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Photo Gallery: “Born Ready” Guerrero bobblehead sure to be a hit
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
When the Toronto Blue Jays were in the midst of their deep playoff run last fall, the promotions staff was immersed in plans for the team’s 2026 giveaway schedule. The idea for a fresh Vladimir Guerrero Jr., bobblehead stemmed from the slugger’s on-field interview after Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against Seattle. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma casts doubt on reports of forced labour in China
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. MP Michael Ma asked an expert during a parliamentary committee hearing Thursday whether she’d seen forced labour with her own eyes. “Have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang? Have you ... Read More »
1 responseHere’s how Canada hit its NATO defence spending target
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada spent $63.4 billion on national defence in 2025, meeting its NATO commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence for the first time, the alliance’s annual report said Thursday. Speaking at an event in Halifax, N.S., on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney called it the “single largest year-on-year increase in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bodies of pilots who died in collision at N.Y. airport are repatriated to Canada
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
MONTREAL — The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have returned to Canada. Pilots carried the casket of Jazz Aviation first officer Mackenzie Gunther off a plane at the Ottawa International Airport on Thursday afternoon. Capt. Antoine Forest’s body was then ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Floor-crossing MP Michael Ma casts doubt on reports of forced labour in China
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, asking an expert during a parliamentary committee today whether she’d seen forced labour with her own eyes. Michael Ma crossed the floor to the Liberals in December and joined Prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous services minister questioned about fire that killed toddler
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs from northern Ontario demanded answers Thursday from Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty after they linked the death of a three-year-old boy to a lack of federal funding for fire services in their communities. On Monday, a house fire in a northwestern Ontario community took the life of Chief Donny Morris’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawsuits dropped after Gilbert Rozon, Julie Snyder, Pénélope McQuade reach deal
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
MONTREAL — Legal proceedings have been settled out of court between Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon and Quebec media personalities Pénélope McQuade and Julie Snyder. In 2020, Rozon filed a $450,000 defamation lawsuit against the two women over remarks they had made during a television show hosted by Snyder. Rozon alleged that false statements ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bodies of pilots who died in collision at N.Y. airport to be repatriated to Canada
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
MONTREAL — The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday are being repatriated to Canada. The Air Line Pilots Association says the body of first officer Mackenzie Gunther was scheduled to arrive at 3:43 p.m. at the Ottawa International Airport. Capt. Antoine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Global Fund disease czar warns of limits to shifting foreign aid to private capital
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — The head of the world’s major funding mechanism for tackling infectious diseases says the Carney government’s focus on leveraging private capital for aid will have only a limited impact on the world’s most vulnerable people. Peter Sands, executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, also says Canada is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Astronaut and UBC alumna answers questions from space
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
VANCOUVER — University of British Columbia alumna Jessica Meir has given current students a look at her office — as an astronaut in the orbiting International Space Station. Meir is the commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the station, where she’s living for eight months. U.S.-based Meir, who studied zoology at UBC from 2009 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney takes victory lap after meeting NATO target: ‘We’re just getting started’
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Canada is spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on national defence — a key NATO alliance benchmark Ottawa previously failed to meet. NATO’s annual report, released Thursday, contains estimates stating Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government met the key spending benchmark ... Read More »
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