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  WASHINGTON—An estimated 1,500 people rallied near Washington’s National Mall on July 20 to call for an end to communist China’s brutal 24-year-long persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong.…

By Lee Harding A New Brunswick mother says her petition for parental rights in education is gaining support daily and will help the provincial government to stay the course. Faytene…

By Amanda Brown COVID-19-related charges laid against former MP Derek Sloan and former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier have been dropped by Crown prosecutors, says the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms…

By Matthew Horwood Although this week’s announced interest rate hike by the Bank of Canada (BoC) will make things even tougher for Canadians amid rising mortgage rates and tight budgets,…

By Rahul Vaidyanath OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate target by a quarter percentage point (25 basis points) to 5 percent on July 12 in response to more…

By Matthew Horwood Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) has paid out nearly $7 million in claims since it first launched, according to updated bi-annual records. According to the VISP,…

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing, on Jan. 16, 2023. (VCG via Getty Images) By Matthew Horwood Nearly a month after Canada announced it would pause all activity at the…

By Noé Chartier A federal watchdog says it is launching investigations into two companies over allegations of benefitting from forced labour in China, including apparel maker Nike Canada. The other…

By Matthew Horwood As tech giants threaten to block Canadians’ access to online news, a new poll has found that half of Canadians believe the federal government should “back down”…

By Dorothy Li and Frank Fang U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a “robust conversation” with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and other top diplomats in Beijing on June 19,…