Convoy organizer warns of ‘free-for-all’ if police ban protest from downtown Ottawa

OTTAWA — One of the organizers of a planned motorcycle convoy is warning of a “free−for−all” on Friday if Ottawa police don’t allow hundreds of protesters...

New variants will fuel COVID pandemic unless global vaccine rate rises: Gavi, UNICEF

OTTAWA — With pandemic restrictions easing across Canada, a House of Commons committee was warned today that disruptive new variants of COVID−19 will continue to emerge...

Mélanie Joly to discuss Ukraine by video Tuesday with U.S. secretary of state

WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s war with Russia will be top of mind Tuesday when Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly meets by video link with her U.S. counterpart....

Key interest rate could soon go up another half point, central bank says

OTTAWA — Canada’s key interest rate could go up another half percentage point in June to help wrestle inflation under control, Bank of Canada governor Tiff...

Canadian military not doing enough to detect, prevent extremism in the ranks: Report

OTTAWA — A scathing new report on racism in the Canadian Armed Forces says the military is not doing enough to detect and prevent white supremacists...

B.C. man says old-growth protests escalating after brief hospitalization

NANAIMO, B.C. — A British Columbia man says he was briefly hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike to protest old−growth logging but plans...

Companies are mitigating labour shortages with automation — and this could drastically impact workers

Last month, unemployment in Canada reached a record low of 5.2 per cent. Alongside low unemployment, many industries saw — and are still seeing — a...

Building healthy relationship skills supports men’s mental health

Healthy relationships positively influence men’s well-being. Men who are partnered or married live longer lives than single men, and they have better mental health than women...

Russian sanctions prove Canadian military mission in Ukraine had impact: Commander

OTTAWA — The most recent commander of Canada’s military training mission in Ukraine says the fact Russia has sanctioned him and several of his predecessors alongside...

How would Canada approach the prospect of war?