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Canada issues deportation orders, cancels visas for Iranian regime members
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal border agency says three people have been found ineligible to remain in Canada in recent years for being senior officials of the Iranian regime. The Canada Border Services Agency says deportation orders were issued for all three and one has been removed from Canada. In 2022, Ottawa declared Iran’s leaders — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!This year’s Fête nationale was hottest June day on record in Montreal
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — Tuesday’s Fête nationale holiday was the hottest June day in Montreal since records started. Environment Canada says temperatures hit 35.6 C, breaking the all-time high for June set 61 years ago. The previous monthly high of 35 C was set on June 30, 1964, recorded at Montreal’s Trudeau Airport, where records have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No evidence federal election was affected by foreign interference, commissioner says
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s elections commissioner says she has no evidence the result of the federal election in April was affected by foreign interference, disinformation or voter intimidation. In a preliminary report today, Commissioner Caroline Simard says her office received more than 16,000 complaints about the spring campaign which ended on April 28. That number is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social help for some immigrants
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
CALGARY — Whether Alberta should withhold social services from some immigrants is among the issues Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is tabling for debate this summer when she travels the province to consult citizens on potential referendum questions. The tour is part of what Smith has dubbed the “Alberta Next” panel. At a news conference Tuesday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal asking rents up nearly 71% in six years, according to Statistics Canada
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — A new Statistics Canada report says asking rent in Montreal has risen by nearly 71 per cent since 2019. Average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment was $1,930 in the first quarter of 2025, up from $1,130 six years ago. Asking rents have roughly doubled in some other Quebec cities, including Drummondville and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former B.C. finance minister says Conservative nomination process needs examination
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — A longtime British Columbia MLA who was rejected as a candidate by the federal Conservatives in the April election is calling on the party to examine its nomination process. Michael de Jong, who was B.C.’s finance minister from 2012 to 2017, planned to run for the Tories in the riding of Abbotsford-South Langley ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National chief calls on senators to slow down major projects bill
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on senators to slow down Ottawa’s sprint to pass Prime Minister Mark Carney’s controversial major projects bill this week. Bill C-5 is being introduced at first reading in the upper chamber after it was fast-tracked through the House of Commons and went ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says Canada will spend 5% of its GDP on defence by 2035
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
THE HAGUE — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have agreed to substantially hike their defence spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035. At a press conference outside the NATO summit in The Hague Wednesday morning, Carney said Canada can no longer rely on geography to protect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
THE HAGUE — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have all agreed to hike their defence-spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035. Carney says Canada can no longer rely on its geography to protect it as new weapons and threats emerge on the wold stage. NATO Secretary-General ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, NATO allies agree to hike defence spending target to 5% by 2035
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
THE HAGUE — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said alliance members have agreed to hike their defence-spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035. As part of the new plan, allies will now have to invest 3.5 per cent in core defence needs such as jets and weapons and 1.5 per cent in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, NATO allies meeting to debate new defence spending target
By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025
THE HAGUE — NATO leaders are meeting to debate whether to more than double the alliance’s defence spending target. Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the leaders around the table at the annual leaders’ summit in The Hague, where a proposal is being discussed to increase the target to five per cent of annual GDP, ... Read More »
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