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Air Transat to start halting flights Monday after pilots issue 72-hour strike notice
MONTREAL — Air Transat pilots set the stage for a strike as early as Wednesday…
Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller
OTTAWA — Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in…
Eager students plus gruelling six-hour math exam equals ‘fun’ at Putnam competition
ST. JOHN’S — Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a…
Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere
OTTAWA — Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a…
Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.’s northwest
British Columbia’s logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the…
Canada’s crypto tax crackdown reaps millions. So why no criminal charges?
VANCOUVER — A team of Canada Revenue Agency “cryptoasset auditors” has been mining a rich…
Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says anyone seeking an independence referendum should not have…
Thirty-six years after Polytechnique attack killing 14 women, a duty to do more
MONTREAL — Montrealers and others across the country paused to pay tribute Saturday to the…
Soccer fans buzzing as World Cup schedule announced for Toronto, Vancouver
VICTORIA — Foreign nationals in Vancouver and Toronto are buzzing with excitement as the cities…
Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection return to Canada
MONTREAL — First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders welcomed back dozens of Indigenous artifacts released…
Russian dissidents call on Ottawa to resettle their peers facing deportation in U.S.
OTTAWA — Prominent Russian democracy activists are urging Ottawa to resettle dozens of their peers…
Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum talk trade at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C.
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney met privately Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump and…
Search for grizzly behind ‘extraordinary attack’ on B.C. school group is called off
Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear…
B.C. releases guidance for doctors on youth mental health and substance-use care
VANCOUVER — Brock Eurchuk said he felt “completely cut adrift” by British Columbia’s health care…
Canadian-born renegade architect Frank Gehry dies at 96
TORONTO — Frank Gehry, the Canadian-born renegade architect behind some of the world’s most recognizable…
Eby says DRIPA law could be amended after First Nations win appeal in mining case
SURREY — First Nations are celebrating a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling which found…
First military procurements managed by Defence Investment Agency revealed
OTTAWA — The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by…
Feds to proceed with promised review of firearms classification regime, minister says
OTTAWA — The federal government will move ahead with a promised review of Canada’s firearms…
Canada drops terror sanctions on Syria and its interim government
OTTAWA — Canada is dropping its terror listing for the group that has governed Syria…
Canadian men to face Switzerland, Qatar and possibly Italy at 2026 World Cup
Canada’s draw for next summer’s World Cup started well but finished with a twist of…
Malfunction on new branch of Montreal rail network caused by signalling system
MONTREAL — A problem with the signalling system caused a service interruption for several hours…
NDP MP Kwan accuses Liberals of ‘fearmongering’ over defence export bill
OTTAWA — NDP MP Jenny Kwan is dismissing an internal Liberal caucus document as a…
Fact File: Video of chained Mustang ‘stolen’ from Brampton, Ont. driveway is a skit
A video posted to social media in December appeared to show a Brampton, Ont. man…
Ottawa moving to reissue fishing licences to Mi’kmaq group despite Inuit objections
OTTAWA — The federal government says it is proposing to reissue fishing licences to a…