Unpublished Newswire

In a rare judicial move and a first in Canada, a Quebec judge this week granted an injunction to ban a fecund father and son in the province from donating any more of their sperm. Court documents obtained by National Post note that, as of November 2024, the two donors had allegedly contributed to at least 613 children or ongoing pregnancies — 162 from Philippe Normand and 451 from his son, Dominik Seelos. (Another son, Raphaël Normand, stopped donating in 2020 and has no intention of doing so in the future.) On Wednesday, Justice Simon Chamberland of the Superior Court of Quebec for...

The Liberal government leaned further into its emerging leadership role among the world’s middle powers, with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand telling a London audience that now is the country’s time to lead internationally.   Making the keynote address at the 2026 Chatham House Global Trade Conference on Thursday, Anand said that a country’s greatness stems not just from its domestic successes, but in providing leadership that benefits the world.   “This is Canada’s mission,” she said in concluding the prepared portion of her talk before a discussion with the audience. “This...