Today is the last day to vote in the Conservative leadership race and pollsters say the party needs a leader who can articulate a clear vision for the country, appealing to a diverse cross section of voters ahead of the next general election. “For those who don’t vote Conservative, theRead More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to hit the reset button on his Liberal government that is now mired in an ethics controversy by seeking to prorogue Parliament until October, CBC News has learned from multiple sources. Trudeau must seek permission from Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to prorogue, but it isRead More

The CFL has cancelled its 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It marks the first year the Grey Cup won’t be presented since 1919. “Our league governors decided today it is in the best long-term interests of the CFL to concentrate on the future,” commissioner Randy Ambrosie said inRead More

Federal officials say a series of cyberattacks that compromised the personal information of thousands of Canadians and allowed hackers to fraudulently access government services has been brought under control. the attacks targeted the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and GCKey, a secure online portal that allows Canadians to access services suchRead More

The technology industry in the Waterloo, Ont., region hopes a provocative billboard campaign in Silicon Valley will entice anxious tech workers to move to Canada. Communitech, a Kitchener company that advocates for the Canadian tech industry, has spent $100,000 on nine full-size billboards stationed at key points along Highway 101Read More

Toronto As the US puts in place stringent conditions for foreign students, Canada is issuing a record number of study permits for international students despite the coronavirus restrictions. As many as 30,785 new study permits were issued in May, which is more than twice the average of study permits issuedRead More

Ottawa Punjab-origin Sikh MP Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP), was temporarily expelled from the House of Commons or the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament for calling an MP racist and for refusing to apologise and withdraw his comments. On Wednesday, Speaker Anthony Rota kickedRead More

Toronto Two Sikh doctor brothers in Canada have made an “extremely difficult decision” to shave off their beards, an article of faith in Sikhism, so as to wear the medical-grade protective masks necessary to treat patients suffering from the deadly coronavirus in the country, according to media reports.Montreal physician SanjeetRead More

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife said on Saturday that she has recovered from being ill from COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus. “I am feeling so much better,” Sophie Gregoire Trudeau said in a statement on social media. She said she received the clearance from her doctor andRead More

Chandigarh The Surrey Vaisakhi Parade—the largest parade of its kind outside of India—has been cancelled as a precaution to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Organisers of the event—Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar—had scheduled the event for April 25, according to a report by Global News. Also read: Haryana closesRead More