Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by phone Monday, reaffirming their agreement that Ukraine must be a party to any discussions about a possible end to the war in that country. Speaking in advance of the Friday meeting in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Carney…
The federal government is calling for the release of Armenian detainees and prisoners of war in Azerbaijan as it praised the road to peace paved by a White House-brokered meeting last week between the two countries locked in decades of conflict. “By initialling the peace agreement and both acknowledging Armenia and Azerbaijan sovereignty and territorial integrity,…
A Nova Scotia Mountie abused his role when he pursued an intimate sexual relationship with the complainant in an assault case where he was the lead investigator, according to an RCMP code of conduct board ruling. The adjudicator overseeing the case, Gina Lévesque, said the Mountie acted inappropriately and discredited the force. “Police officers have…
China on Tuesday announced a preliminary anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports — a fresh escalation in a yearlong trade dispute that began with Ottawa’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August. The provisional rate will be set at 75.8 per cent, effective from Thursday, the statement said. China is the world’s largest importer of…
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached “unimaginable levels,” Canada, Britain, Australia and several of their European allies said on Tuesday, calling on Israel to allow unrestricted aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave. “Famine is unfolding before our eyes. Urgent action is needed now to halt and reverse starvation,” the foreign ministers of 24 countries…
Air Canada says it will begin cancelling flights on Thursday ahead of a potential strike that could see more than 10,000 flight attendants walk off the job this weekend. The country’s largest airline said the gradual suspension of flights — which would see more cancellations on Friday, before a complete cessation of flying by Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge by the…
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post. The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and it has agreed to meet with Canada Post on Friday and Monday. The talks come after workers rejected Canada Post’s…
The Conservatives want to change the Criminal Code to eliminate what they say is a double standard in the justice system that allows non-citizens to get lighter sentences than Canadians who have been convicted of the same crime. “When it comes to sentencing non-citizens, Canada has essentially adopted a form of two-tier justice,” Conservative MP…
Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu are meeting with canola groups Wednesday afternoon to discuss China’s announcement that it will hit Canada with a 75.8 per cent tariff on the crop. The ministers have a meeting scheduled with the Canola Council of Canada and the Canadian Canola Growers Association. The new…
