Canada

Ontario man pleads guilty to running drug ring that brought meth, cocaine into Canada

LOS ANGELES — An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to running a drug-trafficking operation that U.S. officials say brought hundreds of kilograms of meth and cocaine worth up to US$17 million from the United...

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U.K. midwife giving up on Canadian dream after IRCC fails to recognize UBC program

A Scottish-born midwife trying to immigrate to B.C. has hit another dead end. She was initially turned down over a missing English test.

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Here's how Canada hit its NATO defence spending target

OTTAWA — Canada spent $63.4 billion on national defence in 2025, meeting its NATO commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence for the first time, the alliance's annual report said Thursday. Speaking...

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Liberal MP Michael Ma sorry after confusion over remarks on forced labour in China

OTTAWA — MP Michael Ma, who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals, has apologized after appearing to cast doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China. Ma said he regretted making a mistake...

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Liberal MP Michael Ma sorry after confusion over remarks on forced labour in China

OTTAWA — MP Michael Ma, who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals, has apologized after appearing to cast doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China. Ma said he regretted making a mistake...

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Lawsuits dropped after Gilbert Rozon, Julie Snyder, Pénélope McQuade reach deal

MONTREAL — Legal proceedings have been settled out of court between Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon and Quebec media personalities Pénélope McQuade and Julie Snyder. In 2020, Rozon filed a $450,000...

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Bodies of pilots who died in collision at N.Y. airport are repatriated to Canada

MONTREAL — The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have returned to Canada. Pilots carried the casket of Jazz Aviation first officer...

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Global Fund disease czar warns of limits to shifting foreign aid to private capital

OTTAWA — The head of the world's major funding mechanism for tackling infectious diseases says the Carney government's focus on leveraging private capital for aid will have only a limited impact on the...

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Astronaut and UBC alumna answers questions from space

VANCOUVER — UBC alumna Jessica Meir gave students an unusual office tour on Thursday as she floated and flipped inside her zero-gravity workplace — the orbiting International Space Station. Meir is...

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Supreme Court wraps up hearings over Quebec secularism law

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is beginning its deliberations about a Quebec secularism law after hearings on the controversial legislation wrapped up. The 2019 Quebec law bans some public sector...

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