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Canadian official says Cuban regime ‘quite stable’ as U.S. oil blockade tightens grip
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — Cuba’s envoy to Ottawa says the U.S. is trying to overthrow his country’s communist government — but Canada’s foreign service says the regime’s hold on Havana is “quite stable.” The comments come in the midst of a growing humanitarian crisis in Cuba sparked by a U.S. oil blockade, and as Ottawa prepares an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Number of Canadians registered in Mexico rising as airlines resume flights
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — The number of Canadians in Mexico who have registered with Ottawa continued to rise Tuesday, even as airlines resumed flights in and out of Puerto Vallarta and the Global Affairs Canada registration system experienced more delays. A statement from Global Affairs Canada sent Tuesday evening said the system is slow and intermittent due ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Report details B.C. First Nation, Vancouver Police Board collaboration breakdown
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s human rights commissioner says a lack of collaboration between the Vancouver Police Board and First Nations is hampering progress to end anti-Indigenous racism in policing, years after the handcuffing of a man and his granddaughter put a spotlight on the issue. Maxwell Johnson of the Heiltsuk Nation and his then-12-year-old granddaughter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brother of Tumbler Ridge shooter is arrested in Alberta in attempted murder case
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
CALGARY — RCMP say the older brother of Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar has been arrested in Alberta in an attempted murder investigation. They say in a statement that Jacob Jan Van Rootselaar was arrested on an outstanding warrant last Thursday in Sylvan Lake, Alta., stemming from a 2024 case in Fort McMurray. Jan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence lawyer suggests complainant in Stronach trial has ‘tendency to lie’
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
TORONTO — A woman accusing Frank Stronach of raping her in a hotel suite decades ago has a “tendency to lie” and continues to add new details to her account of the encounter, the businessman’s lawyer suggested Tuesday. Leora Shemesh pressed the woman, who is the fifth complainant to testify at Stronach’s sexual assault trial, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa spending $3.7 billion to boost military housing stock
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal government will spend $3.7 billion to build 6,000 more housing units for Canada’s military, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Tuesday. McGuinty made the announcement at CFB Uplands in Ottawa, but could not provide a timeline for when the new units would be built other than saying it will span “several ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hearing on police-involved death of Myles Gray resumes after obscenity led to delay
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A public hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray resumed in Vancouver, after a four-week adjournment triggered by an obscene remark and the subsequent resignation of counsel for the proceeding. The delay allowed replacement counsel, Brock Martland, to get up to speed on the case by the Office of the Police Complaint ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada green-lights latest Gulfstream business jets after Trump tariff threat
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
MONTREAL — Canadian regulators have now given the thumbs-up to all Gulfstream business jets, less than a month after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs over the planes’ status north of the border. According to a departmental document, Transport Canada certified the Savannah, Ga.-based company’s G700 and G800 jets on Monday, eight days after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta challenge to federal project review law being heard in court, again
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
CALGARY — Alberta is taking another run at having a court strike down federal project review legislation. The Alberta Court of Appeal is hearing the province’s second challenge to Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act in Calgary this week. The act sets out a process to review the environmental, economic, health and social effects of proposed projects, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parti Québécois surges with 4th byelection win, as Conservatives see path to growth
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
MONTRÉAL — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says his party’s fourth consecutive byelection victory is a sign that Quebecers are ready for profound change. PQ candidate Marie-Karlynn Laflamme won the byelection in the Chicoutimi riding on Monday with more than 45 per cent of the vote, compared to about 26 per cent for second-place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec father who drowned kids in 2022 wraps testimony at his murder trial
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
MONTREAL — A Quebec man who has admitted to drowning two of his children in 2022 has concluded his testimony at his first-degree murder trial. Kamaljit Arora, 49, was questioned numerous times by the Crown about the search history on his cellphone that showed he had looked up various ways to end his life and ... Read More »
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