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Liberals wrap two days of cabinet meetings focused on affordability, security
QUBEC - The Liberal cabinet has wrapped two days of meetings in Quebec City focused on affordability, economic growth and security, Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said Friday. Now the gov...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

Ministers defend 'great sacrifices' after Trump downplays NATO role in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers and former Armed Forces members are defending the sacrifices Canadian soldiers made in Afghanistan after U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed NATO troops' contribu...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

Quebec government is removing the British crown from province's coat of arms
MONTREAL - The Quebec government announced Friday that it's removing the British crown from the province's official coat of arms, in what it described as a reaffirmation of the province's autonomy. Ju...
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

Montreal scraps social and affordable housing bylaw, will offer city land for housing
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is following through on a campaign promise to rewrite her predecessor's signature bylaw on affordable and social housing. Former mayor Valerie Plante'...
Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

A timeline of key events leading up to the arrest of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding
U.S. authorities have announced the arrest of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who is accused of running an international drug ring and ordering the murders of several people. The Fed...
Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

Government plans to bring forward online harms bill, AI minister says
OTTAWA - The federal government is working on online harms legislation, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Friday. Solomon told reporters Culture Minister Marc Miller will bring the bi...
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

Assembly of First Nations warns members to be cautious in U.S. following ICE actions
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is warning First Nations people to be wary of crossing the border into the United States in response to immigration enforcement raids and the detention of some I...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

B.C. Law Society investigates obscene remark that has delayed Myles Gray hearing
VANCOUVER - The Law Society of British Columbia has opened an investigation after a lawyer made an obscene comment that was broadcast over the audio stream of a public hearing into the 2015 police-inv...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

Simon Jolin-Barrette bows out of CAQ leadership race; Christine Fréchette to run
The race to find a leader for the Coalition Avenir Qubec began to take shape Friday as one high profile candidate was set to jump into the fray while the person who was expected to be her main rival b...
Thomas Laberge and Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026

5 things to know about Canada being disinvited from Trump's 'Board of Peace'
OTTAWA - Senior federal government officials told reporters travelling to China with Prime Minister Mark Carney last week that he was accepting an invitation to join U.S. President Donald Trump's "Boa...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Jan 23, 2026










