Trudeau to attend G7 Leaders’ Summit in the United Kingdom next week in person
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will attend in person the G7 Leaders' Summit from June 11 to 13 and the NATO Summit on June 14 followed by the Canada-European Union Summit in Brussels. Trudeau says global leaders
Canadians growing ‘impatient’ on border, Garneau says as businesses push to reopen
WASHINGTON — Tiny cracks of daylight are beginning to appear in the barriers that have kept people from casually crossing the Canada-U.S. border for the last 13 months — but they mostly seem to be on the American side. Businesses and
Soldier cleared of charges related to alleged incidents in Nova Scotia
OTTAWA — A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has been found not guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement after prosecutors declined to present any evidence against him. Master Cpl. Anthony Chand was charged in February 2020 with sexual assau...
California urges EPA to let state set car-emissions standard
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials from California, New York and other states urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to allow California to set its own automobile tailpipe pollution standards, an action that would reverse a Trump administratio...
Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack
DETROIT (AP) — The world's largest meat processing company has resumed most production after a weekend cyberattack, but experts say the vulnerabilities exposed by this attack and others are far from resolved.
Advocates call for extension of Ontario eviction ban as stay-at-home order lifts
Housing and tenant advocates are calling on Ontario to reinstate a ban on residential evictions that lifted Wednesday as the province's stay-at-home order expired. They argued that losing housing during the pandemic would put lives at risk, and sugges...
Europe sees progress in latest rounds of Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA (AP) — European diplomats say the latest round of talks over Iran’s nuclear program has made progress, expressing hope that agreement could soon be reached for Tehran to comply with a 2015 deal aimed at curbing its atomic ambitions
Canadian outpouring over residential schools can bring healing, says survivor
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The shock being expressed about the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia could be a force to bring long-awaited change, says an author and school
Iran and CAR lose voting rights in UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran and the Central African Republic are in arrears on paying their dues to the United Nations’ operating budget and will lose their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly, the U.N. chief said in a
Ottawa councillors urge federal government to rename Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway
Three Ottawa city councillors representing wards where the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway runs parallel to the Ottawa River are urging the federal government to change the name of the road. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today, they