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By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted January 30, 2025 3:02 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. NORAD base in northern Canada to bolster Arctic security. Smith says she pitched the idea at a recent meeting with fellow premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.She says the base could be similar to the Canadian NORAD Region headquarters in Winnipeg. 1:54 Canada details new ‘Arctic Foreign Policy’ in effort to bolst...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 30, 2025 2:15 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Quebec government has tabled legislation that would modify the provincial charter of rights to state that the exercise of individual rights must comply with the province’s model for integrating immigrants. The bill tabled in the provincial legislature Thursday morning by Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge requires newcomers to embrace Quebec’s common culture. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking new...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Thursday called on the minority Liberals to recall Parliament and pass legislative relief measures for workers set to be hit by U.S. tariffs expected this weekend. “If you’re serious about supporting workers, I’m demanding that the Liberal government call back Parliament. Let’s put before Parliament a package to protect workers. Support workers that are impacted by these tariffs, and support communities,” Singh told reporters.Singh reiterated that the party would hold firm on its position to vote to bring down the Liberal government in March, but signaled that they would be open to working with them until then.“We are going to be voting down the government in March, but there’s still two months. The Liberals think they can wait two months before they bring in le...

Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the “time being” in part because of the online hate she receives, saying the level of toxicity she’s had to face has been surprising. The Fredericton member of Parliament was first elected in 2019 with the Green Party before crossing the aisle to join the Liberals in 2021. It was around the time she joined the party of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she decided to close her X account “because it was actually harming my mental health.”“Just the constant barrage, the vitriol, the threats, and I think women, in particular my female colleagues, we’ve got it on a different level than a lot of our male colleagues,” she said in a recent interview.She knew that going into politics would make her a target of negative online comments, but the amount o...

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners. The release was delayed by a chaotic scene in which a crowd of Palestinians surrounded and jeered at hostages as they were turned over to the Red Cross.The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive conflict ever fought between Israel and Hamas, whose Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel sparked the fighting. It has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released.The first hostage, female Israeli soldier Agam Berger, was released in northern Gaza. Hours later, a chaotic scene unfolded as thousands of people pressed around...

“Undesirables or criminals — those are the kind of people walking through my land to get into Canada.” That’s how Cardston County rancher Layne Cook reacted to news the RCMP now have Black Hawk helicopters to help patrol the Canada-U.S. border between Alberta and the state of Montana.Cook’s family settled the area in 1889 and there is just over three kilometres of his land that sits right along on the border. Cardston County rancher Layne Cook’s stretches for about 3 km along the Canada-U.S. border. This is the view of the border looking south from Alberta into Montana. Global News Until now, if Cook saw something suspicious, the nearest RCMP detachment is in the town of Cardston, about 25 km north. Story continues below ad...