UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has called on nations to unite and deliver real-world progress at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. He said the conference must protect more people and ensure they benefit from climate action. No single COP

A mother and her daughter have died in a suspected grizzly bear attack on a walking trail near Bella Coola, B.C. Family identified them as Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and Selah Reed, 20. Conservation officers found Balcarras’s remains on Monday in

The European Union and Canada launched a new strategic alliance at the end of their 21st summit in Montreal on Friday. European Council President António Costa described it as the bloc’s closest partnership with a non-European country. Prime Minister Mark

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, attended an official dinner banquet hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on Tuesday. The event honoured the Crown Prince and his delegation during his official

A new UN forum on artificial intelligence in international peace and security launches on Thursday, October 22. The UN Institute for Disarmament Research is opening the platform through its Centre of Excellence on AI, Peace and Security. The forum will

U.S. public schools logged 11,982 book bans during the 2025-26 school year, according to PEN America. The total marked the highest annual figure since the organization began tracking school restrictions in 2021. The bans affected 7,370 unique titles across 114

The Parti Québécois will form a minority government after winning Quebec’s provincial election on Monday. The sovereigntist party secured 59 of the National Assembly’s 127 seats, five short of the 64 needed for a majority. Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is