
“Canada is back!” declared the country’s new leader, and so was the Liberal Party. Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister in 2015, and his declaration of Canada’s return might as well have been spoken directly to Beijing. He had campaigned on improving relations with China, making it a “top priority,” according to the Prime Minister’s Office. The next year, he made an official visit to the People’s Republic of China and began exploratory talks on a free trade deal, and—in a move that must have left Canada’s pro-democracy activists in shock—even considered an extradition treaty.
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November 15, 2025 - 06:30 | Dennis Molinaro | Walrus
A Cold War KGB agent deemed “inadmissible to Canada on security grounds” has won another shot at staying in this country.
Vladimir Popov contacted the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) shortly after he arrived in Canada on a visitor’s visa in August 1995 to tell the Canuck spy agency he’d been a member of the Soviet Union’s Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) from 1972 until 1991, according to a new Federal Court review. The judge examined Canada’s public safety minister’s March 2024 decision that denied Popov ministerial relief that would allow him to stay in this...
November 15, 2025 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
While issues with homebuilding in the province have festered for years, housing starts in 2025 plummeted even further as potential buyers sat on the sidelines.
November 15, 2025 - 06:00 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
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November 15, 2025 - 06:00 | Ketsia Beboua | Walrus
Re: 'Lest We Forget'; While many abandon the poppy, Grapes wishes you'd wear one, Nov. 11 Read More
November 15, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
Many Ontario families will wake up this winter wondering if school busses are cancelled. But the decision to cancel them isn't as simple as you think.
November 15, 2025 - 04:00 | Pooja Misra | Global News - Canada





