• Dylan Robertson

The Carney government has opted against joining Germany, France and others in condemning Turkey's crackdown on LGBTQ+ organizations as it negotiates a possible trade deal with Ankara. Turkish authorities targeted multiple LGBTQ+ groups and individuals this past week, detaining dozens of activists, breaking into association offices and raiding popular hangouts. Authorities have stopped protests against the raids and banned access...

• 2026-09-19
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Liberal MPs are condemning a pro hockey player's support for the Putin regime -- but are stopping short of calling for him to be banned from Canada. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is calling on Ottawa to sanction and ban Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin for appearing in a commercial for a party aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ovechkin appeared...

• 2026-09-18
• — Canadian Press

• Nick Murray, Dylan Robertson

Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to France Tuesday ahead of his address to the European Parliament, where he hopes to secure deeper ties with the European Union. Carney was invited by Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament -- a role similar to parliamentary Speaker -- to address the 720 representatives of the EU's 27 member states in Strasbourg, France.

• 2026-09-15
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says on social media he is flying to Canada today for his first visit to the country this year. Zelenskyy's office has not publicly announced where he will be travelling in Canada, and neither has Prime Minister Mark Carney's office. Carney visited Kyiv a year ago, while Zelenskyy last visited Canada in Halifax last December amid...

• 2026-09-09
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86. The Jelinek family says he died peacefully in hospital on Saturday after living with Parkinson's disease for nearly 20 years. Jelinek was born in Prague and his family escaped communism in Czechoslovakia when he was a young boy. Jelinek and his sister...

• 2026-09-06
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building. "It was just a day that none of us will ever forget," said Hunt, now the U.S. consul general in Toronto. "What also stuck with me was the outpouring...

• 2026-09-06
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

In September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was officially recognizing the State of Palestine. He told reporters at the time that recognition was "predicated on the Palestinian Authority's commitment to much-needed reform." He said he received that commitment in a letter from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and discussed it with him later in a phone call. Canada's Privy...

• 2026-09-05
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planning to visit Canada as soon as next week. A non-government source says the exact timing of the visit is being adjusted, possibly due to the funeral of Norway's King Harald, scheduled for Sept. 9 in Oslo. Both governments generally do not confirm Zelenskyy's travel plans until the immediate days before departure, though he might...

• 2026-09-03
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Russia's presence at a G20 meeting hosted by the U.S. has made many countries uncomfortable. Speaking after sitting down with his fellow G20 finance ministers in Asheville, N.C., today, Champagne said the presence of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov "created a lot of discomfort around the table." While Moscow remains a G20 member despite its...

• 2026-09-01
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Israel's conclusion that its military didn't commit a criminal act when it killed a Canadian and six other aid workers in Gaza two years ago is unacceptable, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Thursday. Anand commented a day after Israel's military prosecutor said it had decided against a criminal investigation into April 2024 airstrikes that hit a convoy of World...

• 2026-08-20
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has invited the former crown prince of Iran, who is pitching himself as the best option to lead Iran back to democracy, to visit Canada. Poilievre told a crowd at an event in British Columbia on Saturday that in addition to extending the invitation, he would also be meeting virtually with Reza Pahlavi, whose father...

• 2026-08-20
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

The new Palestinian ambassador to Ottawa says Canada's recognition of the State of Palestine has been "pivotal" for her people and for upholding international law, but she says Canada must do more to end Israel's occupation. "My message to Canadians is that they do have a role in giving hope to the Palestinian people," Feda Abdelhady told The Canadian Press...

• 2026-08-18
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan. "From outside, it's possible for the world to take action," said Murwarid Ziayee, senior director of the Calgary-based charity Right to Learn Afghanistan. She was raised in Afghanistan. "Why (is it) we Afghan women should bear the burden of...

• 2026-08-15
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

South Africa's envoy to Ottawa says Canada's decision to remove most of its peacekeepers from the continent doesn't align with the Carney government's pledge to get middle powers working together. "I am saddened by the fact that the budget cuts (are) appearing to be a kind of withdrawal of Canada's commitment towards peace in Africa," High Commissioner Rieaz Shaik told...

• 2026-08-14
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Experts are warning that U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened new set of tariffs could drive wedges between Canadian provinces, allowing the U.S. to exploit regional grievances to force trade concessions. The tariffs would have particularly heavy impacts on industries concentrated in B.C. and in small towns across Quebec. "There's an awareness that Canada can be a punching bag for the...

• 2026-08-13
• — Canadian Press

• Dylan Robertson

Some in Canada's aid sector say they're growing more and more concerned by how closely the Carney government is tying foreign aid to its efforts to boost domestic economic growth. Here's a look at why Ottawa wants more domestic spinoffs from aid, whether that will work -- and why the idea faces pushback.

• 2026-08-12
• — Canadian Press