The United States government suspended the Permanent Joint Board on Defence with Canada this week, citing ongoing concerns over Canadian military spending and the delayed procurement of F-35 fighter jets. Washington officials are demanding a rapid resolution regarding the 88-aircraft order and a clear plan to meet NATO’s 3.5% GDP defense threshold. Washington’s Pressure Campaign … Read more
India has finally exorcised the ghost of the Trudeaus, and how. Indo-Canada ties hit rock bottom with Justin Trudeau as the Canadian PM. Before this, the chill in bilateral ties was seen during the premiership of Justin Trudeau’s father, Pierre Trudeau, in the 1970s. The souring of ties was over India’s nuclear programme. With India … Read more
What to know Prime Minister Mark Carney congratulated Canada’s women’s team pursuit speed skaters in a video call after their second straight Olympic gold. The team — Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann — showed off their medals during the heartfelt exchange shared Thursday. Canada now has 16 medals at the Milano Cortina 2026 … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — British and Canadian citizens can enter China without a visa starting Tuesday, bringing to 79 the number of countries granted visa-free access in a bid to boost tourism and business. China has expanded eligibility for the program significantly in the last two years. Visitors can stay for up to 30 days for … Read more
Vigil held for victims of Canada school shooting in devastated small town The Journal Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shootings BBC Guns and mental health struggles: What the apparent online footprint of the Canada school shooter tells us CNN Canadian police identify suspect in school massacre that left nine dead The Guardian Police identify shooter (18) … Read more
Canadian police are searching for a motive for one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings in which an assailant killed nine people and then themselves in the small, close-knit community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said 10 bodies had been recovered: those of six victims and the suspect at the … Read more
As the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics opened Friday, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney used social media to shift the focus beyond medals, calling for unity in an increasingly divided world. In a video message to Team Canada, the PM framed the Games as a rare moment for connection, urging athletes to carry a message of … Read more
This article, originally published by Pacific Forum, is republished with permission. “The powerful have their power. But we have something, too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home and to act together.” With those words during a landmark speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, Canadian … Read more
Prime Minister Mark Carney swapped the Davos stage for a more playful red carpet appearance Thursday night at an event promoting the Canadian film industry, where he and breakout Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams cozied up for a photo. 4:57 ‘I’m not above taking credit’: Carney jokes he stood up to U.S., ‘greenlit’ ‘Heated Rivalry’ … Read more
BRUSSELS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has had a busy few weeks receiving Western allies seeking warmer ties with the world’s second-largest economy. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a trade deal slashing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and Canadian canola oil. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer landed in Beijing this week to repair … Read more