Canada

The diplomatic tensions between Canada and China took what Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland styled on Friday, August 2, 2019, as a positive step after she finally landed a face-to-face meeting with her Chinese counterpart to talk about two Canadians being detained in China.

Canada's military reserve units will see $250 million in repairs and upgrades to their armouries and training facilities over the next five years, changes Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says are long overdue.

Growth in oilsands production over the next 20 years is expected to be slower than previously forecast, despite falling project construction costs, according to a study update by the Canadian Energy Research Institute.

Statistics Canada officials estimate the number of people identifying as Jewish in the 2016 census could have been double what it was if not for a small change on the questionnaire.

Voters will go to the polls on Oct. 21 as originally planned after Canada's chief electoral officer decided not to reschedule voting day even though it falls on a Jewish holiday.

The U.S. House of Representatives began its summer break today, July 29, 2019, leaving the ratification of the new North American trade deal hanging, rekindling angst that a frustrated President Donald Trump will blow up the existing pact.

Canada's soon-to-be newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada is set to publicly answer questions from federal politicians today, July 25, 2019.

Canada is being urged to help plug a US$1-million funding shortfall that would allow the Special Criminal Court for war-ravaged Central African Republic to keep operating.

Canada has formally asked four companies to submit bids to supply a new fleet of state-of-the-art fighter jets, the latest step in the country's almost decade-long quest to upgrade its air force.

High school students in Canada may not be getting the full story about climate change, according to a new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and Lund University in Sweden.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk ended a summit on Thursday, July 18, 2019, that was bathed in the symbolism of solidarity with critical words for U.S. President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric towards female congresswomen.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called out New Democrats on Thursday, July 18, 2019, after their leader encouraged French officials to reject the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Canada.

Lawmakers in France began their ratification of the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Canada as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed one of the leaders of the 28-country bloc to Montreal on Wednesday, July 18, 2019.

Newly published government figures show fewer asylum-seekers crossing "irregularly" into Canada than last year, although June did see a small increase over other months this year.

Only four premiers responded to National Observer's inquiries about Quebec's Bill 21 — a controversial new law that would prohibit any public service employee in a position of authority who deals with the public from wearing religious symbols like turbans, kippas, crosses and more.