Category Archives: Canada
Montreal Transit Corp. warns users ahead of second strike coming in 10 days
MONTREAL - The head of Montreal's public transit authority says she needs to find ways to deliver services at a lower cost, 10 days out from a second strike by maintenance workers that will drasticall...
Sep 11, 2025
Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can return to NHL
NEW YORK - The five players acquitted in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial can return to the NHL when their suspensions end "no sooner" than Dec. 1, the NHL announced Thursday. The players, who a...
Sep 11, 2025
Fact File: Video of supposed attack on Edmonton Uber driver actually filmed in Texas
A video shared on social media claims to show an Edmonton Uber driver held at gunpoint by two passengers who violently try to remove the driver from the car. While a caption on the video says "Drivers...
Sep 11, 2025
Minister says Indigenous advisory council just the start of major project talks
OTTAWA - The newly appointed Indigenous advisory council marks the start - not the end - of talks with community leaders on how to move the government's major projects agenda forward, Indigenous Servi...
Sep 11, 2025
Teck merger a 'vote of confidence,' says Eby, pitching B.C. as Canada's 'engine'
The proposed merger between Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American PLC to create a $70-billion mining giant based in B.C. is a "vote of confidence" showing the province is a global hub for mining, Pre...
Sep 11, 2025
Liberal MPs reluctant to lower 2030 and 2035 climate targets
EDMONTON - Some Liberal MPs are reluctant to see their government lower its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, as Prime Minister Mark Carney stays quiet on whether Canada is ...
Sep 11, 2025
High-speed rail construction could begin in four years, LeBlanc says
MONTREAL - The federal government wants construction on a planned high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City to begin within four years. On Thursday, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBla...
Sep 11, 2025
Drought deepens in Eastern Canada as West sees some improvement: monitor
Officials say a deepening drought in Central and Atlantic Canada is creating water supply issues and underlining concerns about crop conditions and wildfires. The latest national outlook shows large p...
Sep 11, 2025
B.C. First Nations and logging firm want Walbran Valley old-growth blockade to end
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is set to rule on an injunction to halt a blockade against old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island, but a lawyer for one of the blockaders says ...
Sep 11, 2025
Quebec environmental lawyers group sues Ottawa over major projects bill
MONTREAL - A group of environmental lawyers says it has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the validity of the federal government's major projects law. Centre qubcois du droit de l'e...
Sep 11, 2025