Canada & World

Ottawa is offering a lifeline to people fleeing a civil war in Sudan if they have relatives in Canada who agree to financially support them. Immigration Minister Marc Miller says this new humanitarian pathway is for both Sudanese and foreign citizens who lived in Sudan when conflict broke out in mid-April. Miller delivers remarks at a press conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Canada to offer humanitarian visas to those fleeing Sudan if relatives pay costs

Duelling militias began a civil war in Sudan this spring that has caused some 5M people to flee

Ottawa is offering a lifeline to people fleeing a civil war in Sudan if they have relatives in Canada who agree to financially support them. Immigration Minister Marc Miller says this new humanitarian pathway is for both Sudanese and foreign citizens who lived in Sudan when conflict broke out in mid-April. Miller delivers remarks at a press conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
An Air Tindi de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter carrying five people was forced to make an emergency landing outside of Fort Providence en-route from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson, Nov. 1, 2021. Air Tindi president Chris Reynolds said three helicopters have been dispatched to a crash site after another Twin Otter, like the one pictured, went down on Dec. 27, 2023 at 12:45 p.m. Mountain Time, approximately 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. NNSL file photo

3 helicopters to bring back Northwest Territories plane crash survivors

An aircraft carrying 2 search and rescue paramedics was dispatched to the crash site Wednesday night

An Air Tindi de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter carrying five people was forced to make an emergency landing outside of Fort Providence en-route from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson, Nov. 1, 2021. Air Tindi president Chris Reynolds said three helicopters have been dispatched to a crash site after another Twin Otter, like the one pictured, went down on Dec. 27, 2023 at 12:45 p.m. Mountain Time, approximately 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. NNSL file photo
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe sits for a photograph in the cabinet room at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Moe says it’s ‘unfortunate’ for Saskatchewan to break federal emissions law

Trudeau announced people using heating oil are exempt from paying carbon levy over the next 3 years

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe sits for a photograph in the cabinet room at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Manitoba is preparing to join other provinces and increase taxation of vaping products next year, as a way to discourage use of the products, especially among young people. A passenger exhales while vaping at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Manitoba to join other provinces in excise tax on vape products

On a full-year basis, the excise tax is estimated to bring in $11 million

Manitoba is preparing to join other provinces and increase taxation of vaping products next year, as a way to discourage use of the products, especially among young people. A passenger exhales while vaping at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
In this undated photo released by Iris Weinstein Haggai, Judih Weinstein and Gadi Hagi hold each other as they pose for a photo in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Iris Weinstein Haggai via AP

Last Canadian kidnapped by Hamas, Judih Weinstein Haggai, declared dead

Her family says she died on Oct. 7, the day that Hamas militants conducted the assault on Israel

In this undated photo released by Iris Weinstein Haggai, Judih Weinstein and Gadi Hagi hold each other as they pose for a photo in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Iris Weinstein Haggai via AP
Police say four boys have been charged with manslaughter after a stabbing in Winnipeg.Peter Filip, who was 27, was killed in the city’s West Alexander neighbourhood on Nov. 11.(File photo)

4 teens charged with manslaughter after November stabbing in Winnipeg

Police say they are still looking for 2 other boys, a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old

Police say four boys have been charged with manslaughter after a stabbing in Winnipeg.Peter Filip, who was 27, was killed in the city’s West Alexander neighbourhood on Nov. 11.(File photo)
Nuclear Waste Management Organization senior transportation engineer Ulf Stahmer holds enough model uranium pellets to power a house for a year during a tour of NWMO’s facility in Oakville, Ont., on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Site for Canada’s underground nuclear waste repository to be selected next year

The process to move ahead with a deep geological repository is already more than 20 years along

Nuclear Waste Management Organization senior transportation engineer Ulf Stahmer holds enough model uranium pellets to power a house for a year during a tour of NWMO’s facility in Oakville, Ont., on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Ashley Perepelkin pauses for a photo on the family’s farm near Leslieville, Alta., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canadian farmers use ‘bovine AI’ to help save time, money

Alberta farming couple has been using BETSY to help with their cattle

Ashley Perepelkin pauses for a photo on the family’s farm near Leslieville, Alta., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
<div>FILE – Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus chairs his first question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick</div>

New guest guidelines circulating after MPs applauded man who fought for Nazis

‘Feedback will be incorporated before the Speaker shares these guidelines with members’

<div>FILE – Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus chairs his first question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick</div>
Kora-lea Vidal, 36, a former running back for Canada's silver-medal-winning national football team, says she never thought she'd escape domestic violence and end up homeless. Vidal is seen embracing an elderly First Nations woman at Radius Community Health and Healing, a safe consumption site northeast of downtown, in Edmonton, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jamin Mike

‘Beauty in the struggle’: Canadian TikToker aims to end hunger

‘A lot of people take action around the holiday season, but this is ‘round-the-clock, yearlong work’

