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Champagne says boosting financial trade with China key to broader diversification
By Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2026
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champagne is wrapping up a trip to Beijing where he says the governor of the Bank of Canada and other top Canadian financial officials met with Chinese counterparts. Champagne says the main focus of the trip was on the financial services sector, looking for opportunities for collaboration on pension ... Read More »
1 responseYear in review: A look at events in March 2026
By Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2026
A look at news events in March 2026: 1 – Hezbollah fired missiles into Israel, prompting Israeli airstrikes on Beirut for the first time in over a year. According to Iranian officials, the escalation follows sweeping U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and more than 200 others. Iran retaliated with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian man charged with terrorism after machete attack at Kenya mosque
By Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2026
NAIROBI — Police in Kenya say a Canadian man accused of wielding a machete and injuring almost half a dozen people at a mosque in Nairobi has pleaded not guilty. The East African country’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations says the 32-year-old appeared in court Thursday on nine terrorism charges, such as assault causing actual bodily ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!These Ukrainians want to thrive in Canada. For most of them, the future is uncertain
By Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2026
TORONTO — After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, nearly 300,000 Ukrainians were welcomed in communities across Canada as part of an emergency visa program that allowed those fleeing the war to temporarily work and study in the country. Many of those who have chosen to stay face an uncertain future as their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New secularism law is looming over Way of the Cross marches on Good Friday in Quebec
By Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2026
MONTREAL — Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape on Good Friday, only a day after the provincial legislature adopted a law that could crack down on their annual Way of the Cross processions. In Montreal, several hundred people are expected to join Archbishop Christian Lépine in a march of “prayer, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Absolute betrayal’: First Nations blast Eby in leaked transcript of DRIPA meeting
By Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2026
A leaked transcript of a meeting between Indigenous leaders and British Columbia Premier David Eby, about his plan to suspend the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, shows them accusing him of “absolute betrayal” and colonialism. Speaker after speaker in the 17,000-word transcript of Thursday’s meeting, obtained by The Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Does your single friend excel? Try a PowerPoint dating pitch
By Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2026
VANCOUVER — Harjot Rai had three minutes to make his PowerPoint pitch. The subject? His cringing friend, Matt White. And the audience was a far cry from executives in a corporate boardroom. Instead, it was 150 strangers at the Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver. “I present to you, Matt ‘White Chocolate.’ Why do I say chocolate? ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Jeremy Hansen rockets toward the moon with Artemis II after engine burn
By Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2026
CAPE CANAVERAL — Canadian Jeremy Hansen is headed toward the moon as part of the Artemis II lunar mission after a nearly six-minute engine burn to bust out of orbit Thursday evening. Hansen, serving as mission specialist for Artemis II, is the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit. Also on board the Orion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby faces ‘complete opposition’ after proposing suspension of DRIPA sections
By Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2026
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will stake his government on suspending sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act for up to three years. Speaking after a meeting with First Nations leaders, Eby says his government will pass legislation this session to suspend sections of the law that place the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver police used Pokémon card sting. It was super effective!
By Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2026
VANCOUVER — Up until someone started using bear spray on unsuspecting victims trying to sell their Pokémon trading cards online, Vancouver police say they weren’t aware of the resurgent collectible trend. Sgt. Ryan Campbell says thefts occurred on five consecutive days from March 23, with victims saying they were bear-sprayed and robbed after arranging meetings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. faces ‘complete opposition’ after telling First Nations of plan to suspend DRIPA
By Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2026
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to two sources in a meeting between Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders. One of the sources says a three-year suspension of the legislation has been proposed, while the other didn’t give a time frame. Eby ... Read More »
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