Unpublished Newswire
The remnants of an early-pandemic political scandal land at the Supreme Court of Canada this week in a case that could have widespread ramifications, as the top court considers the limits of citizens’ ability to challenge some government decisions.In June, 2020, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau said WE Charity, the international development group founded by the Kielburger brothers, would run a youth summer jobs program worth about $900-million. Conflict-of-interest accusations flared, and the plan was scrapped soon thereafter.
January 12, 2026 - 06:00 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
Thunder Bay has ended its search for human remains at a municipal landfill after no evidence was found in connection with the 2024 death of a First Nations woman, a result that the city’s chief of police says will not rule out similar undertakings in the future. The landfill search for Deborah Anishinabie, which began last fall, marked the first time that such an operation has been conducted in the Northwestern Ontario city. However, despite nearly two months of scouring through waste material, officers at the site came up empty, Thunder Bay Police Chief Darcy Fleury told The Globe and...
January 12, 2026 - 06:00 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
Ādisōke, the new central library, is supposed to showcase what’s best about Ottawa but the process to build it is telling a different story — one of unexplained delays, cost increases and loss of accountability. It won’t do. Read More
January 12, 2026 - 05:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
Numbers show 39 people died on Toronto's roads last year, half as many as when the city launched its road safety plan a decade ago. But some wonder if the number will go back up with speed cameras now gone.
January 12, 2026 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A mesmerizing deep blue glow emanates from the nuclear reactor nestled in the heart of the campus at McMaster University in Hamilton. Sunk 10 metres beneath the surface of a pool of water, encased in an air-locked, 15-sided, concrete building, the uranium fuel generates enough power to heat hundreds of homes.
January 12, 2026 - 05:00 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
Some donations collected for Ukraine by the Mriya Report were spent on pizzas, purchases at Home Depot, as well as unauthorized payments to volunteers and to a convicted felon linked to Donald Trump, a former top official with the nonprofit organization alleges. Read More
January 12, 2026 - 04:01 | David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
