Unpublished Newswire
OTTAWA — The majority Liberal government is pulling out the “guillotine” for one of its most contentious pieces of legislation, moving to give MPs until Friday to pass its controversial bill facilitating police and intelligence agencies’ ability to intercept and collect personal information. Late Monday, Government House Leader tabled a sweeping motion that would effectively put an end to clause-by-clause debate of Bill C-22 at committee by Thursday night and put an end to the second reading stage. The motion then gives the government the ability to limit third reading debate to a...
June 16, 2026 - 11:45 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
A wildfire researcher is urging the federal government to create an emergency management agency in the wake of a Senate report on forest fires.
June 16, 2026 - 11:19 | | CBC News - Canada
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty has tabled the Liberal government's long-awaited legislation to govern clean drinking water in First Nations communities.
June 16, 2026 - 11:15 | | CBC News - Canada
A tornado touched down in northwestern Alberta last night, pulling trees from the earth and ripping roofs from homes in the village of Girouxville.
June 16, 2026 - 11:10 | | CBC News - Canada
Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s criticism of the federal government’s proposed high-speed rail project generated no shortage of headlines last week in Quebec media.
The Alto line would link Quebec City and Toronto, with stops in Trois-Rivières, Laval, Montreal, Ottawa, and Peterborough. Reaching speeds of more than 300 kilometres per hour, the trains would cut the trip from Montreal to Toronto to about three hours, while travel between Montreal and Quebec City would take roughly ninety minutes.
St-Pierre Plamondon was unconvinced. “We can neither afford nor have any...
June 16, 2026 - 11:03 | Philippe J. Fournier | Walrus
One of the best compliments that Krysta Roney has received for her blueberry muffins is a little morbid. Read More
June 16, 2026 - 11:00 | Peter Hum | Ottawa Citizen
