Category Archives: Canada
Pro-Palestinian group protests Israel-Premier Tech team at Quebec cycling Grand Prix
QUBEC - A few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Quebec City to denounce the presence of the Israel-Premier Tech (IPT) team at the city's cycling Grand Prix event. They are calling for peopl...
Sep 12, 2025
Legal Aid BC says ex-worker who cheered Kirk's death left organization before killing
VANCOUVER - Legal Aid BC says a former employee seen celebrating the death of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an online video had left the organization before this week's shooting. It s...
Sep 12, 2025
Montreal teen terror case pushed back again as defence awaits evidence
MONTRAL - The case against a 17-year-old Montreal boy who allegedly intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State has been postponed once again. Defence Lawyer Tiago Murias asked for ...
Sep 12, 2025
B.C. port expansion seeks fast-track by Canada's new major projects office
The company seeking to expand Metro Vancouver's Deltaport terminal has applied for fast-track approval by Canada's new major projects office. The proposal by Global Container Terminals to add a fourth...
Sep 12, 2025
Logging firm wins injunction to halt Walbran Valley blockade on Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has granted an injunction to a forestry company to halt a blockade against old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island, in a ruling that has been ha...
Sep 12, 2025
Ottawa pitched extending refugee sponsor pause to late 2028 to fix backlog: records
OTTAWA - The federal department of immigration last year, suggested freezing most private refugee sponsorship applications until 2028 to clear backlogs in the system, documents obtained by The Canadia...
Sep 12, 2025
Mountie injured in crash while responding to Manitoba mass stabbing hopes for healing
WINNIPEG - A Mountie seriously injured in a highway crash while responding to a mass stabbing on a Manitoba First Nation says she's doing well but the tragedy will stay with her forever. Cpl. Brianne ...
Sep 12, 2025
Judge says ostrich cull must be allowed to proceed, rejects B.C. farm's bid for stay
OTTAWA - A Federal Court of Appeal judge says the cull of about 400 ostriches at a British Columbia farm hit by avian flu must be allowed to proceed, in a ruling that dismisses the farm's bid for a st...
Sep 12, 2025
Internal government documents reveal grim housing climate in Canada
OTTAWA - As Ottawa gears up to launch a new agency to build homes faster, internal government documents describe how dire the housing situation has become in Canada. Briefing materials prepared for in...
Sep 12, 2025
G7 finance ministers meet to discuss increasing pressure on Russia
OTTAWA - Canada hosted a virtual meeting of G7 finance ministers today to discuss further measures to increase the pressure on Russia. John Fragos, press secretary for the minister of finance and nati...
Sep 12, 2025