Author Archives: Syndicated Content

OTTAWA - The former environment minister who helped to create the Impact Assessment Agency eight years ago says the federal government's proposal to change how pipelines are assessed risks delaying th...

MONTREAL - An Italian court has ordered a new extradition hearing for Dave Turmel, who had been Canada's most-wanted fugitive until his 2025 arrest. Turmel's lawyer, Danile Roy, says her client succes...

MEMPHIS - Vancouver-born NBA player Brandon Clarke has died at age 29, the Memphis Grizzlies confirmed Tuesday. The Grizzlies did not provide a cause of death for the forward in their announcement on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed differences with President Xi Jinping over the U.S. and Israel's conflict in Iran as he headed to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with t...

OTTAWA - A United Nations panel is calling on Ottawa to make it a priority to eliminate the second-generation cutoff in the Indian Act. In a technical advice paper published last week, the United Nati...

QUBEC - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he's worried the federal government is spying on his party. St-Pierre Plamondon told reporters on Tuesday he has no proof but says there's a ...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand arrived Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, a region where Canada is aiming to strengthen ties on defence and security amid an uptick in visits and investment de...

MONTREAL - A dual American-Canadian citizen has pleaded guilty for his role in a human smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of eight migrants in the St. Lawrence River in 2023. The U.S. Dep...

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is recommending the government halt its decision to close agricultural research centres and experimental farm sites across Canada as part of its cost-cutting exer...

VANCOUVER - Members of British Columbia's nurses union have voted overwhelmingly to strike, with union president Adriane Gear raising the prospect of a dispute while "the whole world is watching us" d...