In an apparent satirical social media post, Cardy ‘welcomed’ Chinese EV maker BYD in Canada, accompanied by an article on BYD’s blacklist in Brazil over slave labour conditions at BYD’s largest plant outside China.
The Canadian military flew seven surveillance missions over waters near China in the past month to enforce North Korean sanctions, but the Department of National Defence is no longer confirming whether Chinese aircraft intercepted those flights, as it has in years past.
Chief Julius School in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., is the latest in the territory to be found to have dangerously elevated levels of lead in its drinking water.
The inclusion of the Northern Rideshare Pilot in the Fall Economic Statement, its fast-paced consultation and implementation, and the fact that this project is led by Cabinet Office staff suggest it is a priority for the minister (and/or the premier). Uber, it is worth mentioning, also hired Rubicon, the government relations firm led by Premier Ford’s three-time campaign manager, just months before the announcement.
The Alberta government was quick to react when an Investigative Journalism Foundation investigation revealed that the amount of overtime worked by paramedics in Edmonton had increased by 81 per cent between 2021 and 2024.
Years after the virus that causes COVID-19 kicked off a global pandemic, it’s still sending thousands of Canadians into hospital each year alongside other respiratory infections — despite a suite of vaccines that can slash someone’s risk of serious illness.
A former trucker from Florida has been sentenced to more than four years in U.S. prison after smuggling handguns into Canada that were later recovered at 10 crime scenes in Ontario and Quebec, and linked to two killings.
The Canada Revenue Agency has paid out another $5-million refund to a single taxpayer, this time to a B.C. businesswoman, despite what it now alleges was a bogus return that included “illogical” and “falsified information.”
One of the Canada’s oldest Black churches faces an uncertain future with the owner applying to repeal the 150-year-old building’s heritage designation.
The leadership of a First Nation in southern Manitoba is calling on the province to remove a gas main that crosses its territory, saying it puts the community at risk while providing no benefit.
A rally organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) on Tuesday commemorated those lost to the toxic drug crisis 10 years after a public health emergency was declared in B.C. over a spike in illicit drug deaths.
Yan Li doesn’t want to uproot her two young daughters again and be forced back to China, but she fears that could happen if Ottawa doesn’t heed calls for an extension to federal work permits this year.
Kevin Kielty, was charged with two counts of alleged employment-related offences under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), including employing foreign nationals in a capacity in which the foreign nationals are not authorized, and counselling foreign nationals to work in Canada without authorization.
The sub-headline gets it all wrong. The never ending shift to the centre is what is creating extreme dissatisfaction in politics world wide. A truly leftist party like the NDP has an opportunity to show that, given the option, voters will show up to support rather than sit at home and complain about political choices.
Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed Hungary’s shift toward support for both Ukraine and liberal democracy on Sunday after voters in the European nation ended 16 years of far-right government.
[Op-ed by Irwin Cotler, international chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights; and Mehmet Tohti is the executive director of the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project.]
Women, Indigenous and Black people account for a growing proportion of Vancouver’s record homeless population, according to a report headed to city council on Tuesday.
Dozens of Edmonton police officers patrolled the city’s streets in December equipped with body cameras that used artificial intelligence to scan faces, looking for what the police have deemed “high-risk offenders.”
An environmental lawyer and a biology professor in northern Ontario are both sounding the alarm about changes to the way that biodiversity — including at-risk species — is protected from development activity.
The gap between Canada’s richest and poorest grew last year as financial markets gained, interest payouts declined and the job market softened, said Statistics Canada on Monday.
I heard about this new Microslop data center called YTO 40 from a segment of The Rational National and I looked it up since I’m bordering Etobicoke. It’s at 401 and Islington. The closest house is less than a kilometer away. If you’ve been following the latest on dc noise pollution, you probably understand what this means. Keep an eye for new structures in empty spaces or former big box plazas around you and talk your neighbours and councillors if you don’t want ‘em.
The report points out a fact most of us don’t know, but which should be obvious to us all: the federal government heavily subsidizes the private health insurance industry.
(Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra) has been hinting at changes to the system for quite some time, with the province putting multiple boards under supervision in recent months.
First Nations leaders are condemning Premier David Eby’s plan to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, as a step backward that will increase uncertainty for all British Columbians and create political problems for the NDP.
As the cost of living rises in the province, Ontario’s government finds itself under increasing pressure to address affordability just weeks after it delivered its latest budget.
Wildfire expert Mike Flannigan says this year will be his “litmus test” for whether Canada’s wildfire seasons, already in uncharted territory and fuelled by human-caused climate change, have entered a “new reality.”
Officials are issuing a reminder about gun safety following a close call where a stray bullet entered a family’s car while travelling along a forest service road outside of Mission, B.C.
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Dofasco says it’s decommissioning one of its two remaining coke plants in Hamilton, with “the last push of coke” to be completed April 13.
A youth hockey team in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., that nearly lost the opportunity to play in a championship game over an alleged messy dressing room has been given the green light to compete this weekend.
The teacher has taken the government to court, seeking to invalidate a provincial education policy that allows students 14 and up to change the name and pronouns used in school with or without parental consent.
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