette and Bernard Drainville faced off in the first debate to succeed Premier Franois Legault as leader of the Coalition Avenir Qubec. T...
The Canadian Press Mar 21, 2026
MONTREAL - Three students who were stranded aboard ships in the Persian Gulf for more than two weeks arrived back home in good spirits. the director of Quebec's maritime institute said. All three stud...
The Canadian Press Mar 21, 2026