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Newly launched Access to Information review is flawed, transparency advocates say
OTTAWA - A newly launched federal review of the Access to Information system is being greeted with deep skepticism by transparency advocates. The Treasury Board Secretariat announced the government re...
Jun 23, 2025
B.C. professor trapped in Iran says Canada has offered 'almost nothing' to help
A British Columbia professor who is trapped in Iran said that federal officials told him there was "almost nothing" the Canadian government could do to help him and his family. Simon Fraser University...
Jun 23, 2025
Prime Minister Carney in Brussels today for EU-Canada summit
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Belgium today, where he visited a military cemetery before meeting with European Union leaders at an EU-Canada summit. Carney said on social media Sunday th...
Jun 23, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney and wife Diana Fox Carney arrive in Brussels, Belgium on Sunday, June 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Alberta NDP Leader Nenshi wins seat in one of three byelections
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has won a seat in the legislature after a year of sitting on the sidelines. He held Edmonton-Strathcona for the New Democrats in one of three provincial bye...
Jun 23, 2025
Ontario proposes to weaken impending new recycling rules over costs to producers
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is proposing to weaken an impending slate of new recycling rules because producers of the materials said the system is getting too expensive. The provi...
Jun 23, 2025
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from jail before trial, but ICE plans to detain him
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee judge on Sunday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, w...
Jun 22, 2025
Receiver planning sale of Yukon gold mine involved in contaminant release disaster
The court-appointed receiver of a Yukon gold mine that suffered a catastrophic heap-leach facility failure last year said it plans to sell the mine and will be seeking approval within the week to star...
Jun 22, 2025
John McCallum dead at 75: A political veteran of 'good humour and grace'
OTTAWA - John McCallum, a former Liberal cabinet minister and a mainstay of 21st century Canadian politics, has died at age 75, his family confirmed on Sunday. A statement said McCallum passed away pe...
Jun 22, 2025
Carney says Middle East 'highly volatile' after U.S. strikes Iran, calls for calm
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney called for de-escalation on Sunday after the United States carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites Saturday. Carney issued a social media post short...
Jun 22, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney departs Ottawa on Sunday, June 22, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Undocumented students push for right to education, but Alberta noncommittal
EDMONTON - Ariana Zapata's favourite subject in school is social studies. For the 13-year-old in Edmonton, this means lessons on historical societies, colonialism, how worldviews are developed and so ...
Jun 22, 2025
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