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In the news: Top diplomats for Canada-China meet, Coalition Avenir Québec next steps?
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Anand meets Beijing peer during Carney visit Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing, who told Anand that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit marks a turning point in Canada-China relations. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More snow set to blanket Southern Ontario, rush hour chaos also likely
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
Wintry weather is set to add another layer of the white stuff across most of Southern Ontario and into Quebec. From the Chatham-area sideroads in the south to the street corners of Montreal, Environment Canada is calling for 10 to 25 centimetres of accumulation. Squalls off Lake Huron could add another 20 centimetres in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heritage minister says hockey romance ‘Heated Rivalry’ is a Cancon triumph
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Canadian TV show “Heated Rivalry” is winning fans all around the world — including Culture Minister Marc Miller, who calls the show a Cancon triumph. The Crave original series — a love story about pro hockey players on rival teams — is based on a series of romance novels by Nova Scotia’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Premier François Legault’s party facing challenges after his resignation
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault’s party is beginning the search for a successor with only months to go before the next provincial election. Legault announced Wednesday he would resign in the coming months after the Coalition Avenir Québec chooses a new leader. The party’s executive team was expected to meet Wednesday evening to work ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leah Gazan backs Avi Lewis, becomes first NDP MP to endorse a leadership candidate
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
OTTAWA — Manitoba NDP MP Leah Gazan is formally endorsing documentarian Avi Lewis for the party’s leadership, making her the first sitting MP to officially back a candidate. Gazan says she is supporting Lewis because she sees him as someone who can rebuild the party and offer solutions to the high cost of living and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!China’s top diplomat hails new relations with Canada amid “complex” global changes
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
BEIJING — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing, who told Anand that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit marks a turning point in Canada-China relations. Wang says the progress between the two countries will lead to opening up new prospects for relations amid unprecedented and complex changes taking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Staggering’ disparity as Indigenous adults overrepresented in prisons by 10 times
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A new report by Statistics Canada says Indigenous adults were incarcerated at a rate 10 times higher than non-Indigenous adults in six provinces, a disparity that justice advocates called staggering, and a roadblock to reconciliation. The agency’s new measure, called the overrepresentation index, was used to make the finding for First Nations, Inuit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. to end drug decriminalization project, after ‘challenging’ three-year-experiment
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
British Columbia won’t be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession, officially ending a three-year program that was hailed as a groundbreaking experiment before critics blamed it for fuelling public disorder and failing to rein in the overdose crisis. Health Minister Josie Osborne ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Timeline of B.C.’s three-year drug decriminalization pilot project
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
British Columbia’s three-year pilot project that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use is set to end on Jan. 31. Health Minister Josie Osbourne has announced B.C. will not be extending the program. Here are some of the key moments in its history. May 31, 2022 Health Canada grants the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five topics other than trade that could come up during Carney’s China visit
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Beijing this week for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials. Upon arriving in China Wednesday, Carney said he was “ready to build a new partnership” with the country. While Canadians will be watching for signs that China plans to ease its tariffs on Canadian agriculture ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Researchers concerned after endangered whooping cranes test positive for bird flu
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
SASKATOON — A wildlife biologist says it’s deeply concerning that two dead critically endangered birds have tested positive for the avian flu. Mark Bidwell with the Canadian Wildlife Service says the deaths in Saskatchewan mark the first time the highly pathogenic virus has been detected in the wild population of whooping cranes. Bidwell says he ... Read More »
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