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Dreams do come true. U.S. President Donald Trump wished for Canada’s tax on U.S. tech companies to disappear on Friday, and by Sunday, it had. Mostly, there was a sense of surprise that the federal government would play such a valuable card this soon. The digital services tax (DST), which Ottawa was …
Read More »Ukraine on track to withdraw from Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree on the country’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the production and use of anti-personnel mines, the presidential website said on Sunday. Ukraine ratified the convention in 2005. “Support the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to withdraw Ukraine …
Read More »Ottawa woman killed, police believe it could be femicide
Police are investigating the death of an Ottawa woman earlier this week as a suspected case of femicide. At around 11:30 a.m. Monday, Ottawa police were called to a home on Carousel Crescent, near Hunt Club Road, and found a woman dead inside. She has been identified as 54-year-old Tracy …
Read More »Sikh groups say Ottawa should not invite Indian PM Modi to G7 summit
Sikh organizations are calling on Ottawa to break with a five-year tradition by not inviting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit. Canada is hosting the G7 leaders’ summit next month in Kananaskis, Alta., with the leaders from those nations expected to attend — France, United Kingdom, Germany, …
Read More »King Charles and Queen Camilla arriving in Ottawa for royal tour, throne speech
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Read More »Iran says it is ‘ready for talks’ about renewing relations with Canada, but Ottawa must make 1st move
Iran has said it is “ready for talks” with Canada about renewing long dormant diplomatic relations between the two countries, but that Ottawa must be the one to make the first move. “The relationship was frozen unilaterally by Canada, not by Iran,” said Esmail Baghaei, a foreign ministry spokesperson, at …
Read More »Politicians talk about Arctic sovereignty. But as a northern voter, I feel abandoned by Ottawa
This First Person article is the experience of Damien Haogak, who lives in Yellowknife. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. After four years of university in Edmonton, I moved back to Yellowknife in 2023 with my partner. The pandemic meant I didn’t have many …
Read More »Ottawa man charged after lockdown on Parliament Hill, police say
Ottawa police say a 31-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences following an hours-long Parliament Hill lockdown on Saturday. In a news release sent Sunday morning, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) said the man entered the security screening area of the East Block of Parliament Hill around 2:40 p.m. Saturday …
Read More »Poland and Baltics plan Ottawa Treaty exit, sparking fears for the landmine ban’s future
Against the backdrop of Russia’s three-year war in Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics are preparing to exit the Ottawa Treaty, the landmark agreement that saw 164 countries destroy their arsenals of landmines and ban future use. But critics of the decision, including the Canadian who developed and promoted the agreement, …
Read More »Ottawa updates advisory for travellers to U.S., noting visitors must register for longer stays
Canada The Canadian government has updated its travel advisory for those heading south of the border, noting the U.S. requires that visitors register if staying more than 30 days. Failure to comply could result in fines, misdemeanour prosecution, advisory says The Canadian Press · Posted: Mar 22, 2025 11:02 AM …
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