Kora-lea Vidal, 36, a former running back for Canada's silver-medal-winning national football team, says she never thought she'd escape domestic violence and end up homeless. Vidal is seen embracing an elderly First Nations woman at Radius Community Health and Healing, a safe consumption site northeast of downtown, in Edmonton, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jamin Mike
Quebec’s decision to restrict cellphone use in the classroom comes into effect in the new year, making it just the second province in the country to implement a provincewide ban, after Ontario. A person uses a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Cellphones banned in Quebec classrooms after winter break

Many Quebec schools already had rules limiting cellphones in classes

Quebec’s decision to restrict cellphone use in the classroom comes into effect in the new year, making it just the second province in the country to implement a provincewide ban, after Ontario. A person uses a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Members of the LGBTQ+ community have long faced discrimination and prejudice in Canada and beyond, having to fight for job protection, access to services and basic human rights. Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault and Labour and Seniors Minister Seamus O’Regan shake hands with labour leaders after making an announcement in the Foyer of the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

‘Silence is not a solution’: LGBTQ+ parliamentarians reflect on year

2023 saw heated debate around what is taught in schools, what rights gender non-conforming children have

Members of the LGBTQ+ community have long faced discrimination and prejudice in Canada and beyond, having to fight for job protection, access to services and basic human rights. Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault and Labour and Seniors Minister Seamus O’Regan shake hands with labour leaders after making an announcement in the Foyer of the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
<div>Streaming television changed how Canadians watch their favourite shows, but over the past year, prices have risen at nearly all of the major subscription services. This is the NETFLIX screen on a television in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gene J. Puskar</div>

Rising prices, shrinking libraries: How streaming TV is shaking down in Canada

Prices rose in Canada by an average of 12 per cent per year in 2022 and 2023

<div>Streaming television changed how Canadians watch their favourite shows, but over the past year, prices have risen at nearly all of the major subscription services. This is the NETFLIX screen on a television in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gene J. Puskar</div>
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem arrives for the annual meeting of federal, provincial, and territorial finance ministers in Toronto on Friday, December 15, 2023. A slowing economy is expected to lay the groundwork for interest rate cuts as early as mid-2024, which would signal a turning point in the fight against inflation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Inflation expected lower in 2024 as more feel pinch of high interest rates

Experts say Canadians can expect some price stabilization in the new year

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem arrives for the annual meeting of federal, provincial, and territorial finance ministers in Toronto on Friday, December 15, 2023. A slowing economy is expected to lay the groundwork for interest rate cuts as early as mid-2024, which would signal a turning point in the fight against inflation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
As the smoke lifts on the worst wildfire season ever recorded in Canada, some question whether the country has the fleet of aerial water bombers it needs keep up with longer, more intense seasons fuelled by climate change. A Canadair waterbomber drops a load of water over the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia on Friday Aug. 10, 2001. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Is Canada’s fleet of water bombers fit for climate-change fuelled wildfires?

Some question if Canada has the equipment needed to fight another intense season

As the smoke lifts on the worst wildfire season ever recorded in Canada, some question whether the country has the fleet of aerial water bombers it needs keep up with longer, more intense seasons fuelled by climate change. A Canadair waterbomber drops a load of water over the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia on Friday Aug. 10, 2001. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Maureen McGee searches for belongings in the ruins of her family’s home after it was destroyed in a wildfire earlier this month in the suburban community of Hammonds Plains, N.S., outside of Halifax on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Seven months after a wildfire left a dark, 1,000-hectare scare on the western suburbs of Halifax, less visible damage persists in the lives of those who lost their homes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Homeowner costs continue to mount in wake of record wildfire season

Insurance gaps, unexpected remediation drawing resources as tax bills grow

Maureen McGee searches for belongings in the ruins of her family’s home after it was destroyed in a wildfire earlier this month in the suburban community of Hammonds Plains, N.S., outside of Halifax on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Seven months after a wildfire left a dark, 1,000-hectare scare on the western suburbs of Halifax, less visible damage persists in the lives of those who lost their homes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The Canadian Transportation Agency says it’s issued a penalty to Air Canada for violating the Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Air Canada fined $97K for neglecting wheelchair user

Disability violation penalized by the Canadian Transportation Agency

Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The Canadian Transportation Agency says it’s issued a penalty to Air Canada for violating the Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has approved RBC’s $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Canada despite calls from opposition politicians and other groups to block it.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

$13.5B RBC takeover of HSBC Canada gets federal stamp of approval

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland greenlights deal, but with some caveats attached

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has approved RBC’s $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Canada despite calls from opposition politicians and other groups to block it.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.The National Council of Canadian Muslims says Miller is expected to make an announcement later today about special measures for Canadians with family members trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada offers visas to relatives of Canadians living in Gaza war zone

However, temporary permits don’t come with an escape plan

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.The National Council of Canadian Muslims says Miller is expected to make an announcement later today about special measures for Canadians with family members trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., says her team is hard at work getting ready in the event former president Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Godofredo A. Vásquez

If Trump returns to U.S. office, will Canada be more ready?

Ottawa learned lessons from Trump’s first term — and vice versa, says ambassador

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., says her team is hard at work getting ready in the event former president Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Godofredo A. Vásquez