CanadaMay 28, 2025
House of Commons returns with new faces
Parliament gets back to work Wednesday with a new Speaker, a new prime minister and plenty of new faces in the House of Commons. Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia will preside over the House of Commons for the first time today, while his office has confirmed that all 343 members of Parliament have now been sworn in.
Roughly a third of those MPs, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, were elected for the first time in April and will face their first question period today.
King Charles formally opened Parliament on Tuesday with the speech from the throne and the minority Liberal government says it
BCMay 27, 2025
GST relief for first-time home buyers on new homes valued up to $1.5 million
The Carney government has fulfilled its promise of GST relief. Now first-time buyers buying new homes worth up to a million dollars will save $50,000.
In addition, the GST on new homes priced between $1 million and $1.5 million has also been reduced for first-time homebuyers. In this regard, Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champagne tabled legislative proposals for changes to the Excise Tax Act today.
According to government figures, this rebate will save Canadians $3.9 billion in taxes over the next five years. People who are buying a new home from a builder will qualify for this rebate.
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CanadaMay 27, 2025
Hudson's Bay to lay off 8,000 employees by June 1, close all stores
A large number of people are about to lose their jobs in Canada, with the country's oldest company Hudson's Bay announcing the closure of all stores by Sunday, which will make more than 8,000 of its employees unemployed.
Hudson's Bay has said that it will lay off 8,347 or 89 percent of its employees by June 1. At the same time, about 899 of the remaining employees will be terminated around June 15.
It is worth noting that Hudson's Bay is a 355-year-old company, which filed for creditor protection in March, citing a slow recovery from pandemic losses, low traffic and a tariff war with the U
CanadaMay 27, 2025
Good chance for Oilers to consolidate lead
The Edmonton Oilers will try to increase their lead in the N-H-L's best-of-seven Western Conference final tonight on home ice.
The Oilers beat the visiting Dallas Stars over the weekend to grab a 2-1 lead in the series. In the Eastern Conference final series, the Carolina Hurricanes stayed alive with a 3-0 road win over the Florida Panthers last night.
Game 5 in that series goes tomorrow and the Panthers are just a win away from making their third straight appearance in the Stanley Cup final.
They beat the Oilers in the final last year.
CanadaMay 27, 2025
King Charles says in historic throne speech "the true North is indeed strong and free"
King Charles says Prime Minister Mark Carney's government vows to protect Canadian sovereignty by building up the military and redefining the relationship with the U-S.
The King read the throne speech in Ottawa today to officially open Parliament. He finished his address by saying -- quote -- ``As the anthem reminds us, the true North is indeed strong and free.'
The speech confirmed that Canada will join the ReArm Europe plan -- a major defence procurement project to ramp up arms production in Europe.
The move could reduce Canada's reliance on the United States as a source of military
CanadaMay 27, 2025
Canada faces 'massive challenge' as NATO eyes new 5% spending target: expert
When representatives of NATO nations meet in The Hague late next month, they're expected to dramatically hike the alliance's defence spending target for members — the one Canada is failing to hit already.
When Prime Minister Mark Carney attends the NATO summit next month, he'll likely be under pressure to commit to a new defence spending target of five per cent of national GDP. The meeting of NATO countries is scheduled to be held on June 24 and 25.
At the 2024 NATO summit in Washington, after a series of U.S. politicians blasted Canada for failing to meet its commitments, Trudeau pledged
CanadaMay 27, 2025
Northern Alberta town ordered evacuated because of wildfire
An evacuation order has been issued for a town in northern Alberta as a wildfire burns nearby. Officials say a wildfire is burning seven kilometres north of Swan Hills. The town's roughly 1,300 residents have been told to gather pets, important documents and medication, and to leave immediately.
Officials say the Edith Lake wildfire is classified as out of control and is estimated to be 20 square kilometres in size. The highway north of Swan Hills has been closed because of the fire. Swan Hills is about 220 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. Town residents had been placed under a one-hour e
CanadaMay 27, 2025
King Charles delivers the throne speech today. Here's what you need to know
King Charles will read the speech from the throne this morning, which sets out the government's priorities for the current session of Parliament.
Here are some facts about this historic event.
— King Charles III will be the first monarch to use the new throne in the Senate of Canada building.
— There have been 152 speeches from the throne since Confederation.
— Throne speeches in Canada were read by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 and 1977.
— The first throne speech was delivered in 1867 by Viscount Monck, Canada's first governor general.
— The first 10 throne speeches clocked in at an av
CanadaMay 26, 2025
WSO disappointed over issues discussed by Canada and India's foreign ministers
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, spoke by telephone with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday.
After the conversation, Anita Anand shared information on social media platform 'X' and said that the discussion with S. Jaishankar regarding strengthening India-Canada relations, increasing economic cooperation, and moving forward on shared priorities was productive. Anita Anand also thanked S. Jaishankar.
The World Sikh Organization has expressed disappointment over the issues discussed.
WSO has questioned Anita Anand's silence on the Sikh killings in this co