2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (267+ words) MONTREAL — Quebec’s commissioner for children’s rights and well-being officially launched her first three investigations on Thursday. Marie-Eve Brunet Kitchen was appointed in April 2025 to protect children and young people under the age of 25. The role was created following findings of…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (349+ words) VICTORIA — Politics in British Columbia could be getting more crowded as a group tries to take over and revive the moribund BC United party, to give voters what they call a “principled, mainstream centre-right alternative” in the province. The group…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (730+ words) DALLAS — Thousands of U.S. President Donald Trump’s most ardent followers have gathered in Dallas for “Trump-a-palooza” this week — and many are parroting the president’s constant bashing of Canada. Lona Heins from Tennessee said Canada is now “communist” and no longer…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (117+ words) EDMONTON — Alberta’s government says it has launched a $4-million advertising campaign urging citizens vote to stay in Canada in next month’s referendum. The campaign will advertise online, on TV and radio, and on billboards. The premier’s office says it’s important…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (299+ words) While politicians go back and forth about trade, it’s people on the ground who are feeling the pinch of tariffs and the trade war. On Thursday, truckers were stopping at the weigh scales just north of Regina as part of…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (600+ words) MONTREAL — A lawyer asked a Quebec Superior Court judge on Thursday to order Élections Québec to mail out voter information in both French and English, after the elections agency said earlier this month that it would be providing the documents…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (171+ words) OTTAWA — Two RCMP disaster victim identification specialists are in Kathmandu to assist Canadian officials already in the region in response to flash floods along the Nepal-China border. Canada is assisting international efforts to locate survivors after devastating floods on Aug....

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (713+ words) Bats may have a reputation for being creepy, disease-carrying creatures of the night, but a longtime Saskatchewan bat researcher said they deserve a little more appreciation. “They’re in the spider, snake, shark category of animals that people don’t particularly like,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (835+ words) Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski says the city will have to acknowledge the impact of tariffs during a trade war he described as “ridiculous.” Quarterly budget forecasts received by city council on Wednesday showed a $1 million overage from the transit services…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1430+ words) OTTAWA — Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Steven Backman could usually cross the Canada-U.S. border with a simple wave. Backman, like many residents of St. Stephen, N.B., would travel frequently to neighbouring Calais, Maine. “When locals would go through the border,…...