Around Canada

It’s fall, and that means migration. Birds are headed south. Chipmunks and squirrels are out in full force, gathering nuts for the winter. As temperatures drop, insects are looking for warm places, like your home, to hunker down. Some of these bugs – like spiders and centipedes – likely won’t …

Goals by Nichelle Prince and Adriana Leon gave Olympic champion Canada a 2-0 win over Jamaica on Friday in the opening game of a two-legged Olympic qualifier. Prince, Leon each score in Kingston as Canadians take 2-0 win in 1st of 2-leg playoff. Olympic champion Canada is a step closer …

RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien was shot and killed and two officers were injured, while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam, about 30 kilometres east of Vancouver, on Friday. One officer and the suspect are in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two investigations are underway. Ridge Meadows Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, had …

A man killed in Winnipeg’s Inkster Industrial area earlier this week was wanted by authorities in India, according to a specialized counter-terrorism law enforcement agency in India. Officers were called to a home on Hazelton Drive in northwest Winnipeg around 10 a.m. Wednesday and found a man dead inside, police …

Though the phrase "parental rights" is by no means a new term it has re-emerged during recent conflicts over sexual orientation and gender identity policies in Canadian schools. Here's a look at what the phrase means, where it comes from and who is included — and excluded — under its …

The Ontario government is changing course and reversing a contentious land swap for the province’s protected Greenbelt, following weeks of pressure and two minister resignations.  Doug Ford says it was ‘a mistake’ to open Greenbelt, process moved ‘too fast.’ The Ontario government is changing course and reversing a contentious land …

The Canadian government has amassed both human and signals intelligence in a months-long investigation of a Sikh activist’s death that has inflamed relations with India, sources tell CBC News. That intelligence includes communications involving Indian officials themselves, including Indian diplomats present in Canada, say Canadian government sources. The intelligence did …

Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton is leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus to take a job in the private sector.  McNaughton is 3rd cabinet minister to vacate post in as many weeks. Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton is leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus to take a job in the …

Seven months after a young Ukrainian hockey team captured the hearts of Canadians at the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, six of the boys who have returned to the province to study and play hockey this year find themselves unable to go to school. Almost three weeks after arriving in …

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at what effect the recent California lawsuit against oil and gas companies might have in Canada, and what a greenbelt is actually meant to accomplish.  Also: What’s a greenbelt supposed to do? Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. …