Category Archives: Canada
Black Montreal police employees told management some are worried about going to work
MONTREAL - Black employees of the Montreal police force have sent a letter to management saying some have concerns about going to work after the dismantling of a patrol unit over serious allegations o...
Jun 18, 2026
Housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and school dropouts: think tank
MONTRAL - A Quebec think tank says the province's housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and negatively affects school dropout rates. On Thursday, the Observatoire qubcois des ingalits publis...
Jun 18, 2026
Carney says it's 'no secret' Trump doesn't like CUSMA trade pact
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney appears untroubled by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent claim that the United States would "do better without" the North American free trade pact. "It's no secre...
Jun 18, 2026
Confusion spreads as Ottawa defends orders to surrender citizenship certificates
OTTAWA - The immigration department says it's working "as quickly as possible" to resolve questions about citizenship by descent claims - even as some claimants say they did everything Ottawa asked th...
Jun 18, 2026
Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities
EDMONTON - The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith's office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in pover...
Jun 18, 2026
Secretary of state Sahota says 'foreign entity' hired people to shoot at synagogues
OTTAWA - Ruby Sahota, the secretary of state for combatting crime, told the House of Commons this week that people who fired shots recently at synagogues were hired and paid by a "foreign entity." She...
Jun 18, 2026
Canadian shot dead at South Africa wildlife park in apparent accident: officials
OTTAWA - A Canadian was shot and killed at a South African wilderness park on Wednesday in what authorities said appears to be an accident. The South African Police Service said a 69-year-old Canadian...
Jun 18, 2026
Advocates attack Carney government's elimination of ombudsperson for forced labour
OTTAWA - Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies abroad in forced labour and environmental degradation by shutting down an office meant to ...
Jun 18, 2026
Montreal group proposes new downtown tower for NATO defence bank
QUBEC - Montreal's business community is coming together to sweeten the pot in the city's bid to host a multinational defence bank, offering several floors in a planned downtown tower for the highly s...
Jun 18, 2026
Alberta judge concerned about parts of ruling that threw out separatist petition
EDMONTON - A judge has reserved her decision on whether to set aside a ruling that quashed an Alberta separatist group's referendum petition, but says she has some concerns with parts of last month's ...
Jun 18, 2026