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Carney: Canada entering ‘new era’ of relations with Beijing
BEIJING - Canada is entering a "new era of relations" with China, Prime Minister Mark Carney declared Thursday, adding the stage is set for talks about areas where the two countries can be "strategic ...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Jan 15, 2026

In the news: Top diplomats for Canada-China meet, Coalition Avenir Québec next steps?
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Anand meets Beijing peer during Carney visit Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met with her Chinese counte...
Canadian Press Jan 15, 2026

More snow set to blanket Southern Ontario, rush hour chaos also likely
Wintry weather is set to add another layer of the white stuff across most of Southern Ontario and into Quebec. From the Chatham-area sideroads in the south to the street corners of Montreal, Environme...
Canadian Press Jan 15, 2026

Heritage minister says hockey romance 'Heated Rivalry' is a Cancon triumph
OTTAWA - The Canadian TV show "Heated Rivalry" is winning fans all around the world - including Culture Minister Marc Miller, who calls the show a Cancon triumph. The Crave original series - a love st...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Jan 15, 2026

Quebec Premier François Legault's party facing challenges after his resignation
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault's party is beginning the search for a successor with only months before the next provincial election, but experts say replacing the party's founder won't be e...
Stéphane Blais and Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Jan 15, 2026

Leah Gazan backs Avi Lewis, becomes first NDP MP to endorse a leadership candidate
OTTAWA - Manitoba NDP MP Leah Gazan is formally endorsing documentarian Avi Lewis for the party's leadership, making her the first sitting MP to officially back a candidate. Gazan says in a video rele...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Jan 15, 2026

China's top diplomat hails new relations with Canada amid "complex" global changes
BEIJING - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing, who told Anand that Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit marks a turning point in Canada-China relat...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Jan 15, 2026

'Staggering' disparity as Indigenous adults overrepresented in prisons by 10 times
VANCOUVER - A new report by Statistics Canada says Indigenous adults were incarcerated at a rate 10 times higher than non-Indigenous adults in six provinces, a disparity that justice advocates called ...
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

B.C. to end drug decriminalization project, after 'challenging' three-year-experiment
British Columbia won't be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession, officially ending a three-year program tha...
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

Timeline of B.C.'s three-year drug decriminalization pilot project
British Columbia's three-year pilot project that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use is set to end on Jan. 31. Health Minister Josie Osbourne has announced...
Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026










