Category Archives: Canada
'Strategic choice': B.C. backs bid to host new defence bank in Vancouver
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government is supporting a private bid to host a new international bank to finance military projects by democratic nations, with Premier David Eby calling Vancouver the "...
Feb 09, 2026
Liberal MP asks government to reconsider return-to-office policy for public servants
OTTAWA - The Liberal who unseated Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from his Ottawa-area riding in the last election is criticizing his government's new return-to-office policy for federal workers....
Feb 09, 2026
Nanaimo Eddie Bauer store closing by spring as company battles financial struggles
NANAIMO - Another local retail staple is shutting its doors.The Eddie Bauer location at Woodgrove Centre in Nanaimo, one of three on Vancouver Island and six in B.C., is expected to close by around th...
Feb 09, 2026 Eddie Bauer at Woodgrove Centre is projected to close by the spring, as the company faces growing financial challenges. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Canadian Schellenberg 'definitely' won't face death again at China retrial: lawyer
The head of the law firm representing Canadian Robert Schellenberg says their client "definitely" won't face the death penalty again after China's top court overturned the sentence and announced his r...
Feb 09, 2026
Prime Minister's Office should be covered by access law, info commissioner tells MPs
OTTAWA - Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says Canadians should be able to use the Access to Information Act to request documents from the offices of the prime minister and other cabinet memb...
Feb 09, 2026
Health advocates say Liberals need to take a stand on Alberta's health privatization
OTTAWA - A group of health care advocates is on Parliament Hill this week lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stand on Alberta's latest moves to expand private health ca...
Feb 09, 2026
BC Greens won't renew accord with NDP, citing 'undelivered or stalled' commitments
VICTORIA - The BC Green Party announced Monday that it will not renew an accord with the Premier David Eby's NDP when the deal expires next month, potentially undermining the stability of the provinci...
Feb 09, 2026
Union warns of public safety risks as Transport Canada cuts jobs
OTTAWA - A federal union is warning of threats to public safety as employees at Transport Canada face job cuts. The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees said in a news release the cuts are being...
Feb 09, 2026
Inquiry report on scandal at Quebec auto insurance board to be released Feb. 16
QUBEC - The commissioner who oversaw the public inquiry into the $500-million cost-overrun scandal at Quebec's auto insurance board is scheduled to release his report publicly on Feb. 16. Judge Denis ...
Feb 09, 2026
Canada joins peers in condemning China's conviction of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and MPs from both sides of the aisle are calling on China to release Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday under a...
Feb 09, 2026