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Critics are calling out NDP Leader Avi Lewis for suggesting online that he and his fellow Jews have failed to do their part to stop Israel's carnage in the Gaza Strip. Lewis posted Sunday that he is marking the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, by reflecting on geopolitics. He wrote that this reflection includes his view that...
OTTAWA -- Critics are calling out NDP Leader Avi Lewis for suggesting online that he and his fellow Jews have failed to do their part to stop Israel's carnage in the Gaza Strip.
The Carney government has opted against joining Germany, France and others in condemning Turkey's crackdown on LGBTQ+ organizations as it negotiates a possible trade deal with Ankara. Turkish authorities targeted multiple LGBTQ+ groups and individuals this past week, detaining dozens of activists, breaking into association offices and raiding popular hangouts. Authorities have stopped protests against the raids and banned access...
OTTAWA -- The Carney government has opted against joining Germany, France and others in condemning Turkey's crackdown on LGBTQ+ organizations as it negotiates a possible trade deal with Ankara.
Liberal MPs are condemning a pro hockey player's support for the Putin regime -- but are stopping short of calling for him to be banned from Canada. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is calling on Ottawa to sanction and ban Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin for appearing in a commercial for a party aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ovechkin appeared...
OTTAWA -- Liberal MPs are condemning a pro hockey player's support for the Putin regime -- but are stopping short of calling for him to be banned from Canada.
OTTAWA -- Liberal MPs are condemning a pro hockey player's support for the Putin regime but are stopping short of calling for him to be banned from Canada.
OTTAWA -- Canadian and European Union leaders say their proposed alliance could deliver long-term benefits to both sides, along with some more immediate advantages.
OTTAWA -- The European Union is a complex assembly of countries that is taking on an increasingly important role for the world and for Canadian interests.
OTTAWA -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she wants Canada to become the first "associate member" of the European Union, inspiring both curiosity and confusion on two continents.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to France Tuesday ahead of his address to the European Parliament, where he hopes to secure deeper ties with the European Union. Carney was invited by Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament -- a role similar to parliamentary Speaker -- to address the 720 representatives of the EU's 27 member states in Strasbourg, France.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is pursuing a new form of economic partnership with the European Union and both sides are talking about an agreement spanning multiple areas. Here's what we know. A 'unique' arrangement with Europe EU Ambassador to Canada Genevieve Tuts said last week that both sides are looking at crafting "something unique" that would build on an existing...
OTTAWA -- The European Union is planning on more parliamentary exchanges between Canada and the 720 politicians representing its member states.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is pursuing a new form of economic partnership with the European Union and both sides are talking about an agreement spanning multiple areas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says on social media he is flying to Canada today for his first visit to the country this year. Zelenskyy's office has not publicly announced where he will be travelling in Canada, and neither has Prime Minister Mark Carney's office. Carney visited Kyiv a year ago, while Zelenskyy last visited Canada in Halifax last December amid...
OTTAWA -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday he was on his way to Canada for his first visit to the country this year.
OTTAWA -- The European Union's ambassador to Canada says the bloc is crafting a new partnership with Ottawa unlike anything that currently exists.
The European Union's ambassador to Canada says the bloc is crafting a new partnership with Ottawa unlike anything that currently exists. Genevieve Tuts says this is what Prime Minister Mark Carney referred to last month when he said he was pursuing "a much stronger and deeper security and economic partnership" with the EU. She says this will be "something unique"...
OTTAWA -- The European Union's ambassador to Canada says the bloc is crafting a new partnership with Ottawa unlike anything that currently exists.
As the Carney government pursues deeper relations with Beijing, the Chinese government reports it held "a candid and in-depth exchange" on military issues with Canadian officials. Last week's meeting followed years of diplomatic strain and is raising concerns among Conservatives, who reject the idea of military co-operation with China. China's defence ministry revealed the two countries held their fifth defence...
OTTAWA -- As the Carney government pursues deeper relations with Beijing, the Chinese government reports it held "a candid and in-depth exchange" on military issues with Canadian officials.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa joined European nations on Tuesday with a pledge to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is joining European nations pledging to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Ottawa joined European nations on Tuesday with a pledge to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel's foreign minister promised unspecified "counter measures" Tuesday against "countries that act, or will act, against Israel" but did not single out Canada. Canada, the United Kingdom, France and other countries are accusing Israel of enabling settler...
OTTAWA -- Canada is joining European peers in pledging to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is joining European nations pledging to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86. The Jelinek family says he died peacefully in hospital on Saturday after living with Parkinson's disease for nearly 20 years. Jelinek was born in Prague and his family escaped communism in Czechoslovakia when he was a young boy. Jelinek and his sister...
OTTAWA -- Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86.
American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building. "It was just a day that none of us will ever forget," said Hunt, now the U.S. consul general in Toronto. "What also stuck with me was the outpouring...
OTTAWA -- American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building.
In September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was officially recognizing the State of Palestine. He told reporters at the time that recognition was "predicated on the Palestinian Authority's commitment to much-needed reform." He said he received that commitment in a letter from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and discussed it with him later in a phone call. Canada's Privy...
OTTAWA -- In September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was officially recognizing the State of Palestine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planning to visit Canada as soon as next week. A non-government source says the exact timing of the visit is being adjusted, possibly due to the funeral of Norway's King Harald, scheduled for Sept. 9 in Oslo. Both governments generally do not confirm Zelenskyy's travel plans until the immediate days before departure, though he might...
