Canada

Saskatoon optometrist Rachael Berger has seen an increase in the number of patients concerned about their vision when driving at night.

LONDON — Two of the world’s biggest trading blocs are cautiously eyeing closer ties to short-circuit Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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I understand we need to wait and see about pricing and warranties and the availability of service centres here in Canada, not to mention better understanding of quality issues and of course environmental and human rights issues, but…

But hey let’s commit economic seppuku

Canada’s defence minister has signed an agreement at an international security forum to strengthen co-operation with Denmark on defence matters.

‘Buy Canadian’ strategy will raise military spending to 5 per cent of GDP and boost economy, new plan says.

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There are a lot of buzzword sounding bits in this article, but this is still a cool (incremental) step from what I understand. This seems to be the key bit:

Eddie Carvery, the activist who crusaded for reparations for the former residents of Africville, N.S., has died of cancer.

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Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

The federal government’s most recent cuts to the CIFA will eliminate close to one million hours of inspection, laboratory, and surveillance work every year.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said the Carney government is not serious about climate change. May, who supported Carney’s budget in December, has since questioned the prime minister’s word after accusing him of a climate policy flip-flop.

The organization has sent demand letters to Ontario law enforcement and global payment processors.

Ukrainians around the world will mark four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. What was meant to break Ukraine in days has instead become a defining chapter of resilience, resistance, and unwavering determination.

Canada’s François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, will be in Brussels, Belgium, on February 16 to reinforce Canada’s commitment to shared economic prosperity and strengthened collaboration on both sides of the Atlantic.

Ontario will keep Crown Royal on the shelves in the province’s liquor stores, it says, after parent company Diageo agreed to almost $23 million in spending in the alcohol and agriculture sectors.

Former deputy prime minister and cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland violated election rules during a 2024 byelection, the Commissioner of Canada Elections said on Friday.

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When the Israeli prime minister travelled to the U.S. on Sept. 25, 2025, Wing of Zion took a number of detours as it crossed the Mediterranean in order to stay mostly over water, and entered the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar.

But Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, the Bloc candidate, called on the courts to annul the results and call a new election after CBC News reported that a voter had their mail-in ballot returned to them due to a misprint on the return envelope.

Ukrainians demonstrate the highest level of “positive attitude” towards Great Britain, Canada, France and Germany. Negative attitudes are highest towards Russia.

The consultation format was widely criticized for its prioritization of business interests, its lack of attention to human rights and labour concerns related to AI, and its disregard for deliberative public dialogue: the short, 30-day time window and specialized knowledge required to meaningfully answer many of the survey questions posed barriers to public participation.

Air Transat is cancelling its last two flights into Florida as of this spring, suspending all of its business into the United States.

🇨🇦 At Davos, Prime Minister #MarkCarney declared that #Canada will “apply the same standards to allies and rivals”.

Internet blackout, currency collapse causing financial, emotional strain.

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A highly regarded theoretical physicist is stepping away from the Ontario institute he helped found, after his ties to the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in recently released files.

There are moments when words are inadequate.

The names of the six children and two adults who died on Tuesday were released by RCMP this afternoon.

Police in Prince Albert, Sask., say they’re reviewing a video shared online that shows a security guard slapping a woman during a confrontation at the McDonald’s restaurant inside the Walmart on 15th Street East.

Canada’s military police watchdog issued a scathing report on Thursday over the handling of an investigation into an air force officer who was charged with sexual assault and later took his own life in early 2022.

The powerful U.S. agriculture industry is throwing its weight behind the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, urging the Trump administration to consider the deal’s economic benefits to rural America before making any moves to rip it up.

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CANADA DOESN’T TALK about the Avro Arrow because it’s nostalgic. It talks about the Arrow because it’s unfinished business. Every time Ottawa finds itself boxed in on defence procurement, every time the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tries to remind Canada who it thinks really owns North American air power, the Arrow reappears. It doesn’t show up as an engineering debate or a budget line. It shows up as a question of sovereignty.

Stop thinking of identity theft as a “hack.” Learn how corporate negligence and data aggregation fuel the Canadian black market, and why your info is at risk.

The deliberate destruction of Canada’s homegrown fighter jet haunts our standoff with Washington.

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The U.S. House voted Wednesday to slap back Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare, if largely symbolic, rebuke of the White House agenda.

This is not going to stop my boycott.

Canada is playing hardball with a $40bn submarine contract as it tries to turbocharge investment in civilian sectors ranging from steel and cars to energy and mining, and boost its economic independence from the US.

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Geopolitical tensions around Greenland and Russian activity in the North have refocused political attention on Arctic Canada, exposing long-standing infrastructure gaps that are undermining community well-being and national security, the president of Canada’s national Inuit organization said.

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A new type of employee ownership comes at a time when the country is facing a wave of baby boomer entrepreneurs nearing retirement and an increased focus on strengthening the national economy in the face of a trade war with the U.S.

When officers entered the school on Tuesday afternoon, they found six victims deceased, RCMP confirmed.