CANADA NEWS

By Noé Chartier   The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) started on a positive note on Aug. 7, parring some of the day’s previous losses spurred by a global sell-off, but…

By Andrew Chen Chinese police collecting massive amounts of biometric data in provinces with mostly ethnic minorities are using the data not against crime or terrorism but for social control,…

By Chandra Philip  Cellphones will be off limits in all Saskatchewan classrooms as of this fall, the province has announced. The new policy will apply to all schools in the…

By Andrew Chen  A vacant-homes tax may boost housing availability but it hasn’t improved affordability, says a new study on the policy’s impact in Vancouver. The C.D. Howe Institute study…

By Matthew Lau Commentary Canada already has a severe shortage of doctors, but recent federal government policy failures—even those seemingly having nothing to do with health care—are making things worse.…

By Chandra Philip   Crews in Jasper are clearing away debris in the town as the wildfire continues to flare up, all while the province announces plans to provide bus…

By Isaac Teo Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Ottawa to acknowledge Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the victorof the July 28 presidential election in that country—a…

By Chandra Philip   A former New Brunswick cabinet minister says he was arrested by Toronto police and accused of disturbing the peace after chanting “Free Palestine – from Hamas”…

By Matthew Horwood Google will implement a surcharge for ads served in Canada to help the company pay Ottawa’s new Digital Services Tax (DST), the tech giant has announced. “As…

By Matthew Horwood Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan has defended an official request he made to use Canadian Armed Forces soldiers as a backdrop for a concert by a Punjabi…