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Anand won’t say if Canada views strikes on Iran as legal
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2026
NEW DELHI — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand would not say whether or not Canada sees U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as a violation of international law when asked by reporters. The minister faced repeated questions about the conflict while taking part in a media scrum in New Delhi, filling in for Prime Minister Mark Carney ... Read More »
1 responseIn the news today: Iran, Carney and Modi, Canada submarine proposals
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney meets with Indian PM Modi in New Delhi, touts energy partnership Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today, before the two announced a series of agreements, including a strategic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney meets with Indian PM Modi in New Delhi, touts energy partnership
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2026
DELHI — Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today, before the two announced a series of agreements, including a strategic energy partnership. “There has been more engagement between the Canadian and Indian governments in the last year than there has been in than two decades combined,” Carney ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Submarine companies reach deadline to submit proposals as Canada decides on new fleet
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2026
OTTAWA — The competition to build the Canadian navy’s next fleet of submarines is heading into a new phase after a deadline for both finalists to submit their final proposals to the federal government on Monday. Canada is planning to buy a fleet of up to 12 conventionally powered submarines with the hope of having ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Carney meets with Indian PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi
By Canadian Press on March 1st, 2026
DELHI — Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today. The meeting was happening as the Globe and Mail reported Sunday evening about the role Indian consular staff allegedly played in the murder of a Canadian Sikh activist three years ago. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an advocate for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abel Mwansa Jr. shot last month in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. to be buried in Zambia Monday
By Canadian Press on March 1st, 2026
VICTORIA — The father of 12-year-old Abel Mwansa Jr. says he is “eternally grateful” to governments of Zambia, Canada and local MP Bob Zimmer among others for helping him repatriate the body of his son after he was shot in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. last month. Abel Mwansa Jr. was among eight victims who were shot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Group calls on Health Canada to make labels mandatory for gene-edited pork
By Canadian Press on March 1st, 2026
HALIFAX — An advocacy group of farmers and environmental organizations wants Health Canada to implement mandatory labelling on pork from gene-edited pigs. Earlier this year, the federal agency approved the sale of gene-edited pigs as food. The pigs are resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus, called PRRSV-resistant pigs. “It is expected that by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Conservative MPs Zimmer, Caputo ask for public inquiry into Tumbler Ridge deaths
By Canadian Press on March 1st, 2026
VICTORIA — Calls for an independent investigation into the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where eight people, including six children were shot last month, are growing. Federal Conservative MP Bob Zimmer, who represents the community in northeastern B.C., says the mourning families need answers around various aspects, including the shooter’s mental health and access to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iranian‑Canadians reflect on freedom, change, and the fight for women’s rights
By Canadian Press on March 1st, 2026
MONTREAL — At just two years old, former Iranian-Canadian international model and actress Samantha Tajik left Tehran with her family, settling in Canada. With Iran under attack by the United States and Israel, and the supreme leader dead, Tajik reflects on what life might have been like if she had stayed. “I was an international ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa won’t say if it penalized Gripen jets in 2021 analysis
By Canadian Press on March 1st, 2026
OTTAWA — National Defence is refusing to disclose how it analyzed competing fighter jet bids after a Swedish media report suggested the evaluation was weighted against Saab’s Gripen E. Citing confidential sources, the Swedish business publication Affarsvarlden reported that Ottawa added a risk coefficient to its analysis that significantly undermined the Gripen’s test scores because ... Read More »
1 responseNo ‘imminent threat’ to Canada amid fallout of U.S. attack on Iran: police
By Canadian Press on March 1st, 2026
Canada continues to grapple with the fallout of the ongoing conflict in Iran after the United States and Israel launched a major attack on the Middle Eastern country that left the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dead. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada supports the U.S. action in Iran, but Canada will not get directly ... Read More »
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