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Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The Swedish royal family arrives in Ottawa today to begin a three-day state visit alongside a delegation of top government ministers and representatives from dozens of Swedish …
Read More »Alberta premier ‘cannot double-talk’ about Ottawa depending on her interests: Chrétien
Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien is taking a swing at Alberta’s simmering separatist movement and says Premier Danielle Smith “cannot double-talk all the time” about Ottawa depending on her interests. “Now she wants the federal government to intervene in B.C. to help Alberta, but don’t do anything in Alberta …
Read More »The Trump administration is investing in Canadian critical mineral companies. But Ottawa can stop it
The Trump administration has purchased a stake in two Canadian critical mineral companies, a move experts say is certainly unusual, if not extraordinary, and which raise questions about whether Ottawa should block them in the interest of national security. It’s “possibly unprecedented for the U.S. government itself to be buying …
Read More »Ottawa pledges $400M in financial aid for Algoma Steel as tariffs pummel sector
The federal government announced a $400-million financial support for Algoma Steel under its large enterprise tariff relief scheme, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said on Monday. The loan will “help Algoma Steel Inc. continue operations, transition to a business model less reliant on the United States, and limit disruption to its workforce,” …
Read More »Chinese students take Ottawa to court over study permit delays
Dozens of Chinese graduate students are accusing Ottawa of discrimination because their study permit applications have been left in limbo for months, preventing them from beginning their advanced degrees at Canadian universities. “It’s already [done] very serious damage to my life,” Yixin Cheng, a 27-year-old would-be PhD student in computer …
Read More »Ottawa upholds CRTC ruling on wholesale internet access to ‘allow for more competition’
Ottawa says it will uphold a ruling by Canada’s telecommunications regulator allowing the country’s largest internet companies to provide service to customers using fibre networks built by their rivals — as long as they do so outside their core regions. Industry Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement Wednesday evening …
Read More »Toronto Zoo to take in blind, baby moose after province approves transfer from Ottawa
The Toronto Zoo will soon become home to a blind baby moose who was rescued near Ottawa earlier this month. The two-month-old baby moose, now named Cedar, was found by an animal rescue group on a rural road in Hawkesbury, Ont. Cedar was brought to Holly’s Haven Wildlife Rescue, where …
Read More »Calm in the crease: Inside Gwyneth Philips’s ascension to the Ottawa Charge’s starting job
A few days after more than 11,000 fans of the opposing team chanted her name inside Minnesota’s Xcel Energy Center, Gwyneth Philips was alone with her thoughts in the forest. The rookie goaltender led her Ottawa Charge to the PWHL Finals against the Minnesota Frost. Ottawa came up short in …
Read More »Ottawa officer removed after army learned of antisemitic, homophobic ‘Blue Hackle Mafia’ group
The Canadian Army has suspended the commanding officer of the Cameron Highlanders in Ottawa after discovering a Facebook group with “abhorrent” content. As CBC News reported earlier this month, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has been investigating the “Blue Hackle Mafia” group, which the army said was littered with “racist, misogynistic, homophobic and …
Read More »Poilievre says he lost Ottawa riding for being ‘honest’ about plan to cut public sector jobs
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre says he lost his riding of Carleton in the federal election due to an “aggressive” campaign by public sector unions after he was honest about wanting to cut federal worker jobs. Poilievre had held the Ottawa riding of Carleton for two decades until the April …
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