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Severe cold warning issued in Eastern Canada

As a massive arctic air mass sweeps across the eastern half of Canada today, Environment Canada issued a long list of extreme cold warnings covering six provinces across the two territories.Government and private agencies are scra...

Senate passes Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) with amendments

The Senate has passed the Online Streaming Act, known as Bill C-11, with a dozen amendments after a lengthy study.The bill would update Canada's broadcasting rules to reflect online streaming giants like YouTube, Netflix and Spoti...

The Supreme Court agreed to decide on the independence of Canadian military judges

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to decide whether military judges are truly independent.The Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling this morning in response to an appeal by several service members whose criminal cases are pending.As per the rules, the court provided an explanation for its decision to hear the case, which is a 2018 case when a top army judge was accused of fraud.Although the case against Colonel Mario Dutil was eventually dismissed, it set off a series of events that led to tensions between the remaining military judges and then-Defense Chief General Jonathan Vance.The...

Canada donating four Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine

Defence Minister Anita Anand confirms the country will send four of its German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The announcement comes one day after Germany announced it would send battle tanks to Ukraine and would also approve re...

Canada's passport application backlog now 'virtually eliminated,' minister says

Social Development Minister Karina Gould says Service Canada has eliminated 98 per cent of the massive backlog of passport applications. Most new passport applications were being processed on time by October, but thousands of applications before then were backlogged, with would-be travellers facing excessive delays. Gould expects more Canadians to apply for passports in the next few years because the first ones issued with a 10-year expiry date will come up for renewal in July. She is in Hamilton, Ontario for a three-day cabinet retreat, which is also focused on the war in Ukraine and inflati...

Freeland silent on tanks for Ukraine, but says victory would boost world economy

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada is working with allies to help Ukraine, but refused to say whether that means sending along battle tanks to Kyiv. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland also wouldn't say whether Cana...

Brooke Henderson goes wire-to-wire at LPGA season opener

Brooke Henderson is off to a flying start in the new LPGA Tour season. The Canadian went wire-to-wire to win the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona. It's her 13th career victory. Henderson wasn't under to...

Canada to repatriate six women, 13 children from Syrian detention, lawyer says

The lawyer for six Canadian women and 13 children being held in Syrian camps says Ottawa has agreed to help bring them home. The Canadians are among many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the ...

Ottawa sending 200 Canadian-made armoured vehicles as defence minister visits Ukraine

Defence Minister Anita Anand has sidestepped questions about whether Canada is prepared to donate modern battle tanks to Ukraine. The issue came up repeatedly as Anand paid a surprise visit to the capital Kyiv, where her Ukrainian...

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Trudeau presents $196 billion healthcare funding, including $46 billion in new funding

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will increase federal health-care transfers to the provinces by $196 billion over the next 10 years, though only about one-quarter of that is new, previously unexpected money.Trude...

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