Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai stepping down, won't run in next election (Canada)

Photo: The Canadian Press Ranj Pillai, premier of Yukon, arrives to take part in the first ministers' meeting at the National War Museum on Friday, March 21, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Before he decided to run in the 2022 leadership …

Hong Kong police take away 2 relatives of Canada-based activist for questioning

Hong Kong national security police have taken away two relatives of a Canada-based activist for questioning. A source said that activist Joseph Tay’s cousin and his wife were escorted from their home in Fo Tan to a police station to assist with the …

Canada has been 'over reliant on the US for too long', says Joly

Canada has been "over reliant on the US for too long," and wants to forge closer ties with the UK and the EU, Canada's foreign minister Melanie Joly said. "We are the most European of all non-European countries," she told the BBC on …

Margaret Atwood to Receive The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Canada Honor

As Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale builds towards its series finale, Margaret Atwood, who wrote the 1985 novel on which the popular TV drama starring Elisabeth Moss is based, will be honored by The Hollywood Reporter at its Women in Entertainment Canada event …

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South Vancouver Island usurps Ontario region for ‘Birding Capital of Canada’

The Capital Regional District has been named the ‘Birding Capital of Canada’ after surpassing Canada’s record-holding birder’s paradise in eastern Canada. Up until the past couple of months, Essex, Ontario, which inhabits the famous birder’s haven, Point …

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra to make first official appearance at business summit in Ottawa

Open this photo in gallery:Pete Hoekstra testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, in Washington, on March 13.Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra will make his first official appearance at …

822 special ballots mistakenly kept at B.C. office: Elections Canada

More than 800 national special ballots from 74 ridings across the country were mistakenly kept at a B.C. office, Elections Canada says. Chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault said Elections Canada informed all registered political parties Wednesday (May …

Oil-Rich Alberta Could Vote to Separate from Canada

Alberta could vote next year on whether to separate from Canada if a citizen-led petition gathers the requisite number of signatures requesting such a question to be put to a referendum. That’s what Danielle Smith, the Premier of the Alberta province, …

Canada’s Stanley Cup drought, explained, and how 3 teams can break it in 2025

You’d be hard pressed to find anything innately funnier than Canada’s inability to win a Stanley Cup over the last three decades. The nation that gave us the sport of hockey, nurtured its culture, and provides over 40% of players in the league hasn’t had a …