Canada

Independence movements don’t usually thrive in regions that are rich.

This time in Poland. The USA is firmly on the path of Fascism on so many levels, and it’s all to feed USA MAGA with false information. The winner of all bottom-of-the-barrel ambassadors is, of course, Pete Hoekstra, who has managed to insult both his Canadian ánd Dutch guest countries. https://www.thedailyscrumnews.com/recall-u-s-ambassador-pete-hoekstra-its-time-for-him-to-leave-canada/

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Canada will step up support to Ukraine’s energy sector, working with industry to supply oil and gas equipment on favourable terms and boost renewable energy investments, the two governments said on Wednesday.

[This is an op-ed by Lihsin Liu, Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver, Taiwan’s de facto consul general in Vancouver, Canada.]

The global spread of measles shows no signs of slowing down in 2026, including explosive outbreaks in travel hot spots like the southern U.S. and Mexico, prompting warnings from public health officials for Canadians to check their vaccination status before heading abroad this winter.

PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY was scheduled to deliver a much-anticipated speech to the Munich Security Conference this past weekend. The mass-casualty shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, changed that. Carney dispatched a senior delegation to Germany in his place—a crew that included Foreign Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister David McGuinty, and Minister for AI and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon.

Here is the original report: Transnational Repression in Canada (pdf)

“You’re picking basket-weaving courses and there’s not too many baskets being sold out there. Go into healthcare, go into trades,” shared Ford. “Those are where the jobs are.”

Premier Doug Ford had choice words for students expressing concerns over recent cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) Tuesday, telling them to “not pick basket-weaving courses” and to invest in education that gives people in-demand jobs.

A new report reveals how Canada’s immigration detention system disproportionately impacts racialized people—especially Black men—and calls for a gradual move toward abolition.

Hundreds of delegates representing businesses and key sectors from across Canada are taking part in this country’s biggest trade mission to Mexico in decades this week, and it’s a trip those on the ground say is long overdue.

Sweden knew Canada’s Marc Kennedy was a notorious cheater.

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The investigation into last week’s shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that claimed nine lives has moved into a new phase after police cleared the two crime scenes.

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How many people are overdosing while they are patients at British Columbia’s hospitals?

The federal government sometimes left people on Canada’s no-fly list without lawful justification, according to a recently released report from one of the country’s intelligence watchdogs.

At the centre of the plan is what is being described as a “build, partner, buy” philosophy.

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Amanda Farrell, who turns 41 next week, was accused of assault, forcible confinement, criminal harassment, mischief to property, and breaking into the home uninvited, has entered into a peace bond to resolve her criminal charges in a virtual courtroom.

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Saskatoon optometrist Rachael Berger has seen an increase in the number of patients concerned about their vision when driving at night.

The glaring fundamental barrier between Beijing and the West remains the incompatibility between the absolute authority of China’s Communist Party and the societal accountability of democratic institutions — including Canada’s.

I understand we need to wait and see about pricing and warranties and the availability of service centres here in Canada, not to mention better understanding of quality issues and of course environmental and human rights issues, but…

LONDON — Two of the world’s biggest trading blocs are cautiously eyeing closer ties to short-circuit Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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But hey let’s commit economic seppuku

Canada’s defence minister has signed an agreement at an international security forum to strengthen co-operation with Denmark on defence matters.

‘Buy Canadian’ strategy will raise military spending to 5 per cent of GDP and boost economy, new plan says.

Eddie Carvery, the activist who crusaded for reparations for the former residents of Africville, N.S., has died of cancer.

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There are a lot of buzzword sounding bits in this article, but this is still a cool (incremental) step from what I understand. This seems to be the key bit:

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Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

The federal government’s most recent cuts to the CIFA will eliminate close to one million hours of inspection, laboratory, and surveillance work every year.

The organization has sent demand letters to Ontario law enforcement and global payment processors.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said the Carney government is not serious about climate change. May, who supported Carney’s budget in December, has since questioned the prime minister’s word after accusing him of a climate policy flip-flop.

Ukrainians around the world will mark four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. What was meant to break Ukraine in days has instead become a defining chapter of resilience, resistance, and unwavering determination.

Canada’s François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, will be in Brussels, Belgium, on February 16 to reinforce Canada’s commitment to shared economic prosperity and strengthened collaboration on both sides of the Atlantic.

Ontario will keep Crown Royal on the shelves in the province’s liquor stores, it says, after parent company Diageo agreed to almost $23 million in spending in the alcohol and agriculture sectors.

Former deputy prime minister and cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland violated election rules during a 2024 byelection, the Commissioner of Canada Elections said on Friday.

When the Israeli prime minister travelled to the U.S. on Sept. 25, 2025, Wing of Zion took a number of detours as it crossed the Mediterranean in order to stay mostly over water, and entered the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar.

But Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, the Bloc candidate, called on the courts to annul the results and call a new election after CBC News reported that a voter had their mail-in ballot returned to them due to a misprint on the return envelope.

Ukrainians demonstrate the highest level of “positive attitude” towards Great Britain, Canada, France and Germany. Negative attitudes are highest towards Russia.

The consultation format was widely criticized for its prioritization of business interests, its lack of attention to human rights and labour concerns related to AI, and its disregard for deliberative public dialogue: the short, 30-day time window and specialized knowledge required to meaningfully answer many of the survey questions posed barriers to public participation.

Air Transat is cancelling its last two flights into Florida as of this spring, suspending all of its business into the United States.

Internet blackout, currency collapse causing financial, emotional strain.

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A highly regarded theoretical physicist is stepping away from the Ontario institute he helped found, after his ties to the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in recently released files.

There are moments when words are inadequate.

Police in Prince Albert, Sask., say they’re reviewing a video shared online that shows a security guard slapping a woman during a confrontation at the McDonald’s restaurant inside the Walmart on 15th Street East.

Canada’s military police watchdog issued a scathing report on Thursday over the handling of an investigation into an air force officer who was charged with sexual assault and later took his own life in early 2022.

The powerful U.S. agriculture industry is throwing its weight behind the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, urging the Trump administration to consider the deal’s economic benefits to rural America before making any moves to rip it up.

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CANADA DOESN’T TALK about the Avro Arrow because it’s nostalgic. It talks about the Arrow because it’s unfinished business. Every time Ottawa finds itself boxed in on defence procurement, every time the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tries to remind Canada who it thinks really owns North American air power, the Arrow reappears. It doesn’t show up as an engineering debate or a budget line. It shows up as a question of sovereignty.