Unpublished Newswire
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s a high-flying tale of carrots, sticks and political flip-flops.
American leaders have been urging Canada to boost its military spending and NATO contributions since the alliance’s founding, back in 1949. Some, like former U.S. president Barack Obama, have been polite about it, encouraging Ottawa that “the world needs more Canada,” while others, especially U.S. President Donald Trump, have been more blunt, referring to Canadians as “freeloaders” who are “delinquent” on military contributions.
In other words, there has long been a bipartisan U.S. view on...
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Tracy Moran | National Post
OTTAWA — The Liberals have agreed to remove religious exemptions from Canada’s hate-speech laws to secure Bloc Québécois support to help pass its bill targeting hate and terror symbols, National Post has learned through a source close to the talks.
Currently, the law exempts hateful or antisemitic speech if it based in good faith on the interpretation of a religious text, but that immunity is set to be removed. Additionally, the Liberals are expected to back off plans to eliminate the need for a provincial attorney general’s sign-off to pursue a hate-propaganda prosecution.
The...
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi , Stephanie Taylor | National Post
I’ve been a public servant for 23 years, and I’ve seen the pendulum of government funding swing back and forth a couple of times. Read More
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Alex Robinson | Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa’s Black Youth Forum, a community-led program for Black youth, plans to re-launch in February without the partnership of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB).
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Ottawa's Sri Lankan community is rallying to raise funds to support their homeland, which has been struck by a devastating cyclone.
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
CBC News spoke with five paramedics who say they’ve been sent out to respond to 911 calls unnecessarily — either because the call had already been handled by another team and reappeared in the system, or because several ambulances were dispatched to the same call. Urgences-santé, meanwhile, insists there’s been no impact on patient care since the system was implemented.
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
