CANADA

By Doug Lett Updated: August 19, 2023  When Vijay Jayaraj was growing up in India, power blackouts were frequent. He said the blackouts affected everything from schooling to employment—because when…

By Doug Lett Updated: August 18,2023  Federal subsidies for electric vehicle manufacturers now total $32 billion, which is more than twice the annual output of the entire Canadian automobile sector.…

By Noé Chartier Updated: August 18, 2023  The Liberal government is preparing scenarios in case former U.S. president Donald Trump, or someone with similar politics, returns to the White House,…

By Amanda Brown Updated: August 18, 2023  Canada’s Supreme Court has consented to hear airlines’ legal challenge to compensation rules for international flights. A lower court had earlier dismissed the…

By Marnie Cathcart Updated: August 17, 2023 Many of the estimated $22 billion worth of COVID-related contracts granted by Health Canada (HC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)…

By Marnie Cathcart Updated: August 17, 2023  A 40-year-old powerlifter who was born a male but now identifies as a woman has set national and unofficial world records in powerlifting,…

By Amanda Brown Updated: August 17, 2023  Despite Ottawa’s new purpose-designed stormwater tunnel opening in November 2020, a severe thunderstorm on Aug. 10 sent 316 million litres of stormwater and…

By Matthew Horwood Updated: August 16, 2023 Just 40 percent of homeless people successfully found stable housing under a $3.7 billion federal housing aid program, according to a government report.…

By Amanda Brown Updated: August 16, 2023  Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson is collaborating on an initiative to develop “alternative” global policies and bring together a wider spectrum of viewpoints on…

By Matthew Horwood Updated: August 16, 2023  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre fired back at a reporter’s accusation during a press conference in Prince Edward Island on Aug. 16 that he’s…