OTTAWA -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planning to visit Canada as soon as next week.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday he will have one simple message for Vladimir Putin if the Russian president attends the G20 leaders' summit this December in Florida: "get out of Ukraine."
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he'll tell Russian President Vladimir Putin to "get out of Ukraine" if they speak at the G20 summit in December. U.S. President Donald Trump will host world leaders in Miami for the summit and there are signs he might allow Putin to attend, despite the arrest warrant issued against the Russian leader by the International...
Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Russia's presence at a G20 meeting hosted by the U.S. has made many countries uncomfortable. Speaking after sitting down with his fellow G20 finance ministers in Asheville, N.C., today, Champagne said the presence of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov "created a lot of discomfort around the table." While Moscow remains a G20 member despite its...
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Russia's presence at a G20 meeting hosted by the U.S. has made many countries uncomfortable.
OTTAWA -- Standing outside Russia's embassy in Ottawa, retiree Karen Niven-Wigston is decked out in yellow and blue, holding a pink plastic flamingo as a sign of support for Ukraine.
Ottawa's tepid approach to expanding trade in Africa risks seeing Canada fall behind its peers in building commerce on the continent, warns South Africa's envoy. High Commissioner Rieaz Shaik said Ottawa still views African countries as recipients of aid and security assistance, despite an Africa strategy pushing for Canada to treat the continent as a series of dynamic markets set...
OTTAWA -- Ottawa's tepid approach to expanding trade in Africa risks seeing Canada fall behind its peers in building commerce on the continent, warns South Africa's envoy.
OTTAWA -- Victims of state prosecution hope Canada's new national monument for LGBTQ+ people will be a place to learn, grieve and celebrate.
OTTAWA -- Victims of state prosecution hope Canada's new national monument for LGBTQ+ people will be a place to learn, grieve and celebrate.
OTTAWA -- Israel's conclusion that its military didn't commit a criminal act when it killed a Canadian and six other aid workers in Gaza two years ago is unacceptable, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Thursday.
Israel's conclusion that its military didn't commit a criminal act when it killed a Canadian and six other aid workers in Gaza two years ago is unacceptable, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Thursday. Anand commented a day after Israel's military prosecutor said it had decided against a criminal investigation into April 2024 airstrikes that hit a convoy of World...
OTTAWA -- Israel has concluded its military did not commit a criminal act when it killed a Canadian and six other aid workers in Gaza two years ago.
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has invited the former crown prince of Iran, who is pitching himself as the best option to lead Iran back to democracy, to visit Canada. Poilievre told a crowd at an event in British Columbia on Saturday that in addition to extending the invitation, he would also be meeting virtually with Reza Pahlavi, whose father...
OTTAWA -- The former crown prince of Iran, who is pitching himself as the best option to lead Iran back to democracy, has accepted an invitation from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to visit Canada.
The new Palestinian ambassador to Ottawa says Canada's recognition of the State of Palestine has been "pivotal" for her people and for upholding international law, but she says Canada must do more to end Israel's occupation. "My message to Canadians is that they do have a role in giving hope to the Palestinian people," Feda Abdelhady told The Canadian Press...
OTTAWA -- The new Palestinian ambassador to Ottawa says Canada's recognition of the State of Palestine has been "pivotal" for her people and for upholding international law, but she says Canada must do more to end Israel's occupation.
Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan. "From outside, it's possible for the world to take action," said Murwarid Ziayee, senior director of the Calgary-based charity Right to Learn Afghanistan. She was raised in Afghanistan. "Why (is it) we Afghan women should bear the burden of...
OTTAWA -- Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan.
South Africa's envoy to Ottawa says Canada's decision to remove most of its peacekeepers from the continent doesn't align with the Carney government's pledge to get middle powers working together. "I am saddened by the fact that the budget cuts (are) appearing to be a kind of withdrawal of Canada's commitment towards peace in Africa," High Commissioner Rieaz Shaik told...
OTTAWA -- South Africa's envoy to Ottawa says Canada's decision to remove most of its peacekeepers from the continent doesn't align with the Carney government's pledge to get middle powers working together.
Experts are warning that U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened new set of tariffs could drive wedges between Canadian provinces, allowing the U.S. to exploit regional grievances to force trade concessions. The tariffs would have particularly heavy impacts on industries concentrated in B.C. and in small towns across Quebec. "There's an awareness that Canada can be a punching bag for the...
OTTAWA -- Experts are warning that U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened new set of tariffs could drive wedges between Canadian provinces, allowing the U.S. to exploit regional grievances to force trade concessions.
Some in Canada's aid sector say they're growing more and more concerned by how closely the Carney government is tying foreign aid to its efforts to boost domestic economic growth. Here's a look at why Ottawa wants more domestic spinoffs from aid, whether that will work -- and why the idea faces pushback.
OTTAWA -- Some in Canada's aid sector say they're growing more and more concerned by how closely the Carney government is tying foreign aid to its efforts to boost domestic economic growth.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is pushing for more airline connections, trade and security projects with African nations, including through boosting the role of women on the continent to foster economic growth.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's support for the International Criminal Court is unequivocal as Washington vows to dismantle the institution. But the prime minister did not explain today why his government has offered no public criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump's sanctioning of Winnipeg-born ICC judge Kimberly Prost. At a press conference in Toronto, Carney said Canada will "provide...