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Foreign aid groups urge Canada to maintain funding for abortion, LGBTQ+ advocacy
OTTAWA - Feminist and development groups are urging Canada not to turn its back on funding reproductive health and gender initiatives, as Canada focuses its foreign aid cuts on global health programmi...
Feb 16, 2026
Car dealers still seeking reimbursement for EVs sold under old rebates program
OTTAWA - The reborn federal electric vehicle rebate program is set to launch today - but some of Canada's auto dealers say they're still out tens of thousands dollars from the last one. Starting today...
Feb 16, 2026
Quebec Liberal Party welcomes new leader Charles Milliard
TROIS-RIVIRES - About 600 people welcomed Charles Milliard as the new head of the Quebec Liberal Party in Trois-Rivires on Sunday, days after he was acclaimed in a leadership race that no one else joi...
Feb 15, 2026
Former Conservative leader John Rustad decides against running for his old job
VICTORIA - Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad has announced he will not be entering the party's leadership race, saying the decision comes after "a lot of reflection." He says in a statement ...
Feb 15, 2026
Canada seals deal on EU defence procurement as Munich summit tests transatlantic ties
OTTAWA - Canada has officially signed onto the European defence procurement program it announced it would join last summer, as Washington's upending of geopolitics overshadows the world's top security...
Feb 15, 2026
Carney strategy for defence industry pledges 125,000 jobs, sweeping policy changes
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is making sweeping changes to the way it approaches supporting the domestic defence industry, as Canada looks to transition away from overreliance on the United States ...
Feb 15, 2026
China drops visa requirement for Canadian tourists, business visitors
OTTAWA - China is dropping its visa requirement for Canadian tourists and business visitors, after moves by Prime Minister Mark Carney to put relations with Beijing on a better footing. China's Foreig...
Feb 15, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Jan. 16, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Food inflation expected to jump in January amid tax changes: economists
OTTAWA - Economists expect tax changes from a year ago will result in a year-over-year surge in food prices when Statistics Canada reports January inflation figures later this week. StatCan will publi...
Feb 15, 2026
Fact File: Why it's tough to verify some of Carney's claims about 'protected' jobs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has made a series of claims recently about how much the federal government's support for tariff-stricken industries has protected jobs in Canada. Some of his figure...
Feb 15, 2026
B.C. budget eyes staffing but finance minister says no big service cuts or tax hikes
The British Columbia government won't be making big service cuts or raising taxes in the 2026 budget, even as it faces a projected $11.2 billion deficit. Instead, B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey s...
Feb 15, 2026
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