Articles

B.C. budget pushes deficit to $10.9 billion

B.C. budget pushes deficit to $10.9 billion

The latest fiscal plan from the B.C. government — entitled “Standing Strong for B.C.” — sets new records of provincial debt but is being defended by the finance minister as necessary to respond to the U.S. tariffs and not cut essential public services British Columbians rely on.

Read More »
Ontario/Quebec

January 3, 2026

Police say 50-year-old man dead after snowmobile crash west of Ottawa

BECKWITH TOWNSHIP — Provincial police in eastern Ontario say a…

Read More >

Vance, most Republicans block U.S. Senate resolution to curb Trump's Venezuela efforts
Star

January 3, 2026

Vance, most Republicans block U.S. Senate resolution to curb Trump’s Venezuela efforts

U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would…

Read More >

Drug probe wiretaps revealed Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’ is real, says ex-Colombian agent
Star

January 3, 2026

Drug probe wiretaps revealed Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’ is real, says ex-Colombian agent

The broker told his client he had a relative in…

Read More >

Venezuela's Maduro pleads not guilty to drugs, weapons charges as he tells U.S. court, 'I am a decent man'
Star

January 3, 2026

Venezuela’s Maduro pleads not guilty to drugs, weapons charges as he tells U.S. court, ‘I am a decent man’

Venezuelan government could become ‘instrument of Trump,’ scholar fearsA Venezuelan…

Read More >

Rubio says U.S. won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade
Star

January 3, 2026

Rubio says U.S. won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United…

Read More >

Trump says U.S. is 'going to run' Venezuela until safe transition of power can take place
Star

January 3, 2026

Trump says U.S. is ‘going to run’ Venezuela until safe transition of power can take place

LatestThe United States says it captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro…

Read More >

Environment, Lifestyle, Ontario/Quebec

January 3, 2026

Giraffe dies after being caught in opening habitat door at Toronto Zoo

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says a 13-year-old giraffe has…

Read More >

Ontario/Quebec

January 2, 2026

Dog dead, pedestrian wounded in collision: Toronto police

Toronto police say a dog died and pedestrian was seriously…

Read More >

Justice, Ontario/Quebec

January 2, 2026

Child critically injured in Markham, Ont., house fire: police

MARKHAM — Police in York Region say a child was…

Read More >