Category Archives: News

Statistics Canada set to release December jobs data
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release labour force figures for December this morning. A Reuters survey of economists expects Canada lost 5,000 jobs last month, driving the unemployment rate up ...
Canadian Press Jan 09, 2026

Calls for caution as Carney prepares to meet Xi amid new global political order
VANCOUVER - Former Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Albert Chan Wai-yip is a longtime critic of China, who has accused its government of "crimes against humanity" after a crackdown on dissent in the...
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press Jan 08, 2026

Carney heads to China next week for first visit by a prime minister in eight years
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to China next week to talk trade, energy, agriculture and international security. The Prime Minister's Office would not yet confirm if Carney will meet ...
Canadian Press Jan 07, 2026

Novo Nordisk considers competing with generics through renamed lower-price Ozempic
TORONTO - Novo Nordisk Canada is considering competing with generic versions of its brand-name Ozempic and Wegovy drugs by introducing renamed, lower-priced copies of the medications. Health Canada ap...
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press Jan 07, 2026

100 years of CKRM: A turning point for voting rights in Saskatchewan
REGINA - 1949 was a big year of change when it came to elections and voting rights in Canada and Saskatchewan. Until Jan. 1, 1949, First Nations people were banned from voting in provincial elections....
Andrew Dawson Jan 06, 2026

Carney says Freeland's resignation is 'consistent' with taking Ukraine adviser role
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ontario Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland's upcoming resignation from the House of Commons is "consistent" with taking a role as an unpaid economic development advi...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Jan 06, 2026

Poilievre calls for immediate pipeline approval following U.S. action in Venezuela
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is warning the federal government that the possible end of American sanctions on Venezuelan oil could displace Canadian exports to the U.S. - and is urgin...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Jan 06, 2026

Carney to be in Paris on Monday for a meeting with Ukraine's allies
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Paris today for a meeting with Ukraine's allies in a bid to end Russia's war on the country. The meeting of the "coalition of the willing," made up of na...
Canadian Press Jan 05, 2026

Canada's oil sector shouldn't panic, stay competitive after Maduro's seizure: experts
EDMONTON - Two political scientists say U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in transforming Venezuela's oil-rich sector hasn't created panic or shaken up Canada's oil industry. Heather Exner-Pirot,...
Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press Jan 04, 2026

Ribbon Skirt Day leader reflects on changes since her cultural attire was shamed
In Isabella Kulak's home is a box of about a few hundred letters, notes and hand-drawn pictures of ribbon skirts sent to her from across Canada and beyond - fan mail from those who consider her story ...
Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press Jan 04, 2026
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