Defence minister says Canada's the only non-European country to join program. Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities. "The agreement strengthens our collective security, supports the development of key defence capabilities, and gives Canadian industry access to...
'Every time you take the tunnel you're ... supporting the residents of Windsor,' Coun. Angelo Marignani said. A city councillor in Windsor, Ont., is encouraging Canadians who want to buy Canadian to travel from Windsor to Detroit through the Windsor-Detroit tunnel instead of crossing the Ambassador Bridge. The City of Windsor owns half of the tunnel and receives dividends from...
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has told residents of Tumbler Ridge that the country is “with you, and we will always be with you”, during a candlelight vigil for the eight victims of a mass shooting that has shattered the small mining town.
Weeks after the 2025 federal election, Nick Belanger was on the phone when he started receiving calls from an unknown caller. Given he was already on a call, he declined to answer. The person tried again and Belanger relented. “I’m like, hello, who is this? Why do you keep calling me?” he recounts in a livestream. “Is this the Pleb?”...
Normally, it's considered a good thing when the world beats a path to your door. Maybe not so much when we're talking about nuclear deterrence. At the very least, it is an ominous sign of the times.
Inuit leaders back from a recent trip to Greenland say there's a stark contrast between the infrastructure in that Nordic country compared to Canada's North, and they're calling on the federal government to urgently fill the gap as part of its enhanced focus on Arctic security. "They're way ahead of us," said Paul Irngaut, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI)...
Brig.-Gen. Christopher Horner says access to spaceports is a challenge. The head of Canada's military space division says the country "should absolutely be" concerned about Russia's potential capabilities amid global fears the Kremlin is considering putting nuclear weapons in place to target satellites. "That would be cataclysmic," said Brig.-Gen. Christopher Horner, Commander of 3 Canadian Space Division during an interview...
CPP announces record $780B in assets — 47% in the U.S. For all the fear over the U.S. trade war and President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, this country's biggest pension funds remain heavily invested in the U.S. The Canada Pension Plan (CPP), the largest pension fund in the country, announced this week that it has grown to a...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says there's nothing anyone can do to fill the silence left by the loss of those killed in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The prime minister spoke to a crowd of hundreds at a vigil in the community where people held photos of the loved ones they have lost.
Officers from the five-person RCMP detachment in Tumbler Ridge arrived at the community's secondary school on Tuesday to sounds of fire alarms and a voice yelling from a window that the shooter was upstairs. In seconds they were through the door and up the stairs, where RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said they were met with gunshots. Soon after, more...
The Commissioner of Canada Elections said former Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland unintentionally violated the Elections Act by answering reporters' questions about a 2024 Toronto byelection at two government-organized press conferences. A report on the incidents published by the commissioner's office Friday cites rules restricting who can make a contribution to a candidate. Freeland was the deputy prime minister and finance...
Pact enhances collaboration on surveillance and joint operations. Canada and Denmark signed a defence co-operation agreement on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, setting the stage for a deeper partnership after the Trump administration threatened to annex Greenland. The agreement was signed by Defence Minister David McGuinty on Friday. Originally Prime Minister Mark Carney was supposed to be present...
MONTREAL -- The Quebec Liberals have acclaimed 46-year-old Charles Milliard as their new leader, forgoing the need for a second leadership race in less than one year.
The Supreme Court of Canada has invalidated a federal Liberal candidate's one-vote victory in last spring's federal election, pushing the governing party further away from a majority in the House of Commons. Liberal Tatiana Auguste has sat as a member of Parliament since the spring, after being declared the winner over Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, the Bloc Québécois candidate. Sinclair-Desgagné let out...
Remember that old saying "Stick a fork in him, he's done"? Some people are beginning to say that about Donald Trump, which may well work in Canada's favour. A little early or no? Chantal Hebert and Bruce Anderson on that, and also more on the possible Alberta referendum and Washington's supposed involvement.
A new study published Friday by the Canadian Climate Institute says Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets -- not the 2026 interim emissions reduction target, the 2030 Paris Agreement commitment, or even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The report suggests Canada has moved away from its climate goals thanks to...
Mike Dawson says some of his colleagues are angry he's trying to forgo wage hike. The Conservative MP who went public with his intent to refuse a pending parliamentary pay increase was called out by the party whip in front of his colleagues and heckled as he tried to defend his decision, CBC News has learned. In a letter to...
With the fate of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on the line, Conservative MP JAMIL JIVANI is positioning himself as a key cross-border interlocutor. Jivani even scored a White House tour that culminated in a Trump run-in. Not bad.
Today is the deadline to apply to be leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. Candidate Charles Milliard, former head of the Quebec federation of chambers of commerce, has the support of the majority of the party caucus. Mario Roy, a farmer from Quebec's Beauce region, is the only other person who has confirmed an interest in running, but he may...
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says he stands ready to help Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government when it comes to navigating the upcoming review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), after returning from Washington, D.C. last week where he met with senior officials within U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, including Vice-President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Trade Representative...
Governor General Mary Simon confirmed she will join Prime Minister Carney at a vigil to the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Friday night. Nine people died in the shooting on Tuesday at a home and school in the town of about 2,700 people in northeastern British Columbia. Carney asked all the other federal party leaders...
Liberal MP Jenna Sudds has called for 'flexibility' after fellow local caucus colleague Bruce Fanjoy criticized requirements that public servants work in-office four days a week starting in July, and executives five days a week starting in May.
CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has not signed a petition currently gathering signatures for a referendum to pull the province out of Confederation.
Culture Minister Marc Miller accused a Conservative MP Thursday of misleading a Parliamentary committee by claiming a comment from the head of an independent producers' group in support of the government was made on behalf of the news media. "The job of these people is to make shows. Like with puppets," Miller said to MP Rachael Thomas. "I think you're...
OTTAWA -- The mother of the shooter in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., killings once posted a photo on Facebook of several long guns in a cabinet with the caption, "Think it's time to take them out for some target practice."
Some members of Parliament are slamming the Liberal government's plan to give new powers to cabinet to exempt individuals or corporations from some federal laws. The exemptions are being referred to as "regulatory sandboxes" and are contained in a clause in the government's omnibus budget implementation bill, currently being debated at a House of Commons committee.
The Bank of Canada’s second-in-command is warning of future inflation risks if investment in artificial intelligence is concentrated among the country’s big companies. Article content Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers said that while large firms have the scale and capacity to make “big bets on technology,” the country’s ailing productivity is more likely to be repaired if there’s broader adoption...
Leaders of a right-wing group pushing a conservative Canadian province to secede and form a new nation say they have been meeting with Trump administration officials to discuss how their radical plan can benefit the U.S. In three separate, highly unusual meetings with officials from the State and Treasury departments, they’ve discussed the logistics of Alberta breaking off from Canada...
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office has confirmed he will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil on Friday, three days after nine people died in a mass shooting there. Carney, who invited other federal party leaders to join him at the vigil, was to have been in Germany for the Munich Security Conference this week but cancelled that trip...
Coalition touts benefits of CUSMA to rural America, key voting block for Trump and Republicans. The powerful U.S. agriculture industry is throwing its weight behind the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, urging the Trump administration to consider the deal's economic benefits to rural America before making any moves to rip it up. Some 40 organizations representing farmers, ranchers, food producers and processors...
Multiple reports argue RCMP's sprawling mandate pulls resources from complex crimes. After months of uncertainty hanging over the RCMP, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the government is committed to keeping Mounties in the business of day-to-day policing across the country — while signalling that improving the federal crimes wing is his priority. "Bottom line is, we could do both,"...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country is in mourning after a tragic shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., left nine dead and more than 25 injured in one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history. Speaking in the House of Commons Wednesday afternoon, Carney said the violence has "left our nation in shock" and his thoughts are with the...
Canada would like to see NATO’s new Arctic Sentry mission become permanent as part of a greater focus on the north for the Western alliance, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says. NATO announced Wednesday it has launched this mission to strengthen its presence in the Arctic as part of an agreement to defuse severe tensions within the alliance prompted by...
Canadian aerospace company Magellan Aerospace Corp. MALJF has signed an agreement with German submarine maker ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) to produce torpedoes for its vessels if the European company’s bid to build Canada’s next submarine fleet is successful.
6 Republicans join Democrats in resolution to terminate president's 'fentanyl emergency' tariffs. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution against President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, delivering a stinging rebuke to the administration for launching a trade war on its northern neighbour. The House voted 219-211 in favour of a resolution seeking to terminate the national emergency that...
Details are emerging about a mass shooting in a northeastern B.C. community. Ten people are dead, including the suspect, and approximately 25 were injured. Here are key updates as they happen:
Prime Minister Mark Carney has cancelled his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Carney was to spend Wednesday afternoon in Halifax to announce the defence industrial strategy, before flying on to Europe for the Munich Security Conference. As news of the tragedy unfolded Tuesday evening, Carney's staffers said he was...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he has heard from a number of world leaders offering condolences in the wake of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Police continue to investigate two attacks that left 10 people, including the suspect, dead in the tiny community in northeastern British Columbia. Here's a quick rundown of statements posted on social...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says flags on federal buildings will be flown at half-mast for seven days to honour the victims of Tuesday's deadly shooting in B.C. A visibly emotional Carney said Wednesday he has heard from leaders around the world offering condolences, including King Charles. "Parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love,"...
United States President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, people familiar with the matter said, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegotiations involving the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The president has asked aides why he shouldn’t withdraw from the agreement, which he signed during his first term, though he has stopped...
The federal government plans to choose a number of “key strategic partners” from Canada’s defence sector to get special support and access to contracts under the new military industrial strategy that Prime Minister Mark Carney was scheduled to release on Wednesday, the Star has learned. Carney’s announcement will be postponed after Tuesday’s mass shooting a high school in Tumbler Ridge...
Recruiting former Ontario NDP deputy leader Doly Begum and doctor Danielle Martin may be 'phenomenal politics,' but more will ride on whether they would get a greater voice at the table if elected. With the selection of two young, progressive women candidates in the upcoming Ontario byelections, strategists say Prime Minister Mark Carney is attempting to signal he hasn’t drifted